Gigabyte GA-H97M-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	3.56% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	76% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H97M-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	5.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20150920
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 12 '18 at 05:00
Run Duration	187 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-4370-$41 1,504 User benchmarks, average bench 66% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	72.1% Very good	Memory 92.8 1-Core 112 2-Core 194 78% 133 Pts	4-Core 301 8-Core 296 40% 298 Pts	64-Core 299 18% 299 Pts
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 72.1% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 10.18.14.4889 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	3.56% Terrible	Lighting 3.67 Reflection 6.27 Parallax 5.94 3% 5.29 fps	MRender 7.1 Gravity 2.33 Splatting 7.22 5% 5.55 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.56% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 65GB free (System drive) Firmware: 60AA SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 92 95 101 102 99 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	76% Very good	Read 255 Write 152 Mixed 193 SusWrite 97.3 39% 174 MB/s	4K Read 34.7 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 45 176% 68 MB/s	DQ Read 117 DQ Write 150 DQ Mixed 125 97% 131 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 76% Great: 73%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 21GB free Firmware: 60AA SusWrite @10s intervals: 72 71 68 63 70 73 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	66.6% Good	Read 300 Write 119 Mixed 115 SusWrite 69.6 33% 151 MB/s	4K Read 30.7 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 36.2 150% 58.2 MB/s	DQ Read 92.2 DQ Write 123 DQ Mixed 34 46% 82.9 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 66.6% Great: 73%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 162GB free Firmware: 01.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 108 107 110 109 107 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	66.9% Good	Read 125 Write 109 Mixed 76.9 SusWrite 108 77% 105 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 1.1 214% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 66.9% Great: 109%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 184GB free Firmware: 01.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 115 111 116 116 116 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	71.5% Very good	Read 135 Write 122 Mixed 81.4 SusWrite 114 83% 113 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1.2 236% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 71.5% Great: 109%
Samsung HD502IJ 500GB-$40 25,285 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 84GB free Firmware: 1AA0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 64 58 58 58 58 61 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	31.9% Below average	Read 51.6 Write 50.6 Mixed 33.6 SusWrite 59.3 36% 48.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 141% 1 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 31.9% Great: 59%
Kingston DataTraveler 100 G3 USB 3.0 64GB-$12 26,708 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 30GB free, PID 1666 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 12 14 14 14 14 14 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	10.7% Very poor	Read 41.4 Write 38.4 Mixed 4.2 SusWrite 13.7 30% 24.4 MB/s	4K Read 7.2 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0.3 37% 2.5 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 10.7% Great: 30%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905584-017.A00LF 9905584-015.A00LF 8GB 18 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	57.7% Above average	MC Read 18.9 MC Write 22.3 MC Mixed 18.4 57% 19.9 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 18.3 SC Mixed 18.2 49% 17.1 GB/s	Latency 62.6 64% 62.6 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 57.7% Great: 59%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 28%

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Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 23%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H97M-Gaming 3

CPU
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	42x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	27x
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	22x

GPU
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	27x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	26x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	17x

SSD
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	20x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	16x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	9x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	20x
RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 49%, 28,220 samples	7x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 1x8GBKingstonBench 31%, 37,489 samples	7x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16