Gigabyte GA-H97M-Gaming 3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 34% Sail boat	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 25% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (33rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 67 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	47% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H97M-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	20.1 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1360 x 768 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140628
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 11 '19 at 02:29
Run Duration	193 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690-$52 73,695 User benchmarks, average bench 67% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	75.5% Very good	Memory 91.4 1-Core 106 2-Core 209 78% 135 Pts	4-Core 342 8-Core 371 47% 356 Pts	64-Core 347 22% 347 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 75.5% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 480-$75 261,163 User benchmarks, average bench 46% AMD(1002 0B37) CLim: 1266 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 17.7 Performing below potential (58^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	47% Average	Lighting 57.1 Reflection 66.3 Parallax 75 46% 66.1 fps	MRender 66.8 Gravity 55.1 Splatting 55.2 48% 59 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 47% Great: 53%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 1TB 266,123 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 105GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2AR20003 SusWrite @10s intervals: 8 2.9 18 27 18 16 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	6.52% Terrible	Read 7.7 Write 20 Mixed 17 SusWrite 14.9 11% 14.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.1 24% 0.23 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 6.52% Great: 59%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 115GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 136 128 113 137 137 136 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	76.7% Very good	Read 136 Write 133 Mixed 86.3 SusWrite 131 89% 122 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.1 226% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 76.7% Great: 109%
Seagate Momentus Thin 5400.9 2.5" 320GB-$54 8,918 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 55GB free Firmware: 0001SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 26 22 24 28 26 27 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	10.2% Very poor	Read 9.7 Write 16.7 Mixed 10.5 SusWrite 25.6 12% 15.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.2 42% 0.3 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 10.2% Great: 50%
Generic Flash Disk 16GB 323 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 5GB free, PID 7788 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 1 2 1.9 1.1 1.1 1.1 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	0.36% Terrible	Read 0.5 Write 0.5 Mixed 1 SusWrite 1.3 1% 0.82 MB/s	4K Read 0 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 0% 0 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 0.36% Great: 27%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5403-159.A01LF KHX1866C10D3/8G KHX1866C10D3/8G 24GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	33.1% Below average	MC Read 10.7 MC Write 11 MC Mixed 9.6 30% 10.4 GB/s	SC Read 10.4 SC Write 10.5 SC Mixed 10.7 30% 10.5 GB/s	Latency 65.2 61% 65.2 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 33.1% Great: 36%

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Gaming 28%

Raft

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	21x

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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Value: 56% - Above average

Total price: $371

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16