Gigabyte GA-H97M-HD3

Performance Results


Gaming 12% Tree trunk	Desktop 70% Battle cruiser	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. 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 68.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	9.87% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	29.4% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (57%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H97M-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140424
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Oct 01 '20 at 21:43
Run Duration	148 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	57%

PC Performing as expected (42^nd 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-$51 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 as expected (50^th percentile)	68.4% Good	Memory 78.5 1-Core 105 2-Core 195 72% 126 Pts	4-Core 338 8-Core 339 45% 338 Pts	64-Core 340 21% 340 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 68.4% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 750-Ti-$92 309,423 User benchmarks, average bench 17% Nvidia(10DE 105F) 2GB CLim: 1346 MHz, MLim: 1350 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 442.74 Relative performance (0^th percentile)	9.87% Terrible	Lighting 10.9 Reflection 7.69 Parallax 11.5 9% 10 fps	MRender 8.71 Gravity 19.2 Splatting 14.7 12% 14.2 fps
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 9.87% Great: 19%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk S064G 63GB 2,842 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 14GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3.2.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 79 45 32 36 34 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	29.4% Poor	Read 361 Write 140 Mixed 82.2 SusWrite 55.5 35% 160 MB/s	4K Read 13.9 4K Write 8.2 4K Mixed 7.9 36% 10 MB/s	DQ Read 32.4 DQ Write 9.3 DQ Mixed 13.4 12% 18.4 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 29.4% Great: 47%
Crucial BX500 960GB-$54 11,103 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 678GB free Firmware: M6CR022 SusWrite @10s intervals: 6.8 5.4 6.4 6 6.1 6.6 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	65.1% Good	Read 442 Write 393 Mixed 352 SusWrite 6.2 66% 298 MB/s	4K Read 24.2 4K Write 97.2 4K Mixed 23.5 118% 48.3 MB/s	DQ Read 203 DQ Write 334 DQ Mixed 0.5 76% 179 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 65.1% Great: 91%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 349GB free Firmware: CC47 SusWrite @10s intervals: 172 178 176 173 176 176 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 193 Write 162 Mixed 86.5 SusWrite 175 113% 154 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.9 167% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT41GU6MFR8C-PB 2x8GB 5,493 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (35^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	52.9% Above average	MC Read 17.9 MC Write 21.6 MC Mixed 16 53% 18.5 GB/s	SC Read 13.9 SC Write 17.7 SC Mixed 16.5 46% 16 GB/s	Latency 83.3 48% 83.3 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 52.9% Great: 60%

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

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Gaming 8%

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Desktop 61%

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Workstation 7%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H97M-HD3 - $75

CPU
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	113x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	75x
Core i5-4590Intel $188Bench 63%, 151,366 samples	60x

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	53x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	41x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	29x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	25x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	19x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	14x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	35x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	24x
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	11x

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Total price: $384

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $23	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16