Gigabyte GA-H97M-HD3

Performance Results


Gaming 56% Gunboat	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 44% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	65% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	67.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H97M-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140424
Uptime	6 Days
Run Date	Mar 20 '18 at 17:22
Run Duration	245 Seconds
Run User	ARE-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4590-$188 151,366 User benchmarks, average bench 63% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	81.8% Excellent	Memory 92.9 1-Core 109 2-Core 212 80% 138 Pts	4-Core 410 8-Core 409 55% 410 Pts	64-Core 399 25% 399 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 81.8% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Nvidia(10DE 1C03) ≥ 4GB; Palit Jetstream CLim: 2088 MHz, MLim: 2310 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	65% Good	Lighting 81.4 Reflection 83.8 Parallax 80.3 66% 81.9 fps	MRender 81.4 Gravity 74.9 Splatting 73.8 62% 76.7 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 65% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force LS 120GB-$98 9,315 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 28GB free (System drive) Firmware: S8FM07.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 9025 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1092 (A2) Unknown 100 100 377 (AA) Unknown 100 100 106 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 15139100 (AE) Unknown 100 100 35 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 35 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 30 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 461 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 92 (F1) Unknown 100 100 7752 (F2) Unknown 100 100 5590	67.5% Good	Read 502 Write 331 Mixed 381 90% 405 MB/s	4K Read 21.5 4K Write 78.6 4K Mixed 10 87% 36.7 MB/s	DQ Read 25.4 DQ Write 83.8 DQ Mixed 25 28% 44.7 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 67.5% Great: 84%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 1TB 266,123 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 534GB free Firmware: 2BA30003 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 90 90 3139 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 892 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 974 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 3 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 166 (BF) G-sense error rate 252 252 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 17 (C2) HDA temperature 64 64 210454511641 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 20 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 3 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 22861	52.7% Above average	Read 90 Write 93.6 Mixed 93.7 70% 92.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 1.95 4K Mixed 0.39 104% 0.98 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 52.7% Great: 59%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 136GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 172 2291 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8427 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 9021 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1074 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 137 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 8297 (C2) HDA temperature 113 104 30 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	65.8% Good	Read 121 Write 109 Mixed 105 84% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 2.31 4K Mixed 0.31 107% 1.11 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 65.8% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 2,100 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	62.2% Good	MC Read 21.9 MC Write 22.8 MC Mixed 19.9 62% 21.5 GB/s	SC Read 16.4 SC Write 19.7 SC Mixed 19.5 53% 18.5 GB/s	Latency 62.3 64% 62.3 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 62.2% Great: 63%

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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 $37Bench 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 $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