Gigabyte GA-H97M-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	3.25% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	173% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H97M-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	9.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150920
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 28 '22 at 19:31
Run Duration	261 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690-$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 way above expectations (95^th percentile)	76.4% Very good	Memory 81.8 1-Core 106 2-Core 211 75% 133 Pts	4-Core 411 8-Core 412 55% 411 Pts	64-Core 414 26% 414 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 76.4% Great: 77%

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. 20.19.15.4624 Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	3.25% Terrible	Lighting 3.6 Reflection 2.6 Parallax 6.6 3% 4.27 fps	MRender 7 Gravity 2.5 Splatting 4.8 4% 4.77 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.25% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WDS480G2G0C-00AJM0 480GB 5,487 User benchmarks, average bench 179% 253GB free (System drive) Firmware: 231050WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 568 242 236 231 239 237 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	173% Outstanding	Read 1,058 Write 1,013 Mixed 883 SusWrite 292 182% 812 MB/s	4K Read 41 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 64.5 206% 73.8 MB/s	DQ Read 1,213 DQ Write 980 DQ Mixed 939 746% 1,044 MB/s
Poor: 108% ↑ This bench: 173% Great: 226%
Kodak X300 240G 240GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 223GB free Firmware: HAFEB2.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 207 227 204 203 199 190 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	90.8% Outstanding	Read 435 Write 356 Mixed 333 SusWrite 205 74% 332 MB/s	4K Read 39 4K Write 86.3 4K Mixed 41.8 158% 55.7 MB/s	DQ Read 251 DQ Write 307 DQ Mixed 201 173% 253 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 90.8% Great: 91%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 232GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 214 305 294 294 295 295 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 453 Write 454 Mixed 371 SusWrite 283 88% 390 MB/s	4K Read 44 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 60.4 199% 69.4 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 360 271% 363 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 124%
WD Blue 250GB (2008)-$80 11,055 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 182GB free Firmware: 02.03A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 61 62 63 63 63 63 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	36.4% Below average	Read 64 Write 64.5 Mixed 52.3 SusWrite 62.4 45% 60.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 164% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 36.4% Great: 61%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 853GB free Firmware: CC47 SusWrite @10s intervals: 182 209 210 210 209 210 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	117% Outstanding	Read 203 Write 151 Mixed 84.5 SusWrite 205 117% 161 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 170% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown.C146G.C5M0C 2x8GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 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	56.6% Above average	MC Read 20.5 MC Write 21.2 MC Mixed 17.3 56% 19.7 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 19.9 SC Mixed 17.5 50% 17.6 GB/s	Latency 77.3 52% 77.3 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 56.6% Great: 62%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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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Value: 56% - Above average

Total price: $371

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16