Gigabyte GA-H97M-HD3

Performance Results


Gaming 30% Raft	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 24% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	33.5% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	64.8% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H97M-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	4.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 22 '18 at 14:41
Run Duration	134 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (56^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4570S 11,172 User benchmarks, average bench 66% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 3.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	77.5% Very good	Memory 90.7 1-Core 104 2-Core 197 76% 131 Pts	4-Core 373 8-Core 372 50% 372 Pts	64-Core 379 23% 379 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 77.5% Great: 76%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 380X-$120 20,573 User benchmarks, average bench 38% Gigabyte(1458 22C8) CLim: 980 MHz, MLim: 1425 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 18.2.1 Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	33.5% Below average	Lighting 41.1 Reflection 51 Parallax 50.7 34% 47.6 fps	MRender 50.2 Gravity 38.4 Splatting 36.4 33% 41.7 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 33.5% Great: 40%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS1311 240GB-$78 26,547 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 182GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS131122 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3887 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1047 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1389734 (AA) Unknown 100 100 174 (AD) Unknown 100 100 852006 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 218 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850984990 (DA) Unknown 100 100 697447 (E7) Temperature 100 100 87 (F1) Unknown 100 100 5566	64.8% Good	Read 495 Write 343 Mixed 349 88% 396 MB/s	4K Read 22.7 4K Write 62.7 4K Mixed 8.64 79% 31.3 MB/s	DQ Read 23.9 DQ Write 59.6 DQ Mixed 8.63 16% 30.7 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 64.8% Great: 97%
Hitachi HDT725040VLA380 400GB 500 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 239GB free Firmware: V5COA73A Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 102 102 38686687716 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1873 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 29377 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1535 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 2769 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 2769 (C2) HDA temperature 162 162 249108889637 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 253 4980
Poor: 20% Great: 37%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Sniper DDR3 1333 C9 2x4GB 586 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	55% Above average	MC Read 19.2 MC Write 19.6 MC Mixed 17.1 53% 18.6 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 19.9 SC Mixed 18.1 51% 17.8 GB/s	Latency 66.2 60% 66.2 ns
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 55% Great: 54%

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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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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