Gigabyte GA-H97M-Gaming 3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 33% Sail boat	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 26% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 75.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	43.9% 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	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H97M-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	9.4 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150920
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 18 '21 at 03:28
Run Duration	207 Seconds
Run User	ZAF-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770-$75 176,321 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	75.1% Very good	Memory 86.4 1-Core 102 2-Core 205 75% 131 Pts	4-Core 353 8-Core 457 52% 405 Pts	64-Core 427 26% 427 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 75.1% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 570-$130 473,685 User benchmarks, average bench 45% AMD(1002 0B31) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1244 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 21.10.2 Performing below potential (44^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	43.9% Average	Lighting 54.8 Reflection 56.9 Parallax 83.8 45% 65.2 fps	MRender 58.5 Gravity 58.5 Splatting 42.7 42% 53.2 fps
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 43.9% Great: 49%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Blue 250GB (2007)-$25 41,230 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 106GB free (System drive) Firmware: 02.03E02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 43 49 56 55 43 58 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	31.5% Below average	Read 58.7 Write 51.8 Mixed 30.9 SusWrite 50.7 35% 48 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 136% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 31.5% Great: 55%
Samsung HD103SI 1TB-$89 48,059 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 376GB free Firmware: 1AG01118 SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 97 97 98 96 97 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	55.6% Above average	Read 96.2 Write 110 Mixed 47.7 SusWrite 97.3 64% 87.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 55.6% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMV4GX3M1A1333C9 Kingston 99U5403-036.A00G Samsung 12GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	50.4% Above average	MC Read 17.9 MC Write 17.8 MC Mixed 15.3 49% 17 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 18.3 SC Mixed 16.4 47% 16.5 GB/s	Latency 70.9 56% 70.9 ns
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 50.4% Great: 50%

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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%

Raft

Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 23%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H97M-Gaming 3

CPU
Core i7-4790Intel $132Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	42x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	27x
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	23x

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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