Gigabyte GA-H97M-HD3

Performance Results


Gaming 5% Tree trunk	Desktop 67% Battle cruiser	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 76.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	1.19% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	96.6% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H97M-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	0.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 09 '19 at 01:25
Run Duration	173 Seconds
Run User	THA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (60^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4460-$194 245,403 User benchmarks, average bench 62% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	76.2% Very good	Memory 90.1 1-Core 96.9 2-Core 186 73% 124 Pts	4-Core 361 8-Core 366 48% 363 Pts	64-Core 355 22% 355 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 76.2% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce 210 98,254 User benchmarks, average bench 1% Asus(1043 8354) 1GB Ram: 1GB, Driver: 342.1 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	1.19% Terrible	Lighting 1.3 Reflection 2.54 Parallax 0.47 1% 1.44 fps	MRender 2.67 Gravity 0.87 Splatting 1.83 1% 1.79 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 1.19% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue 3D 500GB-$67 43,442 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 248GB free (System drive) Firmware: X61190WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 398 409 388 403 409 416 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	96.6% Outstanding	Read 480 Write 454 Mixed 388 SusWrite 404 97% 431 MB/s	4K Read 29.5 4K Write 53.4 4K Mixed 35.7 119% 39.5 MB/s	DQ Read 376 DQ Write 335 DQ Mixed 276 229% 329 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 96.6% Great: 117%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 181GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 61 60 63 62 64 64 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	44.1% Average	Read 91.7 Write 80 Mixed 23.2 SusWrite 62.1 47% 64.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.4 85% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 44.1% Great: 67%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2016)-$114 34,353 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 95GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 101 100 102 101 101 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	54.9% Above average	Read 90.5 Write 75.7 Mixed 54 SusWrite 101 59% 80.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 146% 1 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 54.9% Great: 105%
WD Green 4TB (2013)-$136 31,988 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 148 143 148 148 123 92 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	81.7% Excellent	Read 151 Write 143 Mixed 89.3 SusWrite 134 95% 129 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 197% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 81.7% Great: 87%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 133 132 135 136 136 136 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	75.8% Very good	Read 129 Write 118 Mixed 73 SusWrite 135 83% 114 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 197% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 75.8% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 1x8GB 37,489 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	33.3% Below average	MC Read 10.8 MC Write 11.4 MC Mixed 9.8 30% 10.7 GB/s	SC Read 9.7 SC Write 11.4 SC Mixed 9.1 29% 10.1 GB/s	Latency 67.1 60% 67.1 ns
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 33.3% Great: 35%

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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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Typical GA-H97M-HD3 Builds (Compare 493 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 8%

Tree trunk

Desktop 61%

Destroyer

Workstation 7%

Tree trunk

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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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