Gigabyte GA-H97M-HD3

Performance Results


Gaming 39% Jet ski	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 33% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	48% 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	69.9% 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.

Very high background CPU (48%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H97M-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit väriä
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140626
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Sep 22 '17 at 23:26
Run Duration	361 Seconds
Run User	FIN-User
Background CPU	48%

PC Performing as expected (45^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E3-1231 v3-$209 19,313 User benchmarks, average bench 73% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	75.7% Very good	Memory 94.6 1-Core 96.2 2-Core 185 74% 125 Pts	4-Core 308 8-Core 459 48% 384 Pts	64-Core 515 32% 515 Pts
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 75.7% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290X-$549 37,353 User benchmarks, average bench 51% Asus(1043 046C) Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 22.19.662.4 Performing below potential (18^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	48% Average	Lighting 59.1 Reflection 52.7 Parallax 68.5 48% 60.1 fps	MRender 53.4 Gravity 52.4 Splatting 65.8 48% 57.2 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 48% Great: 55%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra Plus 256GB-$139 17,545 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 19GB free (System drive) Firmware: X2316RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 9808 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1726 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 15 (A8) Unknown 100 100 378 (A9) Unknown 100 100 249 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 244 (AE) Unknown 100 100 130 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 67 39 167504707617 (D4) Unknown 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 2061 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 64040 (F1) Unknown 253 253 21684 (F2) Unknown 253 253 18595 (F3) Unknown 100 100 0	69.9% Good	Read 394 Write 207 Mixed 281 65% 294 MB/s	4K Read 26.7 4K Write 80.2 4K Mixed 21.4 110% 42.8 MB/s	DQ Read 241 DQ Write 155 DQ Mixed 44.5 75% 147 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 69.9% Great: 99%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 161GB free Firmware: CC29 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 105 99 8655680 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3242 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 64855791 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 9819 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1697 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 50 538116128 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 132 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 51 51 98844 (C2) HDA temperature 32 50 47244640288 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -54855322299231 (F1) Unknown 100 253 22120031800 (F2) Unknown 100 253 32033275056	81.6% Excellent	Read 121 Write 163 Mixed 107 98% 131 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 1.42 4K Mixed 0.39 100% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 81.6% Great: 114%
WD WD10EACS-00ZJB0 1TB 28,352 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 129GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 199 25 (03) Spinup time 158 156 7058 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5975 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 71 71 21615 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3075 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 606 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5971 (C2) HDA temperature 122 107 28 (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	36.5% Below average	Read 65.1 Write 61.7 Mixed 58.1 46% 61.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.37 4K Write 1.65 4K Mixed 0.31 81% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 36.5% Great: 51%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 5TB 123 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2TB free, PID 0110 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	69.3% Good	Read 168 Write 172 Mixed 143 206% 161 MB/s	4K Read 4.53 4K Write 2.07 4K Mixed 0.26 96% 2.29 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 69.3% Great: 81%
Kingston DataTraveler 2.0 4GB 1,175 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 3GB free, PID 1607 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	5.68% Terrible	Read 19.1 Write 4.79 Mixed 7.4 11% 10.4 MB/s	4K Read 7.74 4K Write 0.01 4K Mixed 0.02 30% 2.59 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.68% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GB 48,796 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (29^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	52.7% Above average	MC Read 17.1 MC Write 20.2 MC Mixed 16.9 52% 18.1 GB/s	SC Read 12 SC Write 16.4 SC Mixed 14.5 41% 14.3 GB/s	Latency 58.3 69% 58.3 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 52.7% Great: 63%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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