Gigabyte GA-H97M-HD3

Performance Results


Gaming 5% Tree trunk	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 5% 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 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	3.98% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	67.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	4GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and although it's sufficient for most games, some will benefit from up to 8GB of RAM. 4GB is also enough for modest file and system caches which allow for a responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H97M-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	1.6 GB free of 4 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141205
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Dec 18 '15 at 22:01
Run Duration	136 Seconds
Run User	HRV-User
Background CPU	1%

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 i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	86.4% Excellent	Memory 95.9 1-Core 113 2-Core 230 84% 146 Pts	4-Core 415 8-Core 599 64% 507 Pts	64-Core 598 37% 598 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 86.4% Great: 80%

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. 10.18.15.4256 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	3.98% Terrible	Lighting 3.97 Reflection 6.62 Parallax 6.53 3% 5.7 fps	MRender 9.57 Gravity 2.47 Splatting 7.65 5% 6.56 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.98% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Vertex 3 120GB-$42 25,948 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 52GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 105 105 11629347 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 -7017976553956 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2288 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 1624 (B1) Unknown 0 0 2 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 11629347 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 11629347 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 11629347 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 6366 (EA) Unknown 0 0 4760 (F1) Unknown 0 0 4760 (F2) Unknown 0 0 9434	67.5% Good	Read 482 Write 143 Mixed 209 60% 278 MB/s	4K Read 29.4 4K Write 98.8 4K Mixed 14.1 115% 47.4 MB/s	DQ Read 163 DQ Write 138 DQ Mixed 26.9 54% 109 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 67.5% Great: 82%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 794GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 169 143 10541 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1119 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 4666 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1112 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 42 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1081 (C2) HDA temperature 104 97 48 (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 200 121 2300 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	76.4% Very good	Read 139 Write 127 Mixed 117 96% 128 MB/s	4K Read 0.91 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 0.23 119% 1.38 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 76.4% Great: 112%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 792GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 172 164 6366 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 515 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2154 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 515 (10) Unknown 1 199 21241267799 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 1 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 513 (C2) HDA temperature 107 103 43 (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	77.2% Very good	Read 122 Write 147 Mixed 128 100% 132 MB/s	4K Read 0.92 4K Write 3.18 4K Mixed 0.26 127% 1.46 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 77.2% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws DDR3 1600 C8 2x2GB 101 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 4GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	61.2% Good	MC Read 21.8 MC Write 21.9 MC Mixed 18.7 59% 20.8 GB/s	SC Read 16.1 SC Write 20.7 SC Mixed 18.4 53% 18.4 GB/s	Latency 54.2 74% 54.2 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 61.2% Great: 61%

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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 $38Bench 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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $29	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16