Gigabyte GA-H97M-HD3

Performance Results


Gaming 89% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 69% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (91st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 9 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 83.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	106% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	122% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

Run History

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Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H97M-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	13.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140626
Uptime	4.7 Days
Run Date	Nov 28 '18 at 10:42
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690-$52 73,695 User benchmarks, average bench 67% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	83.1% Excellent	Memory 92 1-Core 114 2-Core 221 82% 143 Pts	4-Core 430 8-Core 424 57% 427 Pts	64-Core 434 27% 434 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 83.1% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Nvidia(10DE 119E) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.1 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Lighting 139 Reflection 148 Parallax 140 113% 142 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 135 Splatting 109 97% 120 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 139GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 369 254 227 220 225 221 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	122% Outstanding	Read 492 Write 467 Mixed 392 SusWrite 253 90% 401 MB/s	4K Read 48.9 4K Write 128 4K Mixed 65.8 226% 80.9 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 358 270% 361 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 124%
Seagate IronWolf 2TB (2016)-$105 8,291 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 1.5TB free Firmware: SC60 SusWrite @10s intervals: 152 153 153 153 150 155 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	91.5% Outstanding	Read 166 Write 166 Mixed 77.5 SusWrite 153 103% 141 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.6 123% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 91.5% Great: 100%
SanDisk Ultra USB 3.0 64GB-$9 17,023 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 28GB free, PID 5581 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 60 62 27 25 25 25 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	39% Below average	Read 160 Write 54.8 Mixed 73.5 SusWrite 37.4 93% 81.5 MB/s	4K Read 6.2 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1.4 139% 3.2 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 39% Great: 39%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-1600C11-8GNT 0215 CMV8GX3M1A1600C11 16GB 19 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	62.3% Good	MC Read 22.4 MC Write 23.2 MC Mixed 19.1 62% 21.6 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 21 SC Mixed 19.2 54% 18.9 GB/s	Latency 64.1 62% 64.1 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 62.3% Great: 62%

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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 $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 $273	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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