Gigabyte GA-H97-D3H-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 34% Sail boat	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 29% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 83.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	35.4% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	98.8% 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	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.

System	Gigabyte H97-D3H
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H97-D3H-CF (all builds)
Memory	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140425
Uptime	1.9 Days
Run Date	Sep 20 '18 at 10:26
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (78^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 3.85 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	83.7% Excellent	Memory 95.1 1-Core 119 2-Core 237 86% 150 Pts	4-Core 390 8-Core 594 61% 492 Pts	64-Core 600 37% 600 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 83.7% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 770-$279 116,895 User benchmarks, average bench 34% Asus(1043 8465) 2GB CLim: 1215 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 399.24 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	35.4% Below average	Lighting 42.7 Reflection 38.9 Parallax 51.8 35% 44.5 fps	MRender 54.5 Gravity 48.1 Splatting 36 37% 46.2 fps
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 35.4% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 44GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 229 39 38 35 35 36 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	98.8% Outstanding	Read 493 Write 458 Mixed 373 SusWrite 68.7 78% 348 MB/s	4K Read 44.1 4K Write 94.6 4K Mixed 56.1 189% 64.9 MB/s	DQ Read 377 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 236 211% 319 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 98.8% Great: 118%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 701GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 156 160 158 161 159 160 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	95% Outstanding	Read 172 Write 149 Mixed 111 SusWrite 159 109% 148 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 1.2 235% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 95% Great: 108%
WD Blue 250GB (2008)-$80 11,055 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 215GB free Firmware: 01.03E01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 78 77 78 78 77 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	49.3% Average	Read 93.7 Write 88.9 Mixed 59.3 SusWrite 77.8 59% 79.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 164% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 49.3% Great: 61%
Seagate ST3250620AS 250GB-$149 6,960 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 134GB free Firmware: 3.AAD SusWrite @10s intervals: 65 63 64 66 66 66 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	37.9% Below average	Read 66.8 Write 48.6 Mixed 46.7 SusWrite 64.9 42% 56.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.9 157% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 37.9% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 19,522 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	62.8% Good	MC Read 22.2 MC Write 22.5 MC Mixed 19.2 61% 21.3 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 21.5 SC Mixed 20.9 57% 20 GB/s	Latency 56.8 70% 56.8 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 62.8% Great: 63%

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Gaming 39%

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Desktop 78%

Battleship

Workstation 32%

Sail boat

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H97-D3H-CF

CPU
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	283x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	169x
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	152x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	151x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	129x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	86x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	39x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	32x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	31x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	88x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	68x
BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. 4x4GBCrucialBench 57%, 14,299 samples	38x

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Value: 57% - Above average

Total price: $435

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	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) $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