Gigabyte GA-H97M-D3H

Performance Results


Gaming 32% Sail boat	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 25% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 80.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	38% 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	57.4% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

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Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H97M-D3H (all builds)
Memory	5.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20150421
Uptime	2.3 Days
Run Date	Aug 06 '16 at 07:15
Run Duration	123 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	24%

PC Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690-$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)	80.5% Excellent	Memory 89.6 1-Core 112 2-Core 222 80% 141 Pts	4-Core 410 8-Core 425 56% 418 Pts	64-Core 421 26% 421 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 80.5% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Gigabyte(1458 3690) 2GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6839 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	38% Below average	Lighting 48.6 Reflection 49 Parallax 48 40% 48.5 fps	MRender 44.8 Gravity 43.2 Splatting 40.3 35% 42.8 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 38% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 16GB free (System drive) Firmware: 603ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 7918218 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 85426899517852 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 380 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 90 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 26 47 60132622362 (C2) HDA temperature 26 47 60132622362 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 7918218 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 7918218 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 7918218 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 68719476736 (E9) Unknown 0 0 1402 (EA) Unknown 0 0 1478 (F1) Unknown 0 0 1478 (F2) Unknown 0 0 2037 (F4) Unknown 100 100 2031625	57.4% Above average	Read 433 Write 114 Mixed 138 49% 228 MB/s	4K Read 18.9 4K Write 97.2 4K Mixed 14.3 98% 43.4 MB/s	DQ Read 85.2 DQ Write 123 DQ Mixed 30.5 44% 79.4 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 57.4% Great: 73%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC29 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 100 177171880 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 321 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 64 60 2916817 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 396 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 318 (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 76 59 403898392 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 23 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 4161 (C2) HDA temperature 24 41 55834574872 (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 -16140487098120 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1369889446 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1900331450	76.5% Very good	Read 138 Write 129 Mixed 128 99% 132 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 1.46 4K Mixed 0.32 94% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 76.5% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Patriot PSD38G13332 1x8GB 879 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	29.8% Poor	MC Read 9.3 MC Write 10 MC Mixed 8.8 27% 9.37 GB/s	SC Read 8.8 SC Write 9.4 SC Mixed 8.8 26% 9 GB/s	Latency 67.7 59% 67.7 ns
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 29.8% Great: 30%

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Gaming 8%

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Desktop 66%

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Workstation 8%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H97M-D3H - $84

CPU
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	487x
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	337x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	243x

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	277x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	168x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	125x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	83x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	70x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	57x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	61x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	56x
Ballistix Sport DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCrucialBench 56%, 44,086 samples	28x

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Value: 55% - Above average

Total price: $334

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 $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