Gigabyte GA-H97M-D3H

Performance Results


Gaming 60% Gunboat	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 49% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 86.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	66.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	73.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H97M-D3H (all builds)
Memory	29.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140628
Uptime	2.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 21 '17 at 10:08
Run Duration	186 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing above expectations (72^nd 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)	86.2% Excellent	Memory 91.8 1-Core 119 2-Core 228 83% 146 Pts	4-Core 440 8-Core 603 66% 521 Pts	64-Core 602 37% 602 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 85AC) CLim: 2113 MHz, MLim: 2175 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 378.78 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	66.7% Good	Lighting 84.4 Reflection 83.5 Parallax 71.6 69% 79.8 fps	MRender 77.1 Gravity 76.1 Splatting 76.7 63% 76.6 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 66.7% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 480GB 11,256 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 354GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	73.7% Very good	Read 720 Write 415 Mixed 543 124% 559 MB/s	4K Read 19.9 4K Write 31.7 4K Mixed 11.2 61% 20.9 MB/s	DQ Read 16.2 DQ Write 57.3 DQ Mixed 10.3 16% 27.9 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 73.7% Great: 182%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 153 141 9308 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1603 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 4764 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 744 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 271 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 194 194 18057 (C2) HDA temperature 124 97 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	58.7% Above average	Read 108 Write 97 Mixed 88.2 73% 97.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.64 4K Mixed 0.24 76% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 58.7% Great: 67%
Samsung HD253GJ 250GB 4,131 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 233GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 1 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 84 83 4984 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 871 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4974 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 583 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (BF) G-sense error rate 252 252 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1313 (C2) HDA temperature 64 48 223339085850 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 9 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 4970 (F1) Unknown 96 95 6472252 (F2) Unknown 95 94 7289759 (FE) Unknown 100 100 1	68.7% Good	Read 114 Write 125 Mixed 114 88% 118 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 2.66 4K Mixed 0.56 140% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 68.7% Great: 75%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 2TB 3,128 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 1TB free, PID a00c Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	37.8% Below average	Read 95.8 Write 88.7 Mixed 89.7 117% 91.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.46 4K Mixed 0.19 58% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 37.8% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMV8GX3M1A1600C11 Kingston KHX1600C10D3/8G 0215 CMV8GX3M1A1600C11 Kingston KHX1600C10D3/8G 32GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	58.4% Above average	MC Read 22 MC Write 20.9 MC Mixed 16.5 57% 19.8 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 21.4 SC Mixed 20.3 54% 19.1 GB/s	Latency 64.4 62% 64.4 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 58.4% Great: 62%

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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	483x
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	337x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	241x

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	124x

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	55x

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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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