Gigabyte GA-H97M-D3H

Performance Results


Gaming 5% Tree trunk	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	2.02% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	73.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H97M-D3H (all builds)
Memory	4.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20150803
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 16 '17 at 06:07
Run Duration	117 Seconds
Run User	IND-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing as expected (55^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	83.1% Excellent	Memory 92.8 1-Core 126 2-Core 249 88% 156 Pts	4-Core 396 8-Core 664 64% 530 Pts	64-Core 664 41% 664 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 83.1% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 610 62,458 User benchmarks, average bench 2% Asus(1043 8496) 2GB Ram: 2GB, Driver: 340.52 Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	2.02% Terrible	Lighting 2.47 Reflection 3 Parallax 1.91 2% 2.46 fps	MRender 3 Gravity 2.47 Splatting 2.13 2% 2.53 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 2.02% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SUV300S37A120G 120GB 4,336 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 15GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5181 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 595 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 147 (AD) Unknown 100 100 3211342 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 5111857 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 29 (C2) HDA temperature 68 61 167504969760 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 95 (E9) Unknown 100 100 5601 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 6479 (F2) Unknown 100 100 6345 (F4) Unknown 100 100 49 (F5) Unknown 100 100 78 (F6) Unknown 100 100 1656320	73.1% Very good	Read 428 Write 216 Mixed 213 63% 286 MB/s	4K Read 26.3 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 12.8 110% 46.6 MB/s	DQ Read 337 DQ Write 191 DQ Mixed 50.6 95% 193 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 73.1% Great: 83%
WD WD10EZRZ-00HTKB0 1TB 159 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 246GB free Firmware: 01.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 137 136 4108 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3591 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 4438 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 585 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 10 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 180 180 60942 (C2) HDA temperature 114 106 29 (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	44.3% Average	Read 74.9 Write 79.1 Mixed 77.7 58% 77.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 2.02 4K Mixed 0.22 87% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 44.3% Great: 86%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 1x8GB 29,968 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	33.1% Below average	MC Read 10.8 MC Write 11 MC Mixed 9.4 30% 10.4 GB/s	SC Read 9.6 SC Write 11.2 SC Mixed 10 29% 10.3 GB/s	Latency 62.6 64% 62.6 ns
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 33.1% Great: 40%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 8%

Tree trunk

Desktop 66%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 8%

Tree trunk

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	242x

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