Gigabyte GA-H97M-D3H

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 45% Yacht	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 34% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	63% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H97M-D3H (all builds)
Memory	5.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors, 1024 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150803
Uptime	2.7 Days
Run Date	May 17 '18 at 07:18
Run Duration	150 Seconds
Run User	IND-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4440-$128 81,111 User benchmarks, average bench 61% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	75.2% Very good	Memory 90.3 1-Core 97.7 2-Core 189 74% 126 Pts	4-Core 350 8-Core 346 47% 348 Pts	64-Core 360 22% 360 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 75.2% Great: 70%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 3281) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 397.64 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	63% Good	Lighting 79.6 Reflection 77.7 Parallax 67.8 65% 75 fps	MRender 72.2 Gravity 71.9 Splatting 73.1 59% 72.4 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 63% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Samsung HD503HI 500GB-$41 8,190 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 60GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 6 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 85 34 4674 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7831 (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 13864 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5144 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 365 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 49 227634315299 (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 44 44 29721 (C8) Write error rate 1 1 809352 (DF) Load/unload retry count 252 252 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 61292	35.4% Below average	Read 59.8 Write 63.2 Mixed 50 43% 57.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.87 4K Mixed 0.36 98% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 35.4% Great: 58%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$31 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 52GB free (System drive) Firmware: MS2OA750 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 143 143 67 (03) Spinup time 112 112 17193304268 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 342 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 115 115 34 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4176 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 338 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 342 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 342 (C2) HDA temperature 153 153 210454904871 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	98.9% Outstanding	Read 174 Write 171 Mixed 157 126% 167 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.73 4K Mixed 0.2 75% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 98.9% Great: 107%
WD My Passport 259F 1TB 11,016 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 233GB free, PID 259f Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	33.1% Below average	Read 94.2 Write 67.6 Mixed 77.5 98% 79.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.17 58% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 33.1% Great: 45%

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 (71^st percentile)	34.4% Below average	MC Read 11.2 MC Write 11.5 MC Mixed 9.8 31% 10.8 GB/s	SC Read 11 SC Write 12.1 SC Mixed 11.4 33% 11.5 GB/s	Latency 66.8 60% 66.8 ns
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 34.4% 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%

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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 $182	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) $30	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