Gigabyte GA-H97M-D3H

Performance Results


Gaming 48% Yacht	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 38% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 81.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	53.9% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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.

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

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H97M-D3H (all builds)
Memory	13.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150803
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 18 '18 at 14:47
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4590-$188 151,366 User benchmarks, average bench 63% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	81.6% Excellent	Memory 93.9 1-Core 106 2-Core 209 79% 136 Pts	4-Core 404 8-Core 390 54% 397 Pts	64-Core 405 25% 405 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 81.6% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 480-$75 261,163 User benchmarks, average bench 46% MSI(1462 3413) CLim: 1303 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 18.5.1 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	53.9% Above average	Lighting 68.5 Reflection 68 Parallax 97.3 56% 77.9 fps	MRender 67 Gravity 65.1 Splatting 54.9 50% 62.3 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 53.9% Great: 53%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 20GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 448 Write 378 Mixed 371 89% 399 MB/s	4K Read 35.3 4K Write 130 4K Mixed 55.8 194% 73.8 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 355 269% 361 MB/s
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
Crucial MX500 1TB-$84 202,785 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 269GB free Firmware: M3CR020 SusWrite @10s intervals: 437 442 437 432 393 401 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	123% Outstanding	Read 466 Write 428 Mixed 391 SusWrite 424 96% 427 MB/s	4K Read 36.6 4K Write 127 4K Mixed 59.8 199% 74.4 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 299 242% 342 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 125%
WD Red 1TB (2012)-$62 37,583 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 323GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 121 117 117 122 123 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	58.1% Above average	Read 81.8 Write 84.1 Mixed 60.7 SusWrite 120 64% 86.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.8 167% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 58.1% Great: 87%
WD Red 2TB (2012)-$82 64,359 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 485GB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 80 80 83 82 83 82 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	57% Above average	Read 117 Write 106 Mixed 66.1 SusWrite 81.6 68% 92.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1 185% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 57% Great: 86%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS4G3D18ADS3.16FE 4x4GB 308 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	64.3% Good	MC Read 23 MC Write 23.5 MC Mixed 20.1 63% 22.2 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 20.4 SC Mixed 21 56% 19.5 GB/s	Latency 60 67% 60 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 64.3% Great: 74%

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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%

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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	482x
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	336x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	241x

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	276x
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	54x

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 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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