Gigabyte GA-H97M-D3H

Performance Results


Gaming 13% Tree trunk	Desktop 63% Destroyer	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 55.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	18.9% 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)
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 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.

Very high background CPU (67%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H97M-D3H (all builds)
Memory	11.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20150803
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Jul 19 '18 at 20:09
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	67%

PC Performing as expected (46^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	55.6% Above average	Memory 62.6 1-Core 86.2 2-Core 152 58% 100 Pts	4-Core 262 8-Core 524 46% 393 Pts	64-Core 533 33% 533 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 55.6% Great: 80%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 750-Ti-$92 309,423 User benchmarks, average bench 17% MSI(1462 8A9B) CLim: 1333 MHz, MLim: 1350 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	18.9% Very poor	Lighting 23.7 Reflection 17.6 Parallax 21.4 19% 20.9 fps	MRender 26.1 Gravity 24.7 Splatting 17.7 18% 22.8 fps
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 18.9% Great: 19%
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 10.18.14.4264 Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	3.1% Terrible	Lighting 3.1 Reflection 5.08 Parallax 4.88 2% 4.35 fps	MRender 5.71 Gravity 2.3 Splatting 6.78 4% 4.93 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.1% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intens 128GB 128GB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 12GB free (System drive) Firmware: O112 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 308 Write 207 Mixed 156 49% 223 MB/s	4K Read 16.3 4K Write 53.2 4K Mixed 8.5 64% 26 MB/s	DQ Read 172 DQ Write 250 DQ Mixed 13.9 66% 145 MB/s
Poor: 51% Great: 100%
Adata Premier SP550 120GB-$45 22,057 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 41GB free Firmware: O080 SusWrite @10s intervals: 248 88 65 65 64 65 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	53.8% Above average	Read 332 Write 252 Mixed 262 SusWrite 99.3 53% 236 MB/s	4K Read 20.7 4K Write 38.8 4K Mixed 19.6 77% 26.4 MB/s	DQ Read 314 DQ Write 182 DQ Mixed 42.4 87% 179 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 53.8% Great: 91%
Seagate ST3500630AS 500GB-$102 29,256 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 327GB free Firmware: 3.AA SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 74 74 72 74 74 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	42.2% Average	Read 73.3 Write 71.7 Mixed 46.5 SusWrite 73.6 49% 66.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.7 127% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 42.2% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown Dark-1600 0215 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 0423 Dark-1600 0215 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 16GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	31.1% Below average	MC Read 11.1 MC Write 12.5 MC Mixed 10.1 32% 11.2 GB/s	SC Read 5.9 SC Write 7.4 SC Mixed 7.8 20% 7.03 GB/s	Latency 120 33% 120 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 31.1% Great: 61%

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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	487x
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	338x
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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16