Gigabyte GA-H97M-D3H

Performance Results


Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 52% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 75.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	86.7% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	114% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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 (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H97M-D3H (all builds)
Memory	25.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140628
Uptime	42.2 Days
Run Date	Jan 26 '19 at 18:45
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	IDN-User
Background CPU	18%

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PC Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	75.6% Very good	Memory 83.4 1-Core 106 2-Core 211 76% 133 Pts	4-Core 392 8-Core 396 53% 394 Pts	64-Core 373 23% 373 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 75.6% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3301) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.71 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	86.7% Excellent	Lighting 109 Reflection 114 Parallax 99.2 89% 108 fps	MRender 97.9 Gravity 100 Splatting 101 82% 99.7 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86.7% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 33GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 316 287 297 277 202 145 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 486 Write 466 Mixed 391 SusWrite 254 90% 399 MB/s	4K Read 42 4K Write 126 4K Mixed 57.9 204% 75.3 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 360 271% 362 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 124%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$59 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 580GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 71 72 69 71 73 72 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	51.1% Above average	Read 106 Write 80.8 Mixed 76 SusWrite 71.4 62% 83.6 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1 194% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 51.1% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5471-062.A00LF 99U5471-054.A00LF 99U5471-062.A00LF 99U5471-062.A00LF 32GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	57.3% Above average	MC Read 20.6 MC Write 22.5 MC Mixed 17.5 58% 20.2 GB/s	SC Read 14.6 SC Write 16.7 SC Mixed 17.5 46% 16.3 GB/s	Latency 74.4 54% 74.4 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 57.3% Great: 59%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Typical GA-H97M-D3H Builds (Compare 2,141 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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	339x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	244x

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	278x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	169x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	126x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	83x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	70x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	58x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	61x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	57x
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 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16