Gigabyte GA-H97-D3H-CF

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 21% Surfboard	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	28.2% 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)
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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System	Gigabyte H97-D3H
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H97-D3H-CF (all builds)
Memory	2.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140626
Uptime	1.8 Days
Run Date	Apr 12 '19 at 08:39
Run Duration	149 Seconds
Run User	IND-User
Background CPU	20%

PC Performing as expected (50^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-$50 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	79.4% Very good	Memory 92.7 1-Core 111 2-Core 208 80% 137 Pts	4-Core 382 8-Core 388 51% 385 Pts	64-Core 396 24% 396 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 79.4% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Asus(1043 8520) CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1800 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 398.82 Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	28.2% Poor	Lighting 34.8 Reflection 43.2 Parallax 38.6 28% 38.9 fps	MRender 40.1 Gravity 39.7 Splatting 25.9 28% 35.2 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 28.2% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$46 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 115GB free (System drive) Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 36 45 48 42 44 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	39.1% Below average	Read 93.4 Write 88.8 Mixed 69.7 SusWrite 42.5 55% 73.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.8 161% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 39.1% Great: 84%
SanDisk Ultra 16GB 4,598 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 2GB free, PID 5590 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 7.8 10 18 17 15 18 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	15.7% Very poor	Read 38.7 Write 6.8 Mixed 14.2 SusWrite 14.4 21% 18.5 MB/s	4K Read 4.6 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 2.3 160% 2.93 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 15.7% Great: 31%
Multiple Flash Reader 64GB 130 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 34GB free, PID 6361 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 17 17 17 18 18 17 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	16.1% Very poor	Read 17.8 Write 17.3 Mixed 17.3 SusWrite 17.4 24% 17.4 MB/s	4K Read 4.7 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 3.3 225% 3.6 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 16.1% Great: 18%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 1x8GB 11,204 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	33.3% Below average	MC Read 10.3 MC Write 11.6 MC Mixed 9.5 30% 10.5 GB/s	SC Read 10.1 SC Write 10.9 SC Mixed 10 30% 10.3 GB/s	Latency 62.8 64% 62.8 ns
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 33.3% Great: 35%

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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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Gaming 39%

Jet ski

Desktop 78%

Battleship

Workstation 32%

Sail boat

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H97-D3H-CF

CPU
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	283x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	174x
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	155x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	154x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	129x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	87x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	40x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	34x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	31x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	88x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	69x
BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. 4x4GBCrucialBench 57%, 14,299 samples	38x

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Value: 57% - Above average

Total price: $435

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16