Gigabyte GA-H97-D3H-CF

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 25% Surfboard	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 80.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	32.4% 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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Gigabyte H97-D3H
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H97-D3H-CF (all builds)
Memory	3.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140626
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 30 '19 at 11:09
Run Duration	153 Seconds
Run User	IND-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing as expected (51^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$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 (95^th percentile)	80.5% Excellent	Memory 90.5 1-Core 109 2-Core 218 80% 139 Pts	4-Core 410 8-Core 399 54% 405 Pts	64-Core 318 20% 318 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 80.5% 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 (46^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	32.4% Below average	Lighting 41.6 Reflection 43.3 Parallax 38 34% 40.9 fps	MRender 33.8 Gravity 39.4 Splatting 35.2 30% 36.1 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 32.4% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$72 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 85GB free (System drive) Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 88 114 112 116 128 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	67.4% Good	Read 128 Write 118 Mixed 75.5 SusWrite 107 79% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.9 174% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 67.4% Great: 84%
WD Elements 2TB 35,768 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 592GB free, PID 10b8 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 11 8.4 9.3 5.1 5.1 5.1 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	13.5% Very poor	Read 77 Write 11 Mixed 17.2 SusWrite 7.2 27% 28.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.2 4K Mixed 0.3 19% 0.33 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 13.5% Great: 44%
Generic STORAGE DEVICE 32GB 846 User benchmarks, average bench 21% 8GB free, PID 0743 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 36 35 32 38 41 41 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	17.4% Very poor	Read 40.2 Write 39 Mixed 20.5 SusWrite 37.2 46% 34.2 MB/s	4K Read 5.7 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 2.1 116% 2.83 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 17.4% Great: 37%
WD My Book 25EE 4TB 13,827 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 2GB free, PID 25ee Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 75 Write 92.5 Mixed 54.7 96% 74.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.6 73% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 18% Great: 100%

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 (62^nd percentile)	32.1% Below average	MC Read 10.2 MC Write 11.1 MC Mixed 9.5 29% 10.3 GB/s	SC Read 8.9 SC Write 9.5 SC Mixed 9.4 26% 9.27 GB/s	Latency 66.5 60% 66.5 ns
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 32.1% Great: 35%

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

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Typical GA-H97-D3H-CF Builds (Compare 1,344 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 39%

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Desktop 78%

Battleship

Workstation 32%

Sail boat

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H97-D3H-CF

CPU
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	284x
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	89x
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