Gigabyte GA-H97M-D3H

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU, SSD
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
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.

High background CPU (26%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H97M-D3H (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150421
Uptime	1.3 Days
Run Date	Jun 13 '19 at 18:34
Run Duration	153 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	26%

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 i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	81.7% Excellent	Memory 91 1-Core 101 2-Core 225 79% 139 Pts	4-Core 391 8-Core 575 60% 483 Pts	64-Core 575 36% 575 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 81.7% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 430.86 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 67.3 Reflection 67.6 Parallax 60.4 55% 65.1 fps	Splatting 54 56% 54 fps
Poor: 43% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 120GB-$35 80,916 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 3GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3J96R9 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 417 Write 348 Mixed 91.7 63% 285 MB/s	4K Read 25.4 4K Write 98.4 4K Mixed 35.8 136% 53.2 MB/s	DQ Read 292 DQ Write 265 DQ Mixed 172 158% 243 MB/s
Poor: 44% Great: 82%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$37 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 138GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 180 179 181 181 181 180 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	87.5% Excellent	Read 125 Write 89.8 Mixed 66.7 SusWrite 180 84% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 87.5% Great: 114%
Seagate ST500DM005 HD502HJ 500GB 10,272 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 171GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 107 109 109 107 106 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	65.2% Good	Read 119 Write 124 Mixed 64.3 SusWrite 108 76% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 1.2 218% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 65.2% Great: 77%
Lexar microSD RDR 32GB 509 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 27GB free, PID b051 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 11 14 15 9.9 13 11 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	11.8% Very poor	Read 40.2 Write 19.7 Mixed 21.5 SusWrite 12.5 28% 23.5 MB/s	4K Read 4.6 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 1.1 78% 2.13 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 11.8% Great: 38%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CT102464BA160B.C16 Kingston 99U5403-160.A00LF 16GB 20 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (17^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	31.2% Below average	MC Read 10.4 MC Write 10.3 MC Mixed 8.3 28% 9.67 GB/s	SC Read 9.6 SC Write 10.7 SC Mixed 10 29% 10.1 GB/s	Latency 65.8 61% 65.8 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 31.2% Great: 61%

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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	491x
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	342x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	244x

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	279x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	171x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	127x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	84x
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 i5-12600K $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