Gigabyte GA-H97M-D3H

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 79.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	58.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H97M-D3H (all builds)
Memory	16 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150803
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jun 15 '19 at 21:34
Run Duration	172 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing as expected (49^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	79.5% Very good	Memory 87 1-Core 115 2-Core 216 80% 139 Pts	4-Core 388 8-Core 617 62% 503 Pts	64-Core 607 38% 607 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 79.5% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 QVO 1TB-$109 201,200 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 135GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVQ01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 79 79 78 76 77 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	58.7% Above average	Read 436 Write 90 Mixed 121 SusWrite 77.8 39% 181 MB/s	4K Read 19.4 4K Write 78.2 4K Mixed 23.4 101% 40.3 MB/s	DQ Read 183 DQ Write 89.4 DQ Mixed 112 89% 128 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 58.7% Great: 121%
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$30 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 143GB free Firmware: U21100RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 367 378 368 390 386 384 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	68.5% Good	Read 474 Write 399 Mixed 258 SusWrite 379 85% 378 MB/s	4K Read 27.1 4K Write 29.6 4K Mixed 16 77% 24.2 MB/s	DQ Read 126 DQ Write 29.5 DQ Mixed 44 41% 66.6 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 68.5% Great: 86%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 50GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 102 100 101 102 102 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	65.1% Good	Read 125 Write 75.2 Mixed 60.5 SusWrite 101 66% 90.5 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1.1 223% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 65.1% Great: 109%
Toshiba MQ01ABD100 1TB-$56 322,803 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 409GB free Firmware: AX101U SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 89 89 90 89 90 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	45% Average	Read 68 Write 65.7 Mixed 27.7 SusWrite 88.8 46% 62.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.5 104% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 45% Great: 62%
Samsung P3 Portable 500GB 145 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 465GB free, PID 61c3 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 115 115 114 113 115 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	48.1% Average	Read 108 Write 80.2 Mixed 62.2 SusWrite 113 121% 90.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.9 118% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 48.1% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378B1G73QH0-CK0 0420 F3-12800CL9-4GBRL M378B1G73QH0-CK0 0420 F3-12800CL9-4GBRL 24GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	54.3% Above average	MC Read 19.5 MC Write 20.1 MC Mixed 15.9 53% 18.5 GB/s	SC Read 13.9 SC Write 20.5 SC Mixed 18.3 50% 17.6 GB/s	Latency 70.4 57% 70.4 ns
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 54.3% Great: 57%

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

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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	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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $515	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	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