Gigabyte GA-H97M-D3H

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 61%
Destroyer
Desktop
Desktop 80%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 47%
Yacht
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 75.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics79.2% 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 Drive46.4% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Very high background CPU (33%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardGigabyte GA-H97M-D3H  (all builds)
Memory11.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20141022
Uptime1.7 Days
Run DateJul 22 '19 at 04:33
Run Duration129 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 33%

 PC Performing as expected (47th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (76th percentile)
75.4% Very good
Memory 84.3
1-Core 106
2-Core 210
76% 133 Pts
4-Core 382
8-Core 399
52% 390 Pts
64-Core 386
24% 386 Pts
Poor: 53%
This bench: 75.4%
Great: 82%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560
CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 419.35
Performing below potential (55th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
79.2% Very good
Lighting 100
Reflection 109
Parallax 96.2
82% 102 fps
MRender 91.9
Gravity 92.7
Splatting 89
74% 91.2 fps
Poor: 70%
This bench: 79.2%
Great: 87%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Kingston A400 240GB-$28
39GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SBFKB1D2
SusWrite @10s intervals: 35 61 114 33 75 41 MB/s
Performing below expectations (21st percentile)
46.4% Average
Read 332
Write 143
Mixed 207
SusWrite 59.9
41% 185 MB/s
4K Read 23.7
4K Write 46.3
4K Mixed 22.4
89% 30.8 MB/s
DQ Read 54.4
DQ Write 50.7
DQ Mixed 42.2
34% 49.1 MB/s
Poor: 33%
This bench: 46.4%
Great: 100%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 999GB
830GB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 77 78 78 78 77 MB/s
Performing below expectations (34th percentile)
75.8% Very good
Read 187
Write 91.3
Mixed 85.5
SusWrite 77.4
81% 110 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 0.9
4K Mixed 0.6
108% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 41%
This bench: 75.8%
Great: 110%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB
4 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz
Performing as expected (51st percentile)
50.6% Above average
MC Read 17.6
MC Write 18.5
MC Mixed 16.1
50% 17.4 GB/s
SC Read 13.4
SC Write 17.2
SC Mixed 15.4
44% 15.3 GB/s
Latency 72.9
55% 72.9 ns
Poor: 42%
This bench: 50.6%
Great: 63%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical GA-H97M-D3H Builds (Compare 2,133 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 8%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 66%
Battle cruiser
Workstation
Workstation 8%
Tree trunk

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H97M-D3H - $84

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 55% - Above average Total price: $334
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