Gigabyte GA-H97M-D3H

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 57% Gunboat	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 44% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 76.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	75.9% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H97M-D3H (all builds)
Memory	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141022
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 19 '19 at 21:13
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (67^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-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	76.7% Very good	Memory 82.6 1-Core 106 2-Core 212 76% 134 Pts	4-Core 409 8-Core 411 55% 410 Pts	64-Core 408 25% 408 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 76.7% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% EVGA(3842 1667) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 431.60 Performing below potential (58^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	75.9% Very good	Lighting 96.9 Reflection 88 Parallax 83 79% 89.3 fps	MRender 101 Gravity 85.8 Splatting 74.1 70% 87.1 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 75.9% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 11GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 488 Write 466 Mixed 308 94% 421 MB/s	4K Read 43.4 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 52.4 187% 65.9 MB/s	DQ Read 376 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 179 184% 300 MB/s
Poor: 63% Great: 108%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 26GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 491 Write 473 Mixed 394 101% 453 MB/s	4K Read 45.1 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 60.8 206% 73 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 356 269% 361 MB/s
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
WD Purple 1TB (2014)-$40 18,782 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 859GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 130 132 134 134 133 133 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	77.4% Very good	Read 137 Write 132 Mixed 77.2 SusWrite 133 88% 120 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1 194% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 77.4% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 1866 C9 2x8GB 18,444 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	51% Above average	MC Read 17.4 MC Write 18.9 MC Mixed 16.4 50% 17.6 GB/s	SC Read 13.4 SC Write 17.9 SC Mixed 15.4 44% 15.6 GB/s	Latency 75.9 53% 75.9 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 51% Great: 71%

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

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Gaming 8%

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Desktop 66%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 8%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H97M-D3H - $84

CPU
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	486x
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	337x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	243x

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	277x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	168x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	124x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	83x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	70x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	57x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	61x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	56x
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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16