Gigabyte GA-H97M-D3H

Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 80%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	3.81% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	115% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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

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

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H97M-D3H (all builds)
Memory	24.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150803
Uptime	31 Days
Run Date	Sep 14 '19 at 23:44
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (75^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 (97^th percentile)	80% Excellent	Memory 82.4 1-Core 116 2-Core 232 80% 144 Pts	4-Core 421 8-Core 591 64% 506 Pts	64-Core 585 36% 585 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 80% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.5063 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	3.81% Terrible	Lighting 3.9 Reflection 6.5 Parallax 6.53 3% 5.64 fps	MRender 8.33 Gravity 2.47 Splatting 7.39 5% 6.06 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.81% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 240GB 13,500 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 113GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 237 235 236 241 236 236 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 892 Write 300 Mixed 323 SusWrite 237 96% 438 MB/s	4K Read 33.6 4K Write 145 4K Mixed 41.4 181% 73.3 MB/s	DQ Read 196 DQ Write 279 DQ Mixed 181 152% 219 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 133%
Intel Raid 1 Volume 2TB 505 User benchmarks, average bench 202% 150GB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 125 125 124 127 124 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	18.2% Very poor	Read 43.2 Write 64.2 Mixed 24.8 SusWrite 125 15% 64.4 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 42.1 4K Mixed 2.4 28% 15.3 MB/s	DQ Read 3.2 DQ Write 42.7 DQ Mixed 8 11% 18 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 18.2% Great: 450%
WD My Passport 25E2 4TB 31,793 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 1TB free, PID 25e2 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 75 75 76 75 75 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	41.7% Average	Read 73.7 Write 74.2 Mixed 57.3 SusWrite 75.2 95% 70.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 4.7 4K Mixed 0.8 190% 2.1 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 41.7% Great: 59%
WD My Passport 25E2 4TB 31,793 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 1TB free, PID 25e2 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 77 76 76 76 76 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	45.8% Average	Read 83.8 Write 74.2 Mixed 55.7 SusWrite 76 97% 72.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 5.5 4K Mixed 0.6 211% 2.33 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 45.8% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C10D3/8GX KHX1866C10D3/8G KHX1600C10D3/8GX KHX1866C10D3/8G 32GB 90 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (31^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	49.1% Average	MC Read 17.2 MC Write 17.9 MC Mixed 14.8 48% 16.6 GB/s	SC Read 13.6 SC Write 18.3 SC Mixed 16.7 46% 16.2 GB/s	Latency 76.2 52% 76.2 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 49.1% Great: 62%

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

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Typical GA-H97M-D3H Builds (Compare 2,142 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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