Gigabyte GA-H97M-D3H

Performance Results


Gaming 68% Battle cruiser	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 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 85.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	78% 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 Drive	123% 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	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

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

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H97M-D3H (all builds)
Memory	18.1 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, 1024 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160303
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Oct 28 '19 at 18:42
Run Duration	129 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770-$75 176,321 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	85.2% Excellent	Memory 91.3 1-Core 116 2-Core 228 82% 145 Pts	4-Core 431 8-Core 587 64% 509 Pts	64-Core 586 36% 586 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 85.2% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega-56-$170 92,053 User benchmarks, average bench 78% MSI(1462 3681) CLim: 1622 MHz, MLim: 800 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.10.2 Performing below potential (58^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	78% Very good	Lighting 92.3 Reflection 83.2 Parallax 134 75% 103 fps	MRender 82.4 Gravity 97.8 Splatting 117 83% 99.2 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 78% Great: 85%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 345GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 463 477 451 290 291 292 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	123% Outstanding	Read 513 Write 491 Mixed 460 SusWrite 377 104% 460 MB/s	4K Read 44.3 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 57.8 205% 74.2 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 357 269% 360 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 129%
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 223GB free Firmware: SBFKB1D2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 311 165 155 150 150 150 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	88.3% Excellent	Read 399 Write 315 Mixed 349 SusWrite 180 70% 311 MB/s	4K Read 35.1 4K Write 98.5 4K Mixed 41.9 159% 58.5 MB/s	DQ Read 232 DQ Write 333 DQ Mixed 170 160% 245 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 88.3% Great: 100%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMX32GX3M4A1600C11 0215 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 0215 CMX32GX3M4A1600C11 0215 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 24GB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	58.6% Above average	MC Read 21.9 MC Write 21.1 MC Mixed 16.8 57% 19.9 GB/s	SC Read 15.8 SC Write 21.1 SC Mixed 20.5 55% 19.1 GB/s	Latency 65.3 61% 65.3 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 58.6% Great: 59%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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	487x
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	338x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	244x

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	126x

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	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 $300	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) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16