Gigabyte GA-H97M-D3H

Performance Results


Gaming 47% Yacht	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 41% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 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 78.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	56.3% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	125% 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.

Very high background CPU (57%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H97M-D3H (all builds)
Memory	23.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150421
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 17 '20 at 01:55
Run Duration	169 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	57%

PC Performing as expected (43^rd 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 below expectations (39^th percentile)	78.2% Very good	Memory 90.5 1-Core 120 2-Core 199 80% 136 Pts	4-Core 355 8-Core 655 60% 505 Pts	64-Core 649 40% 649 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 78.2% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 3975) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 441.87 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	56.3% Above average	Lighting 71.6 Reflection 71.9 Parallax 65.1 58% 69.5 fps	MRender 74.3 Gravity 65.7 Splatting 55.7 52% 65.2 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 56.3% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 500GB-$54 237,241 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 108GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR020 SusWrite @10s intervals: 437 445 448 459 457 458 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	125% Outstanding	Read 508 Write 455 Mixed 442 SusWrite 450 104% 464 MB/s	4K Read 38.9 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 59.4 195% 70.5 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 341 DQ Mixed 292 237% 337 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 125%
Crucial M4 128GB-$116 34,516 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 3GB free Firmware: 000F Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 429 Write 105 Mixed 225 55% 253 MB/s	4K Read 29 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 15.6 119% 49.3 MB/s	DQ Read 138 DQ Write 120 DQ Mixed 29.4 49% 95.8 MB/s
Poor: 44% Great: 72%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 225GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 80 57 69 61 69 68 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	35.4% Below average	Read 56.5 Write 103 Mixed 95.5 SusWrite 67.2 60% 80.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.2 4K Write 0.2 4K Mixed 0.2 34% 0.2 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 35.4% Great: 109%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 29GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 83 83 82 78 81 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	50.3% Above average	Read 93.3 Write 94.3 Mixed 49.2 SusWrite 81.7 58% 79.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.9 162% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 50.3% Great: 109%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 172GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 117 117 117 106 114 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	63.6% Good	Read 107 Write 78.5 Mixed 68.5 SusWrite 115 68% 92.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.8 144% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 63.6% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLT8G3D1608DT1TX0. 4x8GB 1,529 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	50.7% Above average	MC Read 17.7 MC Write 18.2 MC Mixed 15.3 49% 17.1 GB/s	SC Read 13.9 SC Write 17.7 SC Mixed 17.2 46% 16.3 GB/s	Latency 66.6 60% 66.6 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 50.7% Great: 69%

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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