Gigabyte GA-H97M-D3H

Performance Results


Gaming 26% Raft	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (97th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 3 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 81.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	29.1% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	58.3% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 10 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Very high background CPU (58%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H97M-D3H (all builds)
Memory	4.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160303
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 07 '21 at 20:55
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	58%

PC Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4590-$188 151,366 User benchmarks, average bench 63% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	81.7% Excellent	Memory 92.9 1-Core 107 2-Core 183 76% 127 Pts	4-Core 408 8-Core 407 55% 408 Pts	64-Core 173 11% 173 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 81.7% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 950-$100 111,509 User benchmarks, average bench 26% EVGA(3842 2957) CLim: 1557 MHz, MLim: 1652 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 445.75 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	29.1% Poor	Lighting 36.7 Reflection 40.7 Parallax 32.8 30% 36.7 fps	MRender 35.3 Gravity 34.7 Splatting 31.3 27% 33.8 fps
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 29.1% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandis S3512G 512GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 44GB free (System drive) Firmware: X610 SusWrite @10s intervals: 193 125 107 79 102 94 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	58.3% Above average	Read 458 Write 340 Mixed 182 SusWrite 117 61% 274 MB/s	4K Read 24.3 4K Write 60.1 4K Mixed 20.5 95% 35 MB/s	DQ Read 134 DQ Write 65.6 DQ Mixed 37.8 45% 79.2 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 58.3% Great: 92%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 606GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 197 120 196 196 201 186 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 206 Write 70 Mixed 75.3 SusWrite 183 98% 134 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 1x8GB 11,204 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	34.7% Below average	MC Read 11.4 MC Write 11.5 MC Mixed 10.1 32% 11 GB/s	SC Read 10 SC Write 11.4 SC Mixed 10.7 31% 10.7 GB/s	Latency 62.3 64% 62.3 ns
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 34.7% Great: 35%

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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%

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Workstation 8%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H97M-D3H - $84

CPU
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	491x
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	343x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	246x

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	279x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	172x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	128x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	84x
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

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