Gigabyte GA-H97M-D3H

Performance Results


Gaming 15% Tree trunk	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 80.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	11.2% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	73.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H97M-D3H (all builds)
Memory	8.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141022
Uptime	10.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 04 '21 at 20:04
Run Duration	190 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st 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)	80.2% Excellent	Memory 91.5 1-Core 110 2-Core 205 79% 135 Pts	4-Core 372 8-Core 578 59% 475 Pts	64-Core 575 36% 575 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 80.2% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Quadro K620-$170 16,214 User benchmarks, average bench 11% Nvidia(10DE 1098) 2GB CLim: 1124 MHz, MLim: 450 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 465.89 Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	11.2% Very poor	Lighting 13.9 Reflection 15.8 Parallax 11.2 11% 13.6 fps	MRender 10.8 Gravity 13.7 Splatting 14.8 11% 13.1 fps
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 11.2% Great: 11%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX100 512GB-$200 31,545 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 217GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 327 232 198 190 193 190 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	73.4% Very good	Read 370 Write 392 Mixed 278 SusWrite 222 71% 316 MB/s	4K Read 22.8 4K Write 79.1 4K Mixed 28.6 113% 43.5 MB/s	DQ Read 138 DQ Write 335 DQ Mixed 179 153% 217 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 73.4% Great: 107%
WD WD2003FYPS-27W9B 2TB 9,937 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 1TB free Firmware: 04.05G11 SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 94 92 97 95 92 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	52% Above average	Read 87.8 Write 89.3 Mixed 58.7 SusWrite 93 60% 82.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.8 169% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 52% Great: 61%
ST2000DM 001-1CH164 2TB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 2TB free, PID 2775 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 128 127 117 138 148 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	55.8% Above average	Read 162 Write 110 Mixed 74.2 SusWrite 130 154% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.7 67% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 55.8% Great: 66%
WDC WD20 EZRZ-00Z5HB0 2TB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 750GB free, PID 2775 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 1.7 1.7 1.6 1.8 2.2 2.3 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 20% Great: 51%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 122,541 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	59.2% Above average	MC Read 21.3 MC Write 21.6 MC Mixed 18.3 58% 20.4 GB/s	SC Read 14.4 SC Write 20.1 SC Mixed 19.5 51% 18 GB/s	Latency 64.9 62% 64.9 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 59.2% Great: 72%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	13	42	2	60	25.6"	1920 1200	ACI24B1 PA248

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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	491x
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	342x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	244x

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	279x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	171x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	127x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	84x
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 i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	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