Gigabyte GA-H97M-D3H

Performance Results


Gaming 102% UFO	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 84% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 82.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	125% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	48.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H97M-D3H (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160303
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Sep 20 '17 at 05:59
Run Duration	147 Seconds
Run User	ISR-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd 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 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	82.7% Excellent	Memory 91.9 1-Core 110 2-Core 218 80% 140 Pts	4-Core 397 8-Core 598 62% 497 Pts	64-Core 598 37% 598 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 82.7% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 3751) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2808 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 385.41 Performing below potential (55^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	125% Outstanding	Lighting 166 Reflection 210 Parallax 212 135% 196 fps	MRender 136 Gravity 190 Splatting 128 122% 151 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk S128G 126GB 21,984 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 37GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3.1.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6067 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1140 (A5) Unknown 100 100 2258522 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 584 (AE) Unknown 100 100 74 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 62 38 274878693414 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 1946 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 1539 (F1) Unknown 100 100 75049760651 (F2) Unknown 100 100 41237571073	48.7% Average	Read 451 Write 290 Mixed 245 72% 329 MB/s	4K Read 16.8 4K Write 13.3 4K Mixed 6.51 41% 12.2 MB/s	DQ Read 37.5 DQ Write 15.2 DQ Mixed 9.72 12% 20.8 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 48.7% Great: 56%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 202GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 29 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 70 67 9347 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2098 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 32045 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 1 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1775 (BF) G-sense error rate 99 99 12982 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 45 249108889633 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 857 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 1 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 6900	69% Good	Read 107 Write 133 Mixed 99.7 85% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 2.56 4K Mixed 0.49 129% 1.24 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 69% Great: 75%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 179GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 167 2341 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1689 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 78 78 16125 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1156 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 74 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1614 (C2) HDA temperature 109 83 34 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 109 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	64.2% Good	Read 105 Write 119 Mixed 89 78% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 2.31 4K Mixed 0.25 97% 1.06 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 64.2% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-1600C11-4GIS 0420 F3-1600C9-4GAB 0420 F3-1600C11-4GIS 0420 F3-1600C9-4GAB 16GB 15 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	57.8% Above average	MC Read 21.7 MC Write 21.1 MC Mixed 16.7 57% 19.8 GB/s	SC Read 16.2 SC Write 20.7 SC Mixed 16.2 51% 17.7 GB/s	Latency 64.2 62% 64.2 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 57.8% Great: 61%

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Gaming 8%

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Desktop 66%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 8%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H97M-D3H - $84

CPU
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	485x
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	56x

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 $179	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