Gigabyte GA-H97M-D3H

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 79%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 83%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 66%
Battle cruiser
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics101% 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 Drive66.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardGigabyte GA-H97M-D3H  (all builds)
Memory12 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20160303
Uptime0 Days
Run DateDec 14 '22 at 21:04
Run Duration125 Seconds
Run User HRV-User
Background CPU 14%
Watch Gameplay: 5700-XT + 9600K How to compare your gameplay

 PC Performing above expectations (70th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg)
Performing below expectations (39th percentile)
78% Very good
Memory 87.1
1-Core 116
2-Core 210
79% 138 Pts
4-Core 372
8-Core 557
58% 465 Pts
64-Core 591
37% 591 Pts
Poor: 67%
This bench: 78%
Great: 87%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD RX 5700-XT-$250
Ram: 8GB, Driver: 22.11.2
Performing above expectations (81st percentile)
101% Outstanding
Lighting 126
Reflection 144
Parallax 195
103% 155 fps
MRender 120
Gravity 145
Splatting 97
97% 121 fps
Poor: 91%
This bench: 101%
Great: 104%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Patriot P210 256GB
199GB free (System drive)
Firmware: U1013A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 279 365 413 292 107 72 MB/s
Performing as expected (52nd percentile)
66.5% Good
Read 476
Write 413
Mixed 37.9
SusWrite 255
66% 296 MB/s
4K Read 26.8
4K Write 84.7
4K Mixed 0.4
86% 37.3 MB/s
DQ Read 113
DQ Write 292
DQ Mixed 0.4
58% 135 MB/s
Poor: 31%
This bench: 66.5%
Great: 100%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39
931GB free
Firmware: CC46
SusWrite @10s intervals: 202 201 201 202 203 203 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
117% Outstanding
Read 207
Write 201
Mixed 85.6
SusWrite 202
127% 174 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 0.7
139% 1 MB/s
Poor: 60%
This bench: 117%
Great: 113%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown R538G1601U2S-UO 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing above expectations (81st percentile)
57.7% Above average
MC Read 21.2
MC Write 21.4
MC Mixed 16.8
57% 19.8 GB/s
SC Read 15.2
SC Write 22.6
SC Mixed 18
53% 18.6 GB/s
Latency 70.4
57% 70.4 ns
Poor: 30%
This bench: 57.7%
Great: 60%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical GA-H97M-D3H Builds (Compare 2,151 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 8%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 66%
Battle cruiser
Workstation
Workstation 8%
Tree trunk

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H97M-D3H - $84

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 55% - Above average Total price: $334
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