Gigabyte GA-H97-D3H-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 6% Tree trunk	Desktop 66% Battle cruiser	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (30th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 70 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	3.13% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	47.5% 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.

System	Gigabyte H97-D3H
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H97-D3H-CF (all builds)
Memory	9.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150421
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Jan 27 '23 at 18:42
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	ARE-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing below expectations (30^th 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 as expected (60^th percentile)	73.4% Very good	Memory 79.6 1-Core 102 2-Core 200 72% 127 Pts	4-Core 363 8-Core 544 56% 454 Pts	64-Core 543 34% 543 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 73.4% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4835 Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	3.13% Terrible	Lighting 3.4 Reflection 26.8 Parallax 6.1 3% 12.1 fps	MRender 7.2 Gravity 2.4 Splatting 4.6 4% 4.73 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.13% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM830 128GB 13,767 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 14GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXM05H1Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 76 69 73 64 70 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	47.5% Average	Read 367 Write 118 Mixed 118 SusWrite 76.1 37% 170 MB/s	4K Read 19.2 4K Write 32 4K Mixed 18.9 70% 23.4 MB/s	DQ Read 250 DQ Write 48.6 DQ Mixed 56.5 65% 118 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 47.5% Great: 73%
WD Blue 3D 500GB-$67 43,442 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 268GB free Firmware: X61190WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 381 377 398 371 397 399 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	86.8% Excellent	Read 443 Write 411 Mixed 305 SusWrite 387 87% 387 MB/s	4K Read 22 4K Write 44.3 4K Mixed 30 95% 32.1 MB/s	DQ Read 372 DQ Write 331 DQ Mixed 284 231% 329 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 86.8% Great: 117%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 887GB free Firmware: CC46 SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 118 118 119 119 120 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	74.1% Very good	Read 140 Write 113 Mixed 73.9 SusWrite 118 82% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.8 161% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 74.1% Great: 112%
WD Red 4TB (2013)-$110 55,507 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 333GB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 96 96 98 99 99 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	60% Good	Read 112 Write 106 Mixed 70.9 SusWrite 96.5 71% 96.4 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1 203% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 60% Great: 100%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMZ8GX3M1A1600C10 Kingston KHX1600C10D3/8G Kingston KHX1600C10D3/8G 16GB 15 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (20^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	37.5% Below average	MC Read 13.5 MC Write 13.2 MC Mixed 10.9 36% 12.5 GB/s	SC Read 10.6 SC Write 12.9 SC Mixed 11.5 33% 11.7 GB/s	Latency 81.4 49% 81.4 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 37.5% Great: 56%

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Gaming 39%

Jet ski

Desktop 78%

Battleship

Workstation 32%

Sail boat

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H97-D3H-CF

CPU
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	283x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	169x
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	152x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	151x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	129x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	86x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	39x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	32x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	31x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	88x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	68x
BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. 4x4GBCrucialBench 57%, 14,299 samples	38x

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Value: 57% - Above average

Total price: $435

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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 $45	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