Gigabyte GA-H97M-D3H

Performance Results


Gaming 77% Battleship	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 59% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	106% 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.
Memory	20GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 20GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (46%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H97M-D3H (all builds)
Memory	10.5 GB free of 20 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140628
Uptime	6.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 16 '23 at 10:48
Run Duration	149 Seconds
Run User	ZAF-User
Background CPU	46%

PC Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$50 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	74.3% Very good	Memory 88.2 1-Core 101 2-Core 203 75% 131 Pts	4-Core 350 8-Core 348 47% 349 Pts	64-Core 370 23% 370 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 74.3% Great: 82%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
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)	3.23% Terrible	Lighting 3.8 Reflection 2.7 Parallax 6.7 3% 4.4 fps	MRender 5.1 Gravity 2.6 Splatting 4.9 4% 4.2 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.23% Great: 3%
AMD RX 6600-XT-$300 21,558 User benchmarks, average bench 107% XFX(1EAE 6501) Ram: 8GB, Driver: 23.7.2 Performing below potential (32^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	106% Outstanding	Lighting 113 Reflection 136 Parallax 224 92% 158 fps	MRender 214 Gravity 117 Splatting 178 139% 170 fps
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 750 EVO 250GB-$130 75,831 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 8GB free (System drive) Firmware: MAT01B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 462 Write 398 Mixed 274 84% 378 MB/s	4K Read 32.9 4K Write 66 4K Mixed 36.6 132% 45.2 MB/s	DQ Read 257 DQ Write 89.4 DQ Mixed 118 102% 155 MB/s
Poor: 63% Great: 114%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 75GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 320 284 292 298 298 291 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 445 Write 416 Mixed 364 SusWrite 297 86% 381 MB/s	4K Read 38.6 4K Write 70.7 4K Mixed 47.9 157% 52.4 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 354 268% 359 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 124%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$60 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 484GB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 96 96 97 100 98 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	70.9% Very good	Read 149 Write 146 Mixed 23.2 SusWrite 97.9 75% 104 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.6 151% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 70.9% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMZ4GX3M1A1600C9 0215 CMZ8GX3M1A1600C10 0215 CMZ8GX3M1A1600C10 20GB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (36^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	33.9% Below average	MC Read 11.1 MC Write 11.6 MC Mixed 10 31% 10.9 GB/s	SC Read 9.3 SC Write 11.8 SC Mixed 10.7 30% 10.6 GB/s	Latency 69.3 58% 69.3 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 33.9% Great: 56%

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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: 0P 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%	0	71	58	60	23"	1920 1027	PHLC0C7 PHL 234E5

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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 $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $122	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $29	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16