Gigabyte GA-H97M-D3H

Performance Results


Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 15% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	17.5% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	85.6% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H97M-D3H (all builds)
Memory	11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141022
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 14 '18 at 02:51
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690-$52 73,695 User benchmarks, average bench 67% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	76.1% Very good	Memory 89.1 1-Core 112 2-Core 212 79% 138 Pts	4-Core 353 8-Core 434 51% 394 Pts	64-Core 430 27% 430 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 76.1% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 750-Ti-$92 309,423 User benchmarks, average bench 17% EVGA(3842 3751) CLim: 1293 MHz, MLim: 1350 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	17.5% Very poor	Lighting 21.7 Reflection 15.5 Parallax 17.6 18% 18.3 fps	MRender 25.1 Gravity 23.3 Splatting 16.8 17% 21.8 fps
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 17.5% Great: 19%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX100 256GB-$116 55,768 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 91GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 25616 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 231 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 90 90 329 (AE) Unknown 100 100 45 (B4) Unknown 0 0 2159 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 70 59 176094773278 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 90 90 10 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 57541254816 (F7) Unknown 100 100 1832803068 (F8) Unknown 100 100 3714783476	85.6% Excellent	Read 509 Write 330 Mixed 388 91% 409 MB/s	4K Read 28.8 4K Write 77 4K Mixed 30.5 124% 45.5 MB/s	DQ Read 189 DQ Write 149 DQ Mixed 48.4 69% 129 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 85.6% Great: 97%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 407GB free Firmware: CC49 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 99841336 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 88 88 12428 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 859830 (09) Power-on hours count 72 72 25107 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 234 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 61 430001684510 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 44 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 86 86 29243 (C2) HDA temperature 30 40 -140737488355298 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -67113158966186 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1522087630 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1173361546	92.2% Outstanding	Read 162 Write 160 Mixed 156 120% 159 MB/s	4K Read 0.88 4K Write 2.16 4K Mixed 0.27 106% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 92.2% Great: 112%
PNY USB 3.0 FD 126GB 488 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 99GB free, PID 00b2 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	21.4% Poor	Read 41.8 Write 34.1 Mixed 29.8 44% 35.3 MB/s	4K Read 7.38 4K Write 1.99 4K Mixed 1.86 158% 3.74 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 21.4% Great: 50%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 261 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	53.3% Above average	MC Read 18.5 MC Write 19.3 MC Mixed 16.6 52% 18.1 GB/s	SC Read 15.4 SC Write 18.9 SC Mixed 16.7 49% 17 GB/s	Latency 68.4 58% 68.4 ns
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 53.3% Great: 63%

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Gaming 8%

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Desktop 66%

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Workstation 8%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H97M-D3H - $84

CPU
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	483x
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	336x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	241x

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	55x

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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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