Gigabyte GA-H97M-D3H

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 53%
Yacht
Desktop
Desktop 89%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 45%
Yacht
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics60.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive119% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.
MotherboardGigabyte GA-H97M-D3H  (all builds)
Memory11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 7
BIOS Date20150803
Uptime13 Days
Run DateMay 11 '16 at 20:56
Run Duration110 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU3%

 PC Performing above expectations (78th 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
Performing way above expectations (89th percentile)
85.1% Excellent
Memory 90.6
1-Core 124
2-Core 250
87% 155 Pts
4-Core 430
8-Core 638
66% 534 Pts
64-Core 661
41% 661 Pts
Poor: 67%
This bench: 85.1%
Great: 87%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200
Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6451
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
60.3% Good
Lighting 77.5
Reflection 75
Parallax 66.3
63% 72.9 fps
MRender 74.8
Gravity 67.9
Splatting 61.1
55% 67.9 fps
Poor: 43%
This bench: 60.3%
Great: 54%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100
101GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EMT0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (89th percentile)
119% Outstanding
Read 509
Write 406
Mixed 411
98% 442 MB/s
4K Read 49.2
4K Write 113
4K Mixed 49.5
198% 70.7 MB/s
DQ Read 369
DQ Write 260
DQ Mixed 113
139% 247 MB/s
Poor: 72%
This bench: 119%
Great: 124%
WD WD20EADS-22R6B0 2TB
1.5TB free
Firmware: 01.0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s
Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples
53.8% Above average
Read 93.5
Write 93.6
Mixed 87.4
69% 91.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.44
4K Write 2.26
4K Mixed 0.32
96% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 48%
This bench: 53.8%
Great: 54%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB
4 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz
Performing below potential (35th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
49.4% Average
MC Read 17
MC Write 17.9
MC Mixed 15.2
48% 16.7 GB/s
SC Read 12.2
SC Write 16.8
SC Mixed 16.4
43% 15.1 GB/s
Latency 66.4
60% 66.4 ns
Poor: 42%
This bench: 49.4%
Great: 63%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical GA-H97M-D3H Builds (Compare 2,134 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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HDDRAMUSB
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WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16
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