Gigabyte GA-H97-D3H-CF

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	58.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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System	Gigabyte H97-D3H
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H97-D3H-CF (all builds)
Memory	24.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150919
Uptime	1.6 Days
Run Date	Aug 27 '17 at 14:26
Run Duration	91 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing as expected (41^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	78.5% Very good	Memory 84.2 1-Core 118 2-Core 230 81% 144 Pts	4-Core 393 8-Core 608 62% 501 Pts	64-Core 623 38% 623 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 78.5% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Agility 3 240GB-$199 10,165 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 134GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 90 90 17102270 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 -24343874617347 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2604 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 165 (B1) Unknown 0 0 7 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 17102270 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 17102270 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 17102270 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 20712 (EA) Unknown 0 0 23652 (F1) Unknown 0 0 23652 (F2) Unknown 0 0 32372	58.6% Above average	Read 205 Write 158 Mixed 120 36% 161 MB/s	4K Read 25.7 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 15.9 116% 49.6 MB/s	DQ Read 169 DQ Write 166 DQ Mixed 45.2 68% 127 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 58.6% Great: 66%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$40 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 858GB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 139 139 73 (03) Spinup time 209 209 21485125837 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2322 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 9498 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1170 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 2528 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 2528 (C2) HDA temperature 166 166 176094838820 (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 200 200 0	76.9% Very good	Read 120 Write 148 Mixed 154 107% 141 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 1.14 4K Mixed 0.14 49% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 76.9% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Team Vulcan-2400 4x8GB 77 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (16^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	47.4% Average	MC Read 16.1 MC Write 17.5 MC Mixed 14.7 46% 16.1 GB/s	SC Read 12.6 SC Write 16.7 SC Mixed 14.7 42% 14.7 GB/s	Latency 73.1 55% 73.1 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 47.4% Great: 115%

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

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Typical GA-H97-D3H-CF Builds (Compare 1,334 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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	170x
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	152x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	154x
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	40x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 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 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16