Gigabyte GA-H97M-D3H

Performance Results


Gaming 59% Gunboat	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 50% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 83.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	71.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	74% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H97M-D3H (all builds)
Memory	9.6 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1024 x 768 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160303
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 21 '17 at 18:57
Run Duration	246 Seconds
Run User	IND-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (71^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 above expectations (78^th percentile)	83.2% Excellent	Memory 82.6 1-Core 127 2-Core 249 84% 153 Pts	4-Core 451 8-Core 662 69% 556 Pts	64-Core 644 40% 644 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 83.2% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% EVGA(3842 3988) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 385.69 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	71.3% Very good	Lighting 92.6 Reflection 89.9 Parallax 80.1 76% 87.6 fps	MRender 82.7 Gravity 80.1 Splatting 71 63% 77.9 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 71.3% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX100 128GB-$74 9,892 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 72GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th 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 1691 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 723 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 99 99 37 (AE) Unknown 100 100 228 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1036 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 55 45 236224446509 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 16 (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 99 99 1 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 5769082601 (F7) Unknown 100 100 181544680 (F8) Unknown 100 100 132768733	74% Very good	Read 503 Write 181 Mixed 266 69% 317 MB/s	4K Read 24.3 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 14.9 112% 48.3 MB/s	DQ Read 308 DQ Write 174 DQ Mixed 14.1 71% 166 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 74% Great: 89%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 763GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 225 (03) Spinup time 189 177 5525 (04) Start/Stop count 89 89 11511 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 73 73 20156 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 6537 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 1280 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 63 63 412640 (C2) HDA temperature 111 100 39 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	52.6% Above average	Read 94.8 Write 88.4 Mixed 88.7 68% 90.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 1.97 4K Mixed 0.23 90% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 52.6% Great: 59%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 218GB free Firmware: CC38 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 103 99 5916346 (03) Spinup time 97 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 85 85 16295 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 261810875 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 8608 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 93 93 7906 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BC) Unknown 100 99 34360263061 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 61 47 656736295 (C2) HDA temperature 39 53 42949672999 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 31 25 5916346 (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 29832842867837 (F1) Unknown 100 253 4152134069 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1686152187	55.8% Above average	Read 99.4 Write 95.2 Mixed 92.6 72% 95.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.39 4K Mixed 0.4 89% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 55.8% Great: 70%
Seagate ST250DM001 HD256GJ 250GB 225 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 25GB free Firmware: 1AR10001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 1 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 83 81 5310 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3854 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2286 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2336 (BF) G-sense error rate 99 99 11839 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 63 53 206159282213 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 13 (DF) Load/unload retry count 252 252 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 10646	60.1% Good	Read 95.9 Write 113 Mixed 105 79% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.39 4K Write 2.42 4K Mixed 0.46 113% 1.09 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 60.1% Great: 75%
Kingston DataTraveler 2.0 4GB 1,175 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 1GB free, PID 1607 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	7% Terrible	Read 22.4 Write 10.5 Mixed 14.5 18% 15.8 MB/s	4K Read 6.11 4K Write 0.01 4K Mixed 0.01 23% 2.04 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5474-020.A00LF 99U5474-020.A00LF Samsung M378B5173QH0-CK0 12GB 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	38.4% Below average	MC Read 12.8 MC Write 13.4 MC Mixed 11.7 36% 12.6 GB/s	SC Read 11.3 SC Write 14 SC Mixed 12 36% 12.4 GB/s	Latency 75.8 53% 75.8 ns

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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	485x
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	337x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	243x

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	56x

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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	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