Gigabyte GA-H97M-D3H

Performance Results


Gaming 30% Sail boat	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 24% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 78.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	32.5% 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	109% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H97M-D3H (all builds)
Memory	4.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150421
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 19 '17 at 13:15
Run Duration	118 Seconds
Run User	VNM-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4460-$194 245,403 User benchmarks, average bench 62% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	78.1% Very good	Memory 92.2 1-Core 100 2-Core 198 76% 130 Pts	4-Core 369 8-Core 380 50% 375 Pts	64-Core 373 23% 373 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 78.1% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 670-$435 47,610 User benchmarks, average bench 28% MSI(1462 2842) 2GB CLim: 1306 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	32.5% Below average	Lighting 38.5 Reflection 36 Parallax 51.1 31% 41.9 fps	MRender 48.7 Gravity 44.7 Splatting 36.7 35% 43.4 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 32.5% Great: 31%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 36GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4914 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1523 (B1) Unknown 93 93 130 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 47 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 38 (F1) Unknown 99 99 20684588095	109% Outstanding	Read 511 Write 411 Mixed 417 99% 447 MB/s	4K Read 42.6 4K Write 81.5 4K Mixed 41.9 162% 55.4 MB/s	DQ Read 375 DQ Write 253 DQ Mixed 112 138% 247 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 115%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 62GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 170 170 2458 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1116 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3534 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1103 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 23 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1092 (C2) HDA temperature 117 96 26 (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	68.6% Good	Read 118 Write 121 Mixed 100 85% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 2.31 4K Mixed 0.25 91% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 68.6% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C9D3/4GX KHX1600C10D3/4G 8GB 542 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	59% Above average	MC Read 21.3 MC Write 21.8 MC Mixed 18.2 58% 20.4 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 18.2 SC Mixed 18.1 50% 17.4 GB/s	Latency 63.8 63% 63.8 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 59% Great: 59%

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Gaming 8%

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Desktop 66%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 8%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H97M-D3H - $84

CPU
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	483x
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	337x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	242x

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) $30	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