Gigabyte GA-H97M-D3H

Performance Results


Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 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 81.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	12.7% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	87.8% 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

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H97M-D3H (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150803
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 09 '19 at 21:03
Run Duration	147 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4590-$188 151,366 User benchmarks, average bench 63% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	81.1% Excellent	Memory 94.3 1-Core 106 2-Core 182 76% 127 Pts	4-Core 394 8-Core 396 53% 395 Pts	64-Core 400 25% 400 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 81.1% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 380X-$120 20,573 User benchmarks, average bench 38% Sapphire(174B E308) CLim: 1040 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 19.1.2 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	12.7% Very poor	Lighting 0.03 Reflection 52.6 Parallax 62.2 0% 38.3 fps	MRender 52 Gravity 49.8 Splatting 38 37% 46.6 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 12.7% Great: 40%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 120GB-$76 9,139 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 40GB free (System drive) Firmware: X31200RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 158 134 131 131 134 131 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	87.8% Excellent	Read 493 Write 266 Mixed 206 SusWrite 137 61% 275 MB/s	4K Read 30.1 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 40.8 154% 58.9 MB/s	DQ Read 315 DQ Write 247 DQ Mixed 228 185% 263 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 87.8% Great: 93%
Samsung 750 EVO 250GB-$130 75,831 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 39GB free Firmware: MAT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 268 195 137 69 63 65 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 502 Write 477 Mixed 373 SusWrite 133 83% 371 MB/s	4K Read 44.3 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 60.1 205% 73.3 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 336 260% 354 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 114%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 600GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 151 151 148 151 150 150 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	88.2% Excellent	Read 157 Write 145 Mixed 95.3 SusWrite 150 101% 137 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1.1 225% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 88.2% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GB 48,796 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	62.1% Good	MC Read 22 MC Write 22.7 MC Mixed 19.6 61% 21.4 GB/s	SC Read 16.2 SC Write 19.2 SC Mixed 19.7 52% 18.4 GB/s	Latency 59.1 68% 59.1 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 62.1% Great: 63%

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

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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	487x
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	338x
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	125x

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	57x

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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16