Gigabyte GA-H97M-D3H

Performance Results


Gaming 71% Battleship	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 55% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (89th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 11 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	90.2% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 2 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H97M-D3H (all builds)
Memory	11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160303
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 15 '21 at 12:53
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing way above expectations (89^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 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	76.7% Very good	Memory 84.7 1-Core 87.7 2-Core 204 71% 125 Pts	4-Core 398 8-Core 396 53% 397 Pts	64-Core 401 25% 401 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 76.7% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3233) CLim: 1631 MHz, MLim: 1852 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 466.11 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	90.2% Outstanding	Lighting 114 Reflection 127 Parallax 112 93% 118 fps	MRender 106 Gravity 110 Splatting 97.8 85% 105 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 90.2% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 47GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 5,360 Write 4,583 Mixed 4,841 1,099% 4,928 MB/s	4K Read 447 4K Write 211 4K Mixed 263 1,127% 307 MB/s	DQ Read 1462 DQ Write 1,205 DQ Mixed 1,347 1,005% 1,338 MB/s
Poor: 64% Great: 118%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 171GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 413 294 293 294 293 294 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 486 Write 470 Mixed 393 SusWrite 313 93% 416 MB/s	4K Read 44 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 57.9 195% 67.9 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 349 DQ Mixed 360 272% 363 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 124%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 9,944 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	60.6% Good	MC Read 22 MC Write 23 MC Mixed 18.2 60% 21.1 GB/s	SC Read 17 SC Write 19.7 SC Mixed 19.7 54% 18.8 GB/s	Latency 72.2 55% 72.2 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 60.6% Great: 70%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming 8%

Tree trunk

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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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