Gigabyte GA-H97M-D3H

Performance Results


Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 68% Battle cruiser	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	1.81% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	66.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H97M-D3H (all builds)
Memory	14.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150421
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 02 '18 at 04:32
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4570S 11,172 User benchmarks, average bench 66% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	72.3% Very good	Memory 92 1-Core 99.3 2-Core 194 75% 129 Pts	4-Core 300 8-Core 338 42% 319 Pts	64-Core 342 21% 342 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 72.3% Great: 76%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 610 62,458 User benchmarks, average bench 2% MSI(1462 809F) 2GB CLim: 810 MHz, MLim: 250 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	1.81% Terrible	Lighting 2.3 Reflection 2.81 Parallax 1.81 2% 2.31 fps	MRender 2.29 Gravity 2.2 Splatting 1.83 2% 2.1 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 1.81% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$36 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 70GB free (System drive) Firmware: 608ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 8037582 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 72335839199848 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 974 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 918 (B1) Unknown 0 0 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 23 36 34362097687 (C2) HDA temperature 23 36 34362097687 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 8037582 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 8037582 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 8037582 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 55834574848 (E9) Unknown 0 0 169 (EA) Unknown 0 0 186 (F1) Unknown 0 0 186 (F2) Unknown 0 0 101 (F4) Unknown 100 100 524289	66.9% Good	Read 502 Write 153 Mixed 229 64% 295 MB/s	4K Read 32.7 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 13.7 121% 49.2 MB/s	DQ Read 34.5 DQ Write 108 DQ Mixed 39.2 39% 60.6 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 66.9% Great: 73%
Maxtor 7B300S0 300GB 64 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 279GB free Firmware: BANC1B70 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (03) Spinup time 185 178 25853 (04) Start/Stop count 253 253 542 (05) Reallocated sector count 253 253 0 (06) Read channel margin 253 253 0 (07) Seek error rate 253 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 251 234 49744 (09) Power-on hours count 119 119 41875 (0A) Spinup retry count 253 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 253 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 252 252 413 (C0) Power-off retract count 253 253 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 253 253 0 (C2) HDA temperature 35 253 23 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 253 252 2179 (C4) Reallocation count 253 253 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 253 253 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 253 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 199 199 0 (C8) Write error rate 253 252 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 252 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 253 252 0 (CB) Run out cancel 253 252 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 253 252 0 (CD) Thermal asperity rate(TAR) 253 252 0 (CF) Spin high current 253 252 0 (D0) Spin buzz 253 252 0 (D1) Offline seek performance 240 240 166 (D2) Unknown 253 252 0 (D3) Unknown 253 252 0 (D4) Unknown 253 253 0	32% Below average	Read 55.3 Write 55 Mixed 60.7 43% 57 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 3.53 4K Mixed 0.54 151% 1.56 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 32% Great: 37%
ST916031 0AS 160GB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 120GB free, PID 2338 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	18.3% Very poor	Read 40 Write 41.7 Mixed 38.8 52% 40.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.06 4K Mixed 0.33 49% 0.62 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 18.3% Great: 18%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-12800CL9-4GBRL 0420 F3-12800CL9-4GBRL 0420 F3-12800CL9-4GBXL 0420 F3-12800CL9-4GBXL 16GB 41 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	61.4% Good	MC Read 21.8 MC Write 23.4 MC Mixed 18.4 61% 21.2 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 18.8 SC Mixed 20.9 54% 18.8 GB/s	Latency 64.1 62% 64.1 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 61.4% Great: 62%

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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	490x
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	342x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	244x

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	279x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	171x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	127x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	84x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	70x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	58x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	61x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	57x
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 i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $124	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16