Gigabyte GA-H97M-D3H

Performance Results


Gaming 25% Surfboard	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 20% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 70.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	32.3% 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	107% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 10 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Very high background CPU (39%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H97M-D3H (all builds)
Memory	3.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben,
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20150803
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 02 '18 at 09:18
Run Duration	121 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	39%

PC Performing as expected (57^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$50 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	70.9% Very good	Memory 81.8 1-Core 99.4 2-Core 194 72% 125 Pts	4-Core 354 8-Core 320 46% 337 Pts	64-Core 377 23% 377 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 70.9% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280-$185 33,175 User benchmarks, average bench 30% Asus(1043 047E) 3GB CLim: 980 MHz, MLim: 1300 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 17.12.1 Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	32.3% Below average	Lighting 41.6 Reflection 30.1 Parallax 52.3 34% 41.3 fps	MRender 29.1 Gravity 39.5 Splatting 37.6 29% 35.4 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 32.3% Great: 34%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$85 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 159GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 8394 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 733 (B1) Unknown 99 99 14 (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 60 45 40 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 46 (F1) Unknown 99 99 16016215581	107% Outstanding	Read 495 Write 395 Mixed 411 96% 434 MB/s	4K Read 41.2 4K Write 87.2 4K Mixed 44.1 165% 57.5 MB/s	DQ Read 296 DQ Write 249 DQ Mixed 127 135% 224 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 134%
Samsun SP2004C 200GB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 157GB free Firmware: VM10 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 99 0 (03) Spinup time 253 253 6208 (04) Start/Stop count 80 80 20401 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 2 (07) Seek error rate 253 253 0 (08) Seek timer performance 253 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 28976 (0A) Spinup retry count 253 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 253 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4569 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 131073 (BE) vendor-specific 169 79 23 (C2) HDA temperature 169 79 23 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 434961 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 2 (C5) Current pending sector count 253 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 253 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 253 253 0	29.2% Poor	Read 51.1 Write 50.6 Mixed 49.4 38% 50.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 1.07 4K Mixed 0.32 74% 0.61 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 29.2% Great: 29%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial Ballistix Sport DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 44,086 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	27.5% Poor	MC Read 8 MC Write 10.3 MC Mixed 8.9 26% 9.07 GB/s	SC Read 6.5 SC Write 7.6 SC Mixed 6.1 19% 6.73 GB/s	Latency 77.2 52% 77.2 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 27.5% Great: 64%

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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	491x
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	343x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	246x

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	279x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	172x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	128x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	84x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	70x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 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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Total price: $334

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