Gigabyte GA-H97M-D3H

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 68% Battle cruiser	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (21st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 79 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 77.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	90.3% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H97M-D3H (all builds)
Memory	25.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150803
Uptime	2.9 Days
Run Date	Feb 05 '19 at 17:00
Run Duration	176 Seconds
Run User	ARG-User
Background CPU	15%

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PC Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	77.2% Very good	Memory 87.5 1-Core 113 2-Core 184 76% 128 Pts	4-Core 362 8-Core 539 56% 450 Pts	64-Core 563 35% 563 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 77.2% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% EVGA(3842 2172) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.35 Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	90.3% Outstanding	Lighting 111 Reflection 107 Parallax 104 90% 107 fps	MRender 148 Gravity 110 Splatting 85.9 90% 115 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 90.3% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$51 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 1.5TB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 80 111 99 128 151 141 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	71.2% Very good	Read 129 Write 150 Mixed 99.3 SusWrite 118 92% 124 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 3.2 4K Mixed 0.9 193% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 71.2% Great: 112%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$51 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 251GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.6 0.5 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile)	0.49% Terrible	Read 1.3 Write 0.2 Mixed 0.5 SusWrite 0.4 0% 0.6 MB/s	4K Read 0 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 0% 0 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 0.49% Great: 112%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$51 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 130GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 141 139 140 140 142 140 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	81.5% Excellent	Read 143 Write 141 Mixed 90.3 SusWrite 140 95% 129 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 3.2 4K Mixed 1 204% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 81.5% Great: 112%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$60 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 36GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 35 45 31 52 60 60 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	36.5% Below average	Read 80 Write 77.5 Mixed 30.3 SusWrite 47 43% 58.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.7 133% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 36.5% Great: 67%
Generic UDISK 34GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 19GB free, PID 1320 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 2.9 3.1 3.3 3 3.1 3 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	3.79% Terrible	Read 7.3 Write 1 Mixed 4.3 SusWrite 3.1 5% 3.93 MB/s	4K Read 6.1 4K Write 0.2 4K Mixed 0.4 43% 2.23 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 3.79% Great: 5%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 4x8GB 8,730 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	55.7% Above average	MC Read 19.5 MC Write 20.7 MC Mixed 17.4 55% 19.2 GB/s	SC Read 13.5 SC Write 20 SC Mixed 17.6 49% 17 GB/s	Latency 70.1 57% 70.1 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 55.7% Great: 63%

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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%

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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	492x
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	173x
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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Value: 55% - Above average

Total price: $334

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $164	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $149
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $89
Intel Core i5-13600K $245	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $359