Gigabyte GA-H97M-D3H

Performance Results


Gaming 73% Battleship	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 64% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 68%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	110% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very 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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H97M-D3H (all builds)
Memory	5.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150803
Uptime	2.2 Days
Run Date	Mar 24 '19 at 00:56
Run Duration	202 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	9%

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PC Performing as expected (43^rd 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 way below expectations (7^th percentile)	68% Good	Memory 73.7 1-Core 120 2-Core 236 78% 143 Pts	4-Core 335 8-Core 568 55% 452 Pts	64-Core 591 37% 591 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 68% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6286) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 419.67 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Lighting 145 Reflection 151 Parallax 140 118% 145 fps	MRender 118 Gravity 144 Splatting 114 102% 125 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 41GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 4,580 Write 2,408 Mixed 1,125 589% 2,704 MB/s	4K Read 393 4K Write 210 4K Mixed 281 1,067% 295 MB/s	DQ Read 840 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 605 445% 597 MB/s
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
Adata Premier Pro SP920 256GB-$203 2,823 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 25GB free Firmware: 1.13 SusWrite @10s intervals: 300 218 132 168 103 98 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	78.1% Very good	Read 468 Write 330 Mixed 238 SusWrite 170 67% 301 MB/s	4K Read 27.8 4K Write 70.5 4K Mixed 32.5 121% 43.6 MB/s	DQ Read 299 DQ Write 233 DQ Mixed 61.2 102% 198 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 78.1% Great: 99%
Mushkin Triactor 240GB-$30 461 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 14GB free Firmware: O1126A Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 488 Write 437 Mixed 381 97% 436 MB/s	4K Read 35.3 4K Write 95.9 4K Mixed 50.2 169% 60.5 MB/s	DQ Read 298 DQ Write 332 DQ Mixed 256 209% 295 MB/s
Poor: 50% Great: 99%
Corsair Force LE200 SSD 480GB 665 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 46GB free Firmware: SBFM60.9 SusWrite @10s intervals: 423 207 67 79 89 54 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	80.4% Excellent	Read 420 Write 209 Mixed 344 SusWrite 153 63% 282 MB/s	4K Read 29.8 4K Write 78.7 4K Mixed 34.7 131% 47.7 MB/s	DQ Read 309 DQ Write 323 DQ Mixed 204 184% 278 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 80.4% Great: 90%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C10D3/8G 9905471-074.A00LF 16GB 26 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	27.8% Poor	MC Read 10.3 MC Write 10.3 MC Mixed 7.8 27% 9.47 GB/s	SC Read 4.9 SC Write 7.9 SC Mixed 7.8 20% 6.87 GB/s	Latency 93.1 43% 93.1 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 27.8% Great: 60%

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

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Typical GA-H97M-D3H Builds (Compare 2,135 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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	487x
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	338x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	244x

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	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 i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16