Gigabyte GA-H97M-D3H

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	99.8% 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	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H97M-D3H (all builds)
Memory	9 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141022
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	May 10 '19 at 22:32
Run Duration	153 Seconds
Run User	PAK-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	76.1% Very good	Memory 83.1 1-Core 116 2-Core 198 76% 132 Pts	4-Core 373 8-Core 590 59% 481 Pts	64-Core 593 37% 593 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 76.1% Great: 80%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung MZ7PD128HCFV-000H1 128GB 3,024 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 72GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM01H0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 302 333 305 314 301 269 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	99.8% Outstanding	Read 493 Write 343 Mixed 252 SusWrite 304 78% 348 MB/s	4K Read 35.6 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 40.4 160% 59.3 MB/s	DQ Read 368 DQ Write 211 DQ Mixed 142 145% 240 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 99.8% Great: 107%
WD Blue 320GB (2007)-$90 108,153 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 298GB free Firmware: 01.03A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 102 105 107 107 108 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	46.7% Average	Read 56.3 Write 53.5 Mixed 40.5 SusWrite 106 47% 64.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 149% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 46.7% Great: 58%
Toshiba DT01ABA100V 1TB 5,116 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 782GB free Firmware: MU2OA7T0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 136 136 136 136 138 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	79.5% Very good	Read 142 Write 140 Mixed 55.7 SusWrite 136 86% 118 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.6 125% 1 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 79.5% Great: 85%
Hitachi HUA722020ALA330 2TB 1,342 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 1TB free Firmware: JKAOA3FB SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 127 126 127 127 127 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	67.7% Good	Read 109 Write 106 Mixed 56.5 SusWrite 127 73% 99.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 67.7% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378B1G73EB0-YK0 12GB 33 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 1333, 1333 MHz 8192, 4096 MB Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	27.2% Poor	MC Read 8.5 MC Write 9.1 MC Mixed 7.6 24% 8.4 GB/s	SC Read 8.5 SC Write 9.4 SC Mixed 9.2 26% 9.03 GB/s	Latency 75 53% 75 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 27.2% Great: 50%

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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%

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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	337x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	243x

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	57x

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 $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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