Gigabyte GA-H97M-D3H

Performance Results


Gaming 97% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 81% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 80.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	121% 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.
Boot Drive	72.3% 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	11.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, 3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141022
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 31 '21 at 06:51
Run Duration	235 Seconds
Run User	NZL-User
Background CPU	9%

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PC Performing as expected (51^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$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 way above expectations (98^th percentile)	80.8% Excellent	Memory 92.9 1-Core 114 2-Core 225 82% 144 Pts	4-Core 371 8-Core 582 59% 476 Pts	64-Core 588 36% 588 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 80.8% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-$407 316,424 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 379F) CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 471.96 Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	121% Outstanding	Lighting 160 Reflection 158 Parallax 162 131% 160 fps	MRender 183 Gravity 144 Splatting 119 118% 149 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 134%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata SU650 960GB 7,756 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 21GB free (System drive) Firmware: V8X21c64 SusWrite @10s intervals: 336 256 135 48 12 12 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	72.3% Very good	Read 363 Write 348 Mixed 319 SusWrite 133 65% 291 MB/s	4K Read 26.3 4K Write 89.6 4K Mixed 34.7 132% 50.2 MB/s	DQ Read 190 DQ Write 222 DQ Mixed 196 151% 203 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 72.3% Great: 100%
Crucial BX500 960GB-$54 11,103 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 114GB free Firmware: M6CR022 SusWrite @10s intervals: 222 6.8 6.5 6 6.6 5.6 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	75.1% Very good	Read 467 Write 400 Mixed 376 SusWrite 42.3 72% 321 MB/s	4K Read 26.6 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 30.5 138% 56.2 MB/s	DQ Read 225 DQ Write 328 DQ Mixed 40.1 96% 198 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 75.1% Great: 91%
Apacer AS681 240GB 240 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 141GB free Firmware: AP108PE0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 263 54 60 32 65 49 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	42.4% Average	Read 388 Write 198 Mixed 248 SusWrite 87 51% 230 MB/s	4K Read 23.3 4K Write 13 4K Mixed 13.5 60% 16.6 MB/s	DQ Read 154 DQ Write 13.2 DQ Mixed 23.3 32% 63.6 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 42.4% Great: 98%
Samsung 870 QVO 1TB-$107 80,665 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 884GB free Firmware: SVQ01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 23 39 33 28 26 23 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	61.6% Good	Read 468 Write 11.2 Mixed 62.7 SusWrite 28.9 30% 143 MB/s	4K Read 50.5 4K Write 11.5 4K Mixed 19.3 107% 27.1 MB/s	DQ Read 374 DQ Write 69.8 DQ Mixed 113 111% 186 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 61.6% Great: 128%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 782GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 93 94 94 93 94 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	46.6% Average	Read 68.6 Write 65.2 Mixed 47.1 SusWrite 93.5 50% 68.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.6 130% 1 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 46.6% Great: 59%
180 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 7GB free, PID 1643 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 4.5 4.8 4.8 4.9 4.4 4.8 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	5.73% Terrible	Read 14.7 Write 3.7 Mixed 4.2 SusWrite 4.7 8% 6.82 MB/s	4K Read 4.4 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.6 54% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 5.73% Great: 9%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 77,652 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	59.9% Above average	MC Read 21.3 MC Write 21.9 MC Mixed 18.5 59% 20.6 GB/s	SC Read 14.4 SC Write 21.1 SC Mixed 19.5 52% 18.3 GB/s	Latency 62.4 64% 62.4 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 59.9% Great: 63%

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Gaming 8%

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Desktop 66%

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Workstation 8%

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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 $178	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