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 (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 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 83.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H97M-D3H (all builds)
Memory	9 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150803
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Mar 30 '17 at 13:56
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4590-$188 151,366 User benchmarks, average bench 63% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	83.4% Excellent	Memory 95.2 1-Core 110 2-Core 215 81% 140 Pts	4-Core 415 8-Core 415 56% 415 Pts	64-Core 417 26% 417 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 83.4% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 380-$200 83,027 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Sapphire(174B E308) CLim: 1101 MHz, MLim: 1555 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.3.2 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 31% Great: 35%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$115 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 109GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM04B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 3304 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1575 (B1) Unknown 98 98 74 (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 72 53 28 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 118 (F1) Unknown 99 99 23455477697
Poor: 71% Great: 124%
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 102GB free Firmware: 600ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 3540896 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 73761768344011 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1623 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 327 (B1) Unknown 0 0 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 25 43 60132360217 (C2) HDA temperature 25 43 60132360217 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 3540896 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 3540896 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 3540896 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 99 99 1 (E9) Unknown 0 0 5603 (EA) Unknown 0 0 6106 (F1) Unknown 0 0 6106 (F2) Unknown 0 0 6722 (F4) Unknown 99 99 3735594	67.2% Good	Read 491 Write 210 Mixed 261 70% 321 MB/s	4K Read 25 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 12.3 110% 48.3 MB/s	DQ Read 32.2 DQ Write 116 DQ Mixed 12.9 28% 53.7 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 67.2% Great: 85%
TOSHIBA STOR.E PARTNER 1TB 758 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 21GB free, PID b001 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	36.7% Below average	Read 89.3 Write 85.6 Mixed 84.6 111% 86.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.62 4K Mixed 0.21 64% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 36.7% Great: 40%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMX4GX3M2A1600C9 1315 BLT4G3D1608DT1TX0. 0215 CMX4GX3M2A1600C9 1315 BLT4G3D1608DT1TX0. 12GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 2048, 4096, 2048, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	65.2% Good	MC Read 22.8 MC Write 23.4 MC Mixed 21.1 64% 22.4 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 20.4 SC Mixed 21 56% 19.7 GB/s	Latency 56.6 71% 56.6 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 65.2% Great: 65%

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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%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 8%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H97M-D3H - $84

CPU
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	482x
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	336x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	241x

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	276x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	168x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	124x

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	54x

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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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