Gigabyte GA-H97M-D3H

Performance Results


Gaming 32% Sail boat	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 27% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	32.6% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	96.1% 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	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.

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Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H97M-D3H (all builds)
Memory	28.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140628
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 19 '17 at 01:15
Run Duration	117 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	24%

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PC Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	87.7% Excellent	Memory 87.2 1-Core 125 2-Core 247 85% 153 Pts	4-Core 487 8-Core 625 71% 556 Pts	64-Core 614 38% 614 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 87.7% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-Ti-$59 946,701 User benchmarks, average bench 29% Zotac(19DA 2454) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	32.6% Below average	Lighting 40.8 Reflection 32.5 Parallax 38.6 33% 37.3 fps	MRender 38.8 Gravity 38.5 Splatting 37.7 31% 38.3 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 32.6% Great: 33%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force LX 256GB-$129 2,404 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 146GB free (System drive) Firmware: N0307A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1087 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2061 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 24 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 34525 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 45 (A3) Unknown 100 100 1 (A4) Unknown 100 100 93193 (A5) Unknown 100 100 140 (A6) Unknown 100 100 39 (A7) Unknown 100 100 91 (F1) Unknown 100 100 216988 (F2) Unknown 100 100 200588 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 99 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 101 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 216988 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0	96.1% Outstanding	Read 513 Write 288 Mixed 369 86% 390 MB/s	4K Read 30 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 36.6 148% 57.4 MB/s	DQ Read 293 DQ Write 287 DQ Mixed 75.5 116% 219 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 96.1% Great: 99%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 683GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 183 177 5850 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3855 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 11921 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1927 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 34 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 117 117 249523 (C2) HDA temperature 121 108 29 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	70.3% Very good	Read 140 Write 105 Mixed 101 86% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 2.26 4K Mixed 0.22 88% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 70.3% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 1600 C9 4x8GB 2,895 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	50.9% Above average	MC Read 18.1 MC Write 18.3 MC Mixed 15.5 49% 17.3 GB/s	SC Read 11.9 SC Write 18.6 SC Mixed 17.7 46% 16.1 GB/s	Latency 70.3 57% 70.3 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 50.9% Great: 82%

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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	483x
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	337x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	242x

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	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	55x

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 $279	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 $184	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