Gigabyte GA-H97-D3H-CF

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 84.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	71.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

System	Gigabyte H97-D3H
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H97-D3H-CF (all builds)
Memory	6.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20150919
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 11 '17 at 19:44
Run Duration	117 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	84.6% Excellent	Memory 95.1 1-Core 113 2-Core 223 83% 144 Pts	4-Core 428 8-Core 434 58% 431 Pts	64-Core 445 28% 445 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 84.6% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 10.18.14.4264 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Extreme 240GB-$200 7,034 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 110GB free (System drive) Firmware: R211 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 105 105 11001249 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 3 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 136829068131501 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 6539 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 95 (B1) Unknown 0 0 4 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 25 48 55837720601 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 11001249 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 3 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 11001249 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 11001249 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 12280 (EA) Unknown 0 0 8006 (F1) Unknown 0 0 8006 (F2) Unknown 0 0 9106	71.5% Very good	Read 489 Write 176 Mixed 246 66% 303 MB/s	4K Read 22.2 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 13.9 106% 46.1 MB/s	DQ Read 276 DQ Write 217 DQ Mixed 47.8 90% 180 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 71.5% Great: 91%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 249GB free Firmware: 1AJ100E5 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 86 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 71 48 8948 (04) Start/Stop count 76 76 25223 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 10546 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 131 (0C) Power cycle count 92 92 8622 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 8 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 50 214749020187 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 5 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 131 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 32646	73.8% Very good	Read 112 Write 145 Mixed 119 94% 125 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 2.49 4K Mixed 0.54 129% 1.19 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 73.8% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLT4G3D1608DT1TX0. 2x4GB 3,982 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	65.6% Good	MC Read 23.1 MC Write 23.3 MC Mixed 21.4 65% 22.6 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 21.5 SC Mixed 19.9 56% 19.7 GB/s	Latency 56.9 70% 56.9 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 65.6% Great: 64%

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Gaming 39%

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Desktop 78%

Battleship

Workstation 32%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H97-D3H-CF

CPU
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	283x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	169x
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	152x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	151x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	129x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	86x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	39x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $129Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	32x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	31x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	88x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	68x
BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. 4x4GBCrucialBench 57%, 14,299 samples	38x

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Value: 57% - Above average

Total price: $435

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