Gigabyte GA-H97M-D3H

Performance Results


Gaming 31% Sail boat	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 25% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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	31.7% 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	159% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H97M-D3H (all builds)
Memory	6.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160303
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 05 '21 at 18:15
Run Duration	111 Seconds
Run User	ISR-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (74^th 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)	80.8% Excellent	Memory 92.1 1-Core 96.1 2-Core 206 76% 131 Pts	4-Core 400 8-Core 411 54% 406 Pts	64-Core 411 25% 411 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 80.8% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7950-$290 33,820 User benchmarks, average bench 29% PwrHis(1787 201C) 3GB CLim: 950 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 20.10.35.02 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	31.7% Below average	Lighting 42.6 Reflection 31.5 Parallax 53.1 35% 42.4 fps	MRender 30.7 Gravity 42.1 Splatting 24.1 26% 32.3 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 31.7% Great: 32%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX8200 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$59 34,063 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 200GB free (System drive) Firmware: R0906B Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 609 643 825 262 291 277 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	159% Outstanding	Read 1,248 Write 915 Mixed 839 SusWrite 485 194% 872 MB/s	4K Read 42.9 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 50.1 195% 72.5 MB/s	DQ Read 364 DQ Write 524 DQ Mixed 486 356% 458 MB/s
Poor: 139% ↑ This bench: 159% Great: 271%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F3 DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 1,524 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	63.3% Good	MC Read 22.8 MC Write 23.2 MC Mixed 20.1 63% 22 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 20.4 SC Mixed 20.2 54% 18.9 GB/s	Latency 63.8 63% 63.8 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 63.3% Great: 64%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Typical GA-H97M-D3H Builds (Compare 2,123 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 8%

Tree trunk

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 $132	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) $34	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