Gigabyte GA-H97M-D3H

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 11%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 71%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 10%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics9.53% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive104% 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.
Memory32GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
MotherboardGigabyte GA-H97M-D3H  (all builds)
Memory27.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors, 1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors, 1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20150421
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJan 20 '19 at 19:44
Run Duration165 Seconds
Run User NLD-User
Background CPU5%

 PC Performing as expected (58th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-4790-$135
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg)
Performing as expected (51st percentile)
72.2% Very good
Memory 77
1-Core 113
2-Core 212
75% 134 Pts
4-Core 364
8-Core 580
58% 472 Pts
64-Core 575
36% 575 Pts
Poor: 58%
This bench: 72.2%
Great: 80%
Graphics Cards Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GeForce 9400 GT
Asus(1043 82C7) 512MB
Ram: 512MB, Driver: 342.1
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
1.7% Terrible
Lighting 2.2
Reflection 2.73
Parallax 0.84
2% 1.92 fps
MRender 2.52
Gravity 1.77
Splatting 1.48
2% 1.92 fps
Poor: 1%
This bench: 1.7%
Great: 1%
ATI FirePro V5800 (FireGL V)
Dell(1028 2306) 1GB
Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.2401.1010
Performing way above expectations (92nd percentile)
9.53% Terrible
Lighting 12.6
Reflection 9.5
Parallax 10.6
10% 10.9 fps
MRender 8.86
Gravity 9.3
Splatting 10.8
8% 9.66 fps
Poor: 8%
This bench: 9.53%
Great: 10%
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15
Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB
Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4835
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
3.88% Terrible
Lighting 3.97
Reflection 6.15
Parallax 6.41
3% 5.51 fps
MRender 8.48
Gravity 2.47
Splatting 7.52
5% 6.15 fps
Poor: 3%
This bench: 3.88%
Great: 3%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80
275GB free (System drive)
Firmware: RVT01B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 451 377 318 319 319 318 MB/s
Performing as expected (44th percentile)
104% Outstanding
Read 478
Write 449
Mixed 418
SusWrite 350
95% 424 MB/s
4K Read 35
4K Write 81.3
4K Mixed 43.8
152% 53.4 MB/s
DQ Read 375
DQ Write 342
DQ Mixed 353
267% 357 MB/s
Poor: 74%
This bench: 104%
Great: 129%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83
22GB free
Firmware: 1AJ10001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 94 94 91 94 92 MB/s
Performing above expectations (70th percentile)
65% Good
Read 133
Write 137
Mixed 70.2
SusWrite 93.4
80% 108 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 2.3
4K Mixed 1
183% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 39%
This bench: 65%
Great: 75%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 1TB-$100
414GB free
Firmware: 1AA01118
SusWrite @10s intervals: 24 23 25 26 24 25 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (0th percentile)
10.8% Very poor
Read 13.2
Write 30
Mixed 18.2
SusWrite 24.3
16% 21.4 MB/s
4K Read 0.2
4K Write 0.9
4K Mixed 0.2
47% 0.43 MB/s
Poor: 31%
This bench: 10.8%
Great: 62%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 1600 C9 4x8GB
4 of 4 slots used
32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz
Performing below potential (11th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
41.1% Average
MC Read 14.8
MC Write 15.4
MC Mixed 13.4
42% 14.5 GB/s
SC Read 11.9
SC Write 10.8
SC Mixed 8.2
29% 10.3 GB/s
Latency 86.3
46% 86.3 ns
Poor: 39%
This bench: 41.1%
Great: 82%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical GA-H97M-D3H Builds (Compare 2,131 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 8%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 66%
Battle cruiser
Workstation
Workstation 8%
Tree trunk

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H97M-D3H - $84

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 55% - Above average Total price: $334
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