Gigabyte GA-H97M-D3H

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 47% Yacht	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 37% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 85.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	54.3% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 11 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H97M-D3H (all builds)
Memory	5.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20150803
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 15 '16 at 18:45
Run Duration	135 Seconds
Run User	IND-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690-$51 73,695 User benchmarks, average bench 67% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	85.8% Excellent	Memory 94.7 1-Core 115 2-Core 227 83% 145 Pts	4-Core 445 8-Core 445 60% 445 Pts	64-Core 443 27% 443 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 85.8% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3161) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 21.21.13.7570 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	54.3% Above average	Lighting 69.3 Reflection 67.9 Parallax 61.5 56% 66.2 fps	MRender 72.7 Gravity 62.5 Splatting 52.8 50% 62.7 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 54.3% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$49 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 806GB free Firmware: CC29 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 129524816 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 2017 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 73 60 24491499 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 7334 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 923 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 87 87 13 (BE) vendor-specific 63 54 622854181 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 147 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 200377 (C2) HDA temperature 37 46 107374182437 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 78056735642699 (F1) Unknown 100 253 10267378845 (F2) Unknown 100 253 19498569867	86.4% Excellent	Read 158 Write 143 Mixed 139 110% 147 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 1.57 4K Mixed 0.3 88% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 86.4% Great: 114%
Seagate ST310005 28AS 1TB 6,973 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 112GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC46 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 87 201061073 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 10112 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 38996709684 (09) Power-on hours count 70 70 26442 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5219 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 626 (BC) Unknown 100 98 65580 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 63 54 622723109 (C2) HDA temperature 37 46 81604378661 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 34 18 201061073 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 99 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 99 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 65124589148208 (F1) Unknown 100 253 553670366 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2925634786	45.2% Average	Read 59.5 Write 97.9 Mixed 50.2 51% 69.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.44 4K Mixed 0.42 99% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 45.2% Great: 69%
Samsun HD321HJ 320GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 102GB free Firmware: 1AC0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 92 92 3450 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 10031 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 253 253 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 27449 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 5 (0C) Power cycle count 93 93 7165 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 61 471466012 (C2) HDA temperature 66 59 572129314 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 46153 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	56.3% Above average	Read 100 Write 95.8 Mixed 100 74% 98.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 2.16 4K Mixed 0.43 114% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 56.3% Great: 56%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMX4GX3M2A1600C9 0215 CMZ4GX3M1A1600C9 0215 CMX4GX3M2A1600C9 8GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 2048, 4096, 2048 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	63.4% Good	MC Read 22.3 MC Write 23.2 MC Mixed 19.9 62% 21.8 GB/s	SC Read 16.7 SC Write 20 SC Mixed 20.5 54% 19.1 GB/s	Latency 58 69% 58 ns
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 63.4% Great: 63%

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Gaming 8%

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Desktop 66%

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Workstation 8%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H97M-D3H - $84

CPU
Core i7-4790Intel $132Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	492x
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	344x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	246x

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	279x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	173x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	128x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	84x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	70x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	58x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	61x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	57x
Ballistix Sport DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCrucialBench 56%, 44,086 samples	28x

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Total price: $331

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Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4070 $520	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $353