Gigabyte GA-Q87M-D2H

Performance Results


Gaming 62% Destroyer	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 52% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With 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 76.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	82.9% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	77% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Q87M-D2H (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140117
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 26 '18 at 22:11
Run Duration	136 Seconds
Run User	ZAF-User
Background CPU	9%

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PC Performing as expected (54^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	76.3% Very good	Memory 88.2 1-Core 102 2-Core 191 74% 127 Pts	4-Core 347 8-Core 570 56% 458 Pts	64-Core 572 35% 572 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 76.3% Great: 80%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6573) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 399.7 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	82.9% Excellent	Lighting 103 Reflection 116 Parallax 109 84% 109 fps	MRender 96.3 Gravity 96.2 Splatting 102 81% 98 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 82.9% Great: 88%
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4531 Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	3.38% Terrible	Lighting 3.57 Reflection 5.5 Parallax 5.59 3% 4.89 fps	MRender 6.33 Gravity 2.43 Splatting 6.57 4% 5.11 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.38% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 120GB-$42 87,912 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 58GB free (System drive) Firmware: U21010RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 372 316 360 377 372 359 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	77% Very good	Read 430 Write 354 Mixed 267 SusWrite 359 79% 352 MB/s	4K Read 24.9 4K Write 62.9 4K Mixed 17 93% 34.9 MB/s	DQ Read 180 DQ Write 298 DQ Mixed 107 118% 195 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 77% Great: 78%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$80 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 656GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 153 154 154 151 155 155 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	82.7% Excellent	Read 134 Write 134 Mixed 72 SusWrite 154 90% 124 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 138% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 82.7% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 208GB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 143 145 146 146 148 146 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	81.6% Excellent	Read 138 Write 108 Mixed 77.5 SusWrite 146 86% 118 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 155% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 81.6% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CML16GX3M2A1600C10 0215 CML8GX3M1A1600C10 16GB 50 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (12^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	31% Below average	MC Read 10.5 MC Write 10.2 MC Mixed 8.8 28% 9.83 GB/s	SC Read 9.1 SC Write 10.2 SC Mixed 9.2 27% 9.5 GB/s	Latency 69.3 58% 69.3 ns
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 31% Great: 61%

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

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Typical GA-Q87M-D2H Builds (Compare 356 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 8%

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Desktop 61%

Destroyer

Workstation 8%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Q87M-D2H

CPU
Core i5-4590Intel $188Bench 63%, 151,366 samples	74x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	52x
Core i7-4770Intel $75Bench 70%, 176,321 samples	38x

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	55x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	34x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	21x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	12x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	12x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	6x

RAM
M378B5273EB0-CK0 4x4GBSamsungBench 61%, 430 samples	9x
KHX1600C10D3/8G KHX1600C10D3/8G KHX1600C10D3/4G KHX1600C10D3/4G 16GBKingstonBench 53%, 358 samples	6x
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 1x8GBKingstonBench 32%, 29,968 samples	5x

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Value: 63% - Good

Total price: $231

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