Gigabyte GA-Z87X-D3H-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 70% Battleship	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 55% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall 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.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 87.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	78.6% 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	88.1% 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.
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

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

System	Gigabyte Z87X-D3H
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z87X-D3H-CF (all builds)
Memory	5.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, 1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130416
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 20 '19 at 14:36
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing as expected (58^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4670K-$62 128,482 User benchmarks, average bench 68% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	87.5% Excellent	Memory 93.3 1-Core 124 2-Core 220 84% 146 Pts	4-Core 474 8-Core 467 63% 471 Pts	64-Core 478 30% 478 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 87.5% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Asus(1043 855C) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1342 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 417.71 Performing below potential (55^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	78.6% Very good	Lighting 101 Reflection 106 Parallax 96 83% 101 fps	MRender 87.6 Gravity 93 Splatting 80.9 71% 87.2 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 78.6% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra Plus 256GB-$139 17,545 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 47GB free (System drive) Firmware: X2306RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 323 335 247 133 130 119 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	88.1% Excellent	Read 477 Write 408 Mixed 261 SusWrite 214 76% 340 MB/s	4K Read 29.4 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 36.5 145% 55.5 MB/s	DQ Read 331 DQ Write 200 DQ Mixed 122 129% 217 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 88.1% Great: 99%
Crucial MX500 500GB-$50 237,241 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 115GB free Firmware: M3CR010 SusWrite @10s intervals: 363 351 371 381 382 392 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 503 Write 378 Mixed 333 SusWrite 373 89% 397 MB/s	4K Read 27.3 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 42.5 156% 61.2 MB/s	DQ Read 339 DQ Write 326 DQ Mixed 240 206% 302 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 125%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 428GB free Firmware: CC47 SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 118 120 123 113 118 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	81% Excellent	Read 164 Write 143 Mixed 89.5 SusWrite 118 95% 129 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 156% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 81% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 220GB free Firmware: CC49 SusWrite @10s intervals: 135 136 134 134 135 138 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	76.3% Very good	Read 130 Write 114 Mixed 78.2 SusWrite 135 84% 114 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 170% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 76.3% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 6,123 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	57.2% Above average	MC Read 20.1 MC Write 20.5 MC Mixed 17.5 55% 19.4 GB/s	SC Read 15.6 SC Write 21 SC Mixed 18 52% 18.2 GB/s	Latency 61.5 65% 61.5 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 57.2% 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-Z87X-D3H-CF Builds (Compare 964 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 8%

Tree trunk

Desktop 66%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 7%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z87X-D3H-CF - $130

CPU
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	280x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	230x
Core i7-4770Intel $65Bench 70%, 176,321 samples	138x

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	95x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	81x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	72x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	49x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	36x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $72Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	33x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 50%, 19,207 samples	46x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	24x
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	20x

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Total price: $283

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16