Gigabyte GA-Q87M-D2H

Performance Results


Gaming 6% Tree trunk	Desktop 53% Yacht	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 54.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	3.24% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	53.9% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Very high background CPU (53%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Q87M-D2H (all builds)
Memory	10.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140117
Uptime	7.6 Days
Run Date	Feb 08 '19 at 07:22
Run Duration	171 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	53%

PC Performing as expected (46^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4570S 11,172 User benchmarks, average bench 66% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	54.7% Above average	Memory 62.7 1-Core 84.6 2-Core 160 58% 103 Pts	4-Core 268 8-Core 279 36% 274 Pts	64-Core 316 20% 316 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 54.7% Great: 76%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.5063 Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	3.24% Terrible	Lighting 3.37 Reflection 5.46 Parallax 4.78 3% 4.54 fps	MRender 6.52 Gravity 2.13 Splatting 6.35 4% 5 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.24% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 530 Series 180GB 4,011 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 104GB free (System drive) Firmware: DC12 SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 148 164 180 138 154 MB/s Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	53.9% Above average	Read 245 Write 148 Mixed 208 SusWrite 149 42% 188 MB/s	4K Read 18.2 4K Write 63.8 4K Mixed 20.6 88% 34.2 MB/s	DQ Read 201 DQ Write 181 DQ Mixed 75.7 88% 153 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 53.9% Great: 82%
WD WD5000AAVS-00ZTB0 500GB 13,629 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 251GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 80 78 79 80 80 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	46.8% Average	Read 83.7 Write 82.1 Mixed 43.6 SusWrite 78.9 53% 72.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.6 132% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 46.8% Great: 44%
Hitachi Deskstar P7K500 500GB-$159 43,620 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 69GB free Firmware: GM4OA52A SusWrite @10s intervals: 64 66 66 66 66 66 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	34.9% Below average	Read 55.8 Write 47.3 Mixed 32.4 SusWrite 65.4 37% 50.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 160% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 34.9% Great: 51%
Hitachi Deskstar P7K500 250GB-$44 9,759 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 187GB free Firmware: GM2OA52A SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 88 88 88 88 88 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	48.9% Average	Read 83 Write 78.6 Mixed 48.9 SusWrite 87.1 55% 74.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 162% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 48.9% Great: 50%
Seagate Desktop 2TB 3,779 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 288GB free, PID 3300 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 41 41 41 41 41 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	16.1% Very poor	Read 40 Write 40.7 Mixed 18.9 SusWrite 40.8 47% 35.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.4 30% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 16.1% Great: 19%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1600 CL9 Series 4x4GB 1,859 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	44.2% Average	MC Read 16.2 MC Write 18.9 MC Mixed 14.4 47% 16.5 GB/s	SC Read 7.7 SC Write 12.1 SC Mixed 9 27% 9.6 GB/s	Latency 120 33% 120 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 44.2% Great: 63%

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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%

Tree trunk

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