Gigabyte GA-Z87MX-D3H-CF

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 18%
Surfboard
Desktop
Desktop 83%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 16%
Surfboard
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 84.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics14.8% 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 DriveThe 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
SystemGigabyte Z87MX-D3H
MotherboardGigabyte GA-Z87MX-D3H-CF  (all builds)
Memory12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20130516
Uptime18 Days
Run DateDec 11 '19 at 23:01
Run Duration128 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU4%

 PC Performing above expectations (72nd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Xeon E3-1230 v3-$203
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
84.8% Excellent
Memory 94.2
1-Core 106
2-Core 215
80% 139 Pts
4-Core 414
8-Core 552
61% 483 Pts
64-Core 550
34% 550 Pts
Poor: 62%
This bench: 84.8%
Great: 80%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 650-Ti-$152
EVGA(3842 3650) 1GB
CLim: 928 MHz, MLim: 1350 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 388.13
Performing way above expectations (88th percentile)
14.8% Very poor
Lighting 17.7
Reflection 16
Parallax 23.4
14% 19 fps
MRender 22.1
Gravity 21.4
Splatting 15.2
16% 19.6 fps
Poor: 13%
This bench: 14.8%
Great: 15%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Kingston HyperX 3K 240GB-$70
223GB free
Firmware: 521ABBF0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 192 196 203 197 206 200 MB/s
Performing below expectations (31st percentile)
76.6% Very good
Read 375
Write 255
Mixed 292
SusWrite 199
63% 280 MB/s
4K Read 21.5
4K Write 99.9
4K Mixed 30.4
124% 50.6 MB/s
DQ Read 277
DQ Write 246
DQ Mixed 254
193% 259 MB/s
Poor: 59%
This bench: 76.6%
Great: 94%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50
2TB free (System drive)
Firmware: CC27
SusWrite @10s intervals: 139 112 116 151 158 118 MB/s
Performing as expected (53rd percentile)
92.2% Outstanding
Read 189
Write 178
Mixed 87.5
SusWrite 133
107% 147 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 0.7
130% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 51%
This bench: 92.2%
Great: 114%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing way above expectations (90th percentile)
61.5% Good
MC Read 21.8
MC Write 22.3
MC Mixed 19.1
60% 21.1 GB/s
SC Read 16.3
SC Write 20.1
SC Mixed 20
54% 18.8 GB/s
Latency 59.4
67% 59.4 ns
Poor: 31%
This bench: 61.5%
Great: 63%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical GA-Z87MX-D3H-CF Builds (Compare 148 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 9%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 68%
Battle cruiser
Workstation
Workstation 8%
Tree trunk

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z87MX-D3H-CF

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 59% - Above average Total price: $244
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