Gigabyte GA-Z87M-D3H

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 70%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 58%
Gunboat
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 81.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics81.5% 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 Drive79.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait 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.
MotherboardGigabyte GA-Z87M-D3H  (all builds)
Memory8.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20140812
Uptime2.3 Days
Run DateJan 19 '20 at 05:52
Run Duration123 Seconds
Run User GRC-User
Background CPU4%

 PC Performing above expectations (71st percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-4790-$135
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
81.4% Excellent
Memory 97
1-Core 108
2-Core 208
80% 138 Pts
4-Core 356
8-Core 541
56% 448 Pts
64-Core 584
36% 584 Pts
Poor: 58%
This bench: 81.4%
Great: 80%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560
PNY(196E 1133) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1519 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 441.87
Performing below potential (71st percentile) - GPU OC Guide
81.5% Excellent
Lighting 103
Reflection 111
Parallax 100
84% 105 fps
MRender 93.7
Gravity 96.9
Splatting 91.1
77% 93.9 fps
Poor: 70%
This bench: 81.5%
Great: 87%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35
64GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 527ABBF0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 173 167 166 167 165 167 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (91st percentile)
79.5% Very good
Read 356
Write 249
Mixed 247
SusWrite 168
57% 255 MB/s
4K Read 29
4K Write 93.6
4K Mixed 40.3
145% 54.3 MB/s
DQ Read 254
DQ Write 206
DQ Mixed 193
155% 218 MB/s
Poor: 41%
This bench: 79.5%
Great: 85%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$40
1.5TB free
Firmware: MX4OABB0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 125 122 121 126 126 MB/s
Performing below expectations (34th percentile)
80.1% Excellent
Read 156
Write 148
Mixed 52
SusWrite 123
87% 120 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 2.1
4K Mixed 0.5
140% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 49%
This bench: 80.1%
Great: 108%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL RipjawsZ DDR3 2133 C9 4x4GB
4 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing above expectations (63rd percentile)
76.2% Very good
MC Read 28.6
MC Write 28.7
MC Mixed 23.5
77% 26.9 GB/s
SC Read 17.2
SC Write 20
SC Mixed 23.2
58% 20.1 GB/s
Latency 50.3
80% 50.3 ns
Poor: 47%
This bench: 76.2%
Great: 121%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical GA-Z87M-D3H Builds (Compare 504 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 8%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 65%
Destroyer
Workstation
Workstation 7%
Tree trunk

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z87M-D3H - $111

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 75% - Very good Total price: $229
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