Gigabyte GA-Z87M-D3H

Performance Results


Gaming 6% Tree trunk	Desktop 59% Gunboat	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (26th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 74 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 66.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	1.19% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	19.4% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
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

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z87M-D3H (all builds)
Memory	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140812
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 24 '20 at 19:45
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	NZL-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770-$65 176,321 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	66.5% Good	Memory 59.2 1-Core 113 2-Core 225 71% 132 Pts	4-Core 396 8-Core 572 61% 484 Pts	64-Core 587 36% 587 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 66.5% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce 210 98,254 User benchmarks, average bench 1% Asus(1043 83F4) 1GB Ram: 1GB, Driver: 341.74 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	1.19% Terrible	Lighting 1.3 Reflection 2.58 Parallax 0.5 1% 1.46 fps	MRender 2.67 Gravity 0.87 Splatting 1.83 1% 1.79 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 1.19% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
St1000dm 2 1TB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 723GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC47 SusWrite @10s intervals: 164 183 176 186 195 152 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	19.4% Very poor	Read 194 Write 188 Mixed 86.3 SusWrite 176 36% 161 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 3% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 19.4% Great: 74%
Samsun MZ7TE128HMGR-000 59GB 52GB free Firmware: EXT0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 133 133 133 133 132 132 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	64.5% Good	Read 520 Write 136 Mixed 151 SusWrite 133 51% 235 MB/s	4K Read 24.9 4K Write 56.6 4K Mixed 20.1 93% 33.9 MB/s	DQ Read 204 DQ Write 139 DQ Mixed 53.4 72% 132 MB/s

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT102464BA160B.C16 2x8GB 11,058 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	43.7% Average	MC Read 16.9 MC Write 14.9 MC Mixed 16.7 46% 16.2 GB/s	SC Read 9.1 SC Write 9.9 SC Mixed 12.1 30% 10.4 GB/s	Latency 130 31% 130 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 43.7% Great: 61%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming 8%

Tree trunk

Desktop 65%

Destroyer

Workstation 7%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z87M-D3H - $111

CPU
Core i7-4770Intel $65Bench 70%, 176,321 samples	96x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	59x
Core i5-4570Intel $99Bench 62%, 129,272 samples	56x

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	83x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	28x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	25x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	29x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	23x
A400 120GBKingston $26Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	14x

RAM
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 34,385 samples	10x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	10x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples	10x

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Value: 76% - Very good

Total price: $219

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $122	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16