Gigabyte GA-Z87M-D3H

Performance Results


Gaming 71% Battleship	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 60% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With 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 79.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	87.2% 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	94.5% 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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z87M-D3H (all builds)
Memory	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140409
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 18 '20 at 18:15
Run Duration	267 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	14%

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PC Performing as expected (40^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	79.3% Very good	Memory 93.7 1-Core 108 2-Core 234 82% 145 Pts	4-Core 351 8-Core 572 56% 462 Pts	64-Core 552 34% 552 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 79.3% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% Gigabyte(1458 3FC1) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 445.87 Performing below potential (31^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	87.2% Excellent	Lighting 111 Reflection 109 Parallax 113 90% 111 fps	MRender 133 Gravity 96.2 Splatting 78.3 81% 103 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 87.2% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 480GB-$39 62,883 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 405GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41320RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 170 216 240 243 251 285 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	94.5% Outstanding	Read 482 Write 404 Mixed 293 SusWrite 234 79% 353 MB/s	4K Read 29.7 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 39.4 152% 58.3 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 273 DQ Mixed 221 194% 291 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 94.5% Great: 108%
CT2000BX500SSD1 2TB 12,882 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 513GB free Firmware: M6CR030 SusWrite @10s intervals: 156 212 232 237 244 273 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	49.1% Average	Read 472 Write 427 Mixed 30.3 SusWrite 226 64% 289 MB/s	4K Read 22.8 4K Write 19.6 4K Mixed 0.5 46% 14.3 MB/s	DQ Read 166 DQ Write 29 DQ Mixed 0.4 25% 65.1 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 49.1% Great: 99%
Kingston A400 480GB-$38 237,487 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 56GB free Firmware: SBFKB1C3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 150 37 40 49 33 58 MB/s Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	23.4% Poor	Read 148 Write 99.9 Mixed 92.6 SusWrite 61.2 22% 100 MB/s	4K Read 12.4 4K Write 21.9 4K Mixed 10 43% 14.8 MB/s	DQ Read 11.8 DQ Write 21.7 DQ Mixed 15.1 12% 16.2 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 23.4% Great: 102%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 221GB free Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 228 355 452 457 460 311 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	156% Outstanding	Read 1,141 Write 999 Mixed 604 SusWrite 377 174% 780 MB/s	4K Read 37.9 4K Write 90 4K Mixed 39 155% 55.6 MB/s	DQ Read 967 DQ Write 837 DQ Mixed 635 549% 813 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 156% Great: 236%
CT1000MX500SSD4 1TB 26,659 User benchmarks, average bench 107% 702GB free Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 169 212 236 241 248 278 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	95.4% Outstanding	Read 472 Write 413 Mixed 407 SusWrite 231 85% 381 MB/s	4K Read 29.9 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 40.3 151% 57.5 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 297 240% 340 MB/s
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 95.4% Great: 123%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC47 SusWrite @10s intervals: 383 406 407 406 408 405 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 55% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C10D3/8G 0215 CMZ8GX3M1A1600C10 16GB 156 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	62% Good	MC Read 22.1 MC Write 22.2 MC Mixed 18.9 60% 21.1 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 22.1 SC Mixed 20.9 57% 20 GB/s	Latency 60.6 66% 60.6 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 62% Great: 64%

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Gaming 8%

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Desktop 65%

Destroyer

Workstation 7%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z87M-D3H - $111

CPU
Core i7-4770Intel $75Bench 70%, 176,321 samples	94x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	59x
Core i5-4570Intel $99Bench 62%, 129,272 samples	55x

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	82x
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 $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	23x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $95Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	13x

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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Total price: $229

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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