Gigabyte GA-Q87M-D2H

Performance Results


Gaming 83% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 69% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 78.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	108% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	99.7% 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 (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Q87M-D2H (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	4096 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140910
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 13 '20 at 02:14
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	18%

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PC Performing as expected (47^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-$75 176,321 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 above expectations (96^th percentile)	78.3% Very good	Memory 87.5 1-Core 111 2-Core 219 79% 139 Pts	4-Core 373 8-Core 567 58% 470 Pts	64-Core 573 36% 573 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 78.3% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 85AA) CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2710 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 446.14 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	108% Outstanding	Lighting 143 Reflection 149 Parallax 140 117% 144 fps	MRender 118 Gravity 136 Splatting 109 98% 121 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX200 250GB-$134 26,364 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 88GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 372 275 286 297 298 297 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	99.7% Outstanding	Read 453 Write 452 Mixed 369 SusWrite 304 89% 395 MB/s	4K Read 30.5 4K Write 95.6 4K Mixed 43.3 152% 56.5 MB/s	DQ Read 373 DQ Write 339 DQ Mixed 249 216% 320 MB/s
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 99.7% Great: 113%
Crucial M500 240GB-$54 31,779 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 223GB free Firmware: MU05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 200 201 201 202 203 201 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	52.8% Above average	Read 247 Write 201 Mixed 166 SusWrite 201 46% 204 MB/s	4K Read 21.9 4K Write 40.6 4K Mixed 26.2 88% 29.6 MB/s	DQ Read 101 DQ Write 41.3 DQ Mixed 56.8 46% 66.4 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 52.8% Great: 91%
WD Re 2TB-$28 16,276 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 1.5TB free Firmware: 01.01D02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 127 129 129 129 129 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	56% Above average	Read 66 Write 64.8 Mixed 68.8 SusWrite 128 61% 82 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 0.9 204% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 56% Great: 83%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 43,127 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	33.1% Below average	MC Read 11.1 MC Write 11 MC Mixed 9.4 30% 10.5 GB/s	SC Read 10.3 SC Write 11.8 SC Mixed 10.5 31% 10.9 GB/s	Latency 70 57% 70 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 33.1% 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%

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Desktop 61%

Destroyer

Workstation 8%

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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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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