Gigabyte GA-Q87M-D2H

Performance Results


Gaming 87% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 68% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 79.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	110% 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	94.2% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Q87M-D2H (all builds)
Memory	28.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141203
Uptime	2.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 03 '20 at 21:47
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	ZAF-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing as expected (50^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690-$52 73,695 User benchmarks, average bench 67% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	79.9% Very good	Memory 86.7 1-Core 107 2-Core 197 76% 130 Pts	4-Core 423 8-Core 421 56% 422 Pts	64-Core 429 27% 429 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 79.9% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3367) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 445.87 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Lighting 145 Reflection 152 Parallax 143 118% 147 fps	MRender 118 Gravity 144 Splatting 115 102% 125 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 116GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 276 370 385 328 302 292 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	94.2% Outstanding	Read 460 Write 443 Mixed 375 SusWrite 325 90% 401 MB/s	4K Read 33.7 4K Write 53.6 4K Mixed 40.8 132% 42.7 MB/s	DQ Read 348 DQ Write 315 DQ Mixed 331 248% 331 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 94.2% Great: 134%
Toshiba P300 2TB-$61 100,891 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 14GB free Firmware: MX4OACF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 108 122 119 126 124 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	67.4% Good	Read 120 Write 132 Mixed 22.2 SusWrite 114 70% 97.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.5 112% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 67.4% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 2400 C11 4x8GB 5,910 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (25^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	52.5% Above average	MC Read 18.4 MC Write 19.2 MC Mixed 16.5 52% 18 GB/s	SC Read 13.6 SC Write 18.5 SC Mixed 16.2 46% 16.1 GB/s	Latency 70.7 57% 70.7 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 52.5% Great: 109%

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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 61%

Destroyer

Workstation 8%

Tree trunk

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 $273	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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