Gigabyte GA-Z87M-D3H

Performance Results


Gaming 71% Battleship	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 60% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (87th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 13 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	79.3% 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	126% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z87M-D3H (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140812
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 08 '20 at 08:17
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	IRL-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	85.8% Excellent	Memory 95 1-Core 132 2-Core 232 88% 153 Pts	4-Core 413 8-Core 627 65% 520 Pts	64-Core 623 39% 623 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 85.8% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4992) CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 451.52 Performing below potential (55^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	79.3% Very good	Lighting 102 Reflection 102 Parallax 97.2 83% 100 fps	MRender 90 Gravity 93.8 Splatting 83.3 72% 89.1 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 79.3% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 301GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 444 455 448 389 439 396 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	126% Outstanding	Read 500 Write 491 Mixed 380 SusWrite 428 101% 450 MB/s	4K Read 44.7 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 60.9 204% 71.5 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 362 272% 364 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 134%
Apple SM128E 121GB 294 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 58GB free Firmware: 9A1Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 272 273 278 288 287 289 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	75.2% Very good	Read 456 Write 272 Mixed 261 SusWrite 281 71% 317 MB/s	4K Read 24.3 4K Write 65.7 4K Mixed 25.9 105% 38.6 MB/s	DQ Read 268 DQ Write 87.6 DQ Mixed 132 109% 162 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 75.2% Great: 83%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$65 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 583GB free Firmware: 0A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 102 101 102 102 101 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	58% Above average	Read 101 Write 99.7 Mixed 71.1 SusWrite 101 69% 93.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 140% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 58% Great: 57%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 1TB-$68 105,708 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 629GB free Firmware: CC62 SusWrite @10s intervals: 196 201 199 202 203 202 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 193 Write 154 Mixed 93.5 SusWrite 200 117% 160 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 5.4 4K Mixed 1.7 322% 2.63 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 20,667 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1866 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	70.1% Very good	MC Read 25.2 MC Write 25.6 MC Mixed 21.5 69% 24.1 GB/s	SC Read 19.6 SC Write 23.8 SC Mixed 23.1 63% 22.2 GB/s	Latency 57 70% 57 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 70.1% Great: 77%

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Gaming 8%

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Desktop 65%

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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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Value: 75% - Very good

Total price: $229

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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