Gigabyte GA-Z87X-D3H-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 71% Battleship	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 55% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 83.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	82.9% 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	101% 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 (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Gigabyte Z87X-D3H
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z87X-D3H-CF (all builds)
Memory	7.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140825
Uptime	1.2 Days
Run Date	Apr 19 '21 at 06:33
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	15%

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PC Performing as expected (59^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4670K-$127 128,482 User benchmarks, average bench 68% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	83.9% Excellent	Memory 93.2 1-Core 125 2-Core 211 83% 143 Pts	4-Core 426 8-Core 462 59% 444 Pts	64-Core 429 26% 429 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 83.9% Great: 79%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 461.40 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	82.9% Excellent	Lighting 104 Reflection 107 Parallax 101 85% 104 fps	MRender 95.8 Gravity 100 Splatting 95.4 79% 97.2 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 82.9% Great: 88%
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4531 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	3.55% Terrible	Lighting 3.9 Reflection 2.8 Parallax 7.3 3% 4.67 fps	MRender 7.9 Gravity 2.6 Splatting 5.3 4% 5.27 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.55% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 870 EVO 500GB-$62 60,851 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 391GB free (System drive) Firmware: SVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 258 349 358 359 357 355 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 448 Write 307 Mixed 324 SusWrite 339 80% 355 MB/s	4K Read 31.5 4K Write 90.9 4K Mixed 41.2 149% 54.5 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 264 225% 330 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 130%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 224GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 272 312 314 314 313 312 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 413 Write 403 Mixed 348 SusWrite 306 83% 368 MB/s	4K Read 38.4 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 51.6 179% 64.5 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 358 270% 362 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 124%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 225GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 133 134 134 114 125 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	70.3% Very good	Read 117 Write 110 Mixed 78.7 SusWrite 127 80% 108 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1 207% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 70.3% Great: 108%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 190GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 113 114 111 113 114 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	76.6% Very good	Read 155 Write 131 Mixed 88.2 SusWrite 111 89% 121 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.2 235% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 76.6% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GB 48,796 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	55.2% Above average	MC Read 17.9 MC Write 21.9 MC Mixed 18.5 56% 19.4 GB/s	SC Read 10.6 SC Write 14.3 SC Mixed 16.6 40% 13.8 GB/s	Latency 61.8 65% 61.8 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 55.2% 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-Z87X-D3H-CF Builds (Compare 952 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 8%

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Desktop 66%

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Workstation 7%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z87X-D3H-CF - $130

CPU
Core i5-4670KIntel $127Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	276x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	229x
Core i7-4770Intel $75Bench 70%, 176,321 samples	136x

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	93x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	81x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	71x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	48x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	35x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $95Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	32x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 50%, 19,207 samples	46x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	24x
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	20x

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Value: 61% - Good

Total price: $352

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