Gigabyte GA-Z87M-D3H

Performance Results


Gaming 29% Raft	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 25% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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 78.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	31.8% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	79.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140812
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 26 '23 at 20:07
Run Duration	127 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing as expected (46^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 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	78.4% Very good	Memory 90.7 1-Core 118 2-Core 217 82% 142 Pts	4-Core 360 8-Core 501 54% 430 Pts	64-Core 507 31% 507 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 78.4% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280X-$500 94,130 User benchmarks, average bench 35% Asus(1043 041C) 3GB CLim: 925 MHz, MLim: 1375 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 22.6.1 Performing below potential (18^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	31.8% Below average	Lighting 42.9 Reflection 32.8 Parallax 56.5 35% 44.1 fps	MRender 28.7 Gravity 46 Splatting 22.3 26% 32.3 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 31.8% Great: 39%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Fanxiang S101 512GB 1,873 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 332GB free (System drive) Firmware: V1021B0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 390 367 404 282 180 263 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	79.4% Very good	Read 466 Write 379 Mixed 336 SusWrite 314 84% 374 MB/s	4K Read 26.4 4K Write 80 4K Mixed 20.1 108% 42.2 MB/s	DQ Read 119 DQ Write 320 DQ Mixed 30.3 78% 156 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 79.4% Great: 101%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$25 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 301GB free Firmware: HP34 SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 106 105 105 106 105 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	59.1% Above average	Read 101 Write 88.9 Mixed 62.6 SusWrite 105 66% 89.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 1 172% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 59.1% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C9D3/4GX 0215 CMZ4GX3M1A1600C9 KHX1600C9D3/4GX 0215 CMZ4GX3M1A1600C9 16GB 25 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	57.5% Above average	MC Read 20 MC Write 20.9 MC Mixed 17.7 56% 19.5 GB/s	SC Read 16.2 SC Write 21.9 SC Mixed 18.5 54% 18.9 GB/s	Latency 66.2 60% 66.2 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 57.5% Great: 64%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

SkillBench Score 0: 0P 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	53	21	60	20"	1600 837	HWP2888 HP 2010

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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 $65Bench 70%, 176,321 samples	96x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	59x
Core i5-4570Intel $99Bench 62%, 129,272 samples	56x

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	83x
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
A400 120GBKingston $28Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	14x

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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