Gigabyte GA-Z87M-D3H

Performance Results


Gaming 6% Tree trunk	Desktop 64% Destroyer	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	1.16% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	7.25% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
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.

High background CPU (23%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z87M-D3H (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140812
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 24 '20 at 19:39
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	NZL-User
Background CPU	23%

PC Performing as expected (55^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 as expected (59^th percentile)	72.2% Very good	Memory 72.9 1-Core 110 2-Core 225 75% 136 Pts	4-Core 385 8-Core 568 59% 477 Pts	64-Core 586 36% 586 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 72.2% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce 210 98,254 User benchmarks, average bench 1% Asus(1043 83F4) 1GB Ram: 1GB, Driver: 341.74 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	1.16% Terrible	Lighting 1.23 Reflection 2.58 Parallax 0.5 1% 1.44 fps	MRender 2.67 Gravity 0.87 Splatting 1.83 1% 1.79 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 1.16% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
St1000dm 2 1TB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 723GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC47 SusWrite @10s intervals: 24 26 28 128 189 186 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	7.25% Terrible	Read 26.2 Write 27.2 Mixed 29.6 SusWrite 97 10% 45 MB/s	4K Read 0.2 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.3 1% 0.3 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 7.25% Great: 74%
Samsun MZ7TE128HMGR-000 59GB 52GB free Firmware: EXT0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 134 133 133 133 133 133 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	66.8% Good	Read 516 Write 134 Mixed 152 SusWrite 133 51% 234 MB/s	4K Read 28.7 4K Write 57.1 4K Mixed 21 101% 35.6 MB/s	DQ Read 226 DQ Write 139 DQ Mixed 49.9 73% 138 MB/s

USB3.0 FLASH DRIVE 16GB 885 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 10GB free, PID b128 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 26 9.6 8.7 7.3 9.6 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	24.1% Poor	Read 113 Write 37.4 Mixed 49.1 SusWrite 11.9 58% 52.9 MB/s	4K Read 4.6 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 1.5 112% 2.47 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 24.1% Great: 33%
SMI USB DISK 9GB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 4% 8GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 5 5.1 5.3 5.1 5.1 5.4 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	4.95% Terrible	Read 17 Write 3.7 Mixed 2.5 SusWrite 5.1 7% 7.08 MB/s	4K Read 5.8 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 22% 1.93 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 4.95% Great: 5%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT102464BA160B.C16 2x8GB 11,058 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 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	44.3% Average	MC Read 16.6 MC Write 14.9 MC Mixed 16.8 46% 16.1 GB/s	SC Read 8.5 SC Write 10.5 SC Mixed 11.7 29% 10.2 GB/s	Latency 94.8 42% 94.8 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 44.3% Great: 61%

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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 65%

Destroyer

Workstation 7%

Tree trunk

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 $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	23x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 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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Total price: $229

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16