Gigabyte GA-Z87M-D3H

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 51%
Yacht
Desktop
Desktop 80%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 43%
Speed boat
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 82.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics66.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Run History
6 years ago, 6 years ago.
MotherboardGigabyte GA-Z87M-D3H  (all builds)
Memory12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20140812
Uptime0 Days
Run DateSep 12 '17 at 06:44
Run Duration107 Seconds
Run User PHL-User
Background CPU7%

 PC Performing as expected (54th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (70th percentile)
82.3% Excellent
Memory 75.7
1-Core 130
2-Core 244
82% 150 Pts
4-Core 485
8-Core 649
72% 567 Pts
64-Core 663
41% 663 Pts
Poor: 67%
This bench: 82.3%
Great: 87%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500
Gigabyte(1458 367D) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 385.41
Performing way above expectations (95th percentile)
66.1% Good
Lighting 84.9
Reflection 84.5
Parallax 73.9
69% 81.1 fps
MRender 80.1
Gravity 75.2
Splatting 67.7
60% 74.3 fps
Poor: 53%
This bench: 66.1%
Great: 66%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100
185GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$31
407GB free
Firmware: MS2OA750 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing as expected (42nd percentile)
82.6% Excellent
Read 155
Write 133
Mixed 153
111% 147 MB/s
4K Read 0.74
4K Write 1.85
4K Mixed 0.18
85% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 47%
This bench: 82.6%
Great: 107%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston 9905471-073.A00LF 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing below potential (7th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
29.9% Poor
MC Read 11
MC Write 10.6
MC Mixed 8.4
29% 10 GB/s
SC Read 7.3
SC Write 9.2
SC Mixed 8.9
24% 8.47 GB/s
Latency 89
45% 89 ns
Poor: 30%
This bench: 29.9%
Great: 61%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical GA-Z87M-D3H Builds (Compare 505 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 8%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 65%
Destroyer
Workstation
Workstation 7%
Tree trunk

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z87M-D3H - $111

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 76% - Very good Total price: $229
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