Gigabyte GA-Z87M-D3H

Performance Results


Gaming 38% Jet ski	Desktop 57% Gunboat	Workstation 28% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (21st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 79 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 47.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	77.1% 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	60.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	20GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 20GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (100%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z87M-D3H (all builds)
Memory	13.2 GB free of 20 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, , 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140812
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 09 '21 at 12:32
Run Duration	209 Seconds
Run User	NZL-User
Background CPU	100%

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PC Performing below expectations (21^st 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 1.3 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	47.5% Average	Memory 75.5 1-Core 32 2-Core 62.3 40% 56.6 Pts	4-Core 109 8-Core 179 18% 144 Pts	64-Core 151 9% 151 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 47.5% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6573) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 471.96 Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	77.1% Very good	Lighting 93.4 Reflection 112 Parallax 98.5 76% 101 fps	MRender 90 Gravity 97.2 Splatting 100 79% 95.9 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 77.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 530 Series 120GB-$79 15,015 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 29GB free (System drive) Firmware: DC32 SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 99 105 100 115 104 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	60.9% Good	Read 398 Write 128 Mixed 158 SusWrite 105 43% 197 MB/s	4K Read 22.8 4K Write 54.7 4K Mixed 29.9 102% 35.8 MB/s	DQ Read 200 DQ Write 108 DQ Mixed 117 97% 142 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 60.9% Great: 79%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 45GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 441 292 179 168 167 156 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	90.9% Outstanding	Read 473 Write 451 Mixed 385 SusWrite 234 86% 386 MB/s	4K Read 34.2 4K Write 62.4 4K Mixed 42.3 139% 46.3 MB/s	DQ Read 352 DQ Write 290 DQ Mixed 318 239% 320 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 90.9% Great: 134%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 435GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 119 121 120 121 121 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	81.5% Excellent	Read 163 Write 140 Mixed 109 SusWrite 121 98% 133 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 1.3 250% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 81.5% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-12800CL9-4GBRL 0420 F3-12800CL10-8GBXL 0420 F3-12800CL10-8GBXL 20GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 8192, 8192 MB Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	27.6% Poor	MC Read 9.5 MC Write 9.9 MC Mixed 8.3 26% 9.23 GB/s	SC Read 6.4 SC Write 8.2 SC Mixed 6.8 20% 7.13 GB/s	Latency 89.3 45% 89.3 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 27.6% Great: 42%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 41: 7R 2G 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
41%	41%	22	132	6	60	23"	1920 1080	AOC2367 2367

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Gaming 8%

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Desktop 65%

Destroyer

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 $79Bench 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: 76% - Very good

Total price: $229

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16