Gigabyte GA-Q87M-D2H

Performance Results


Gaming 60% Gunboat	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 51% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 79.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	73.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	90.6% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

21 months ago, 17 months ago, 9 months ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Q87M-D2H (all builds)
Memory	27 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20180415
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 08 '22 at 22:38
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	14%

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PC Performing above expectations (70^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	79.3% Very good	Memory 84.3 1-Core 110 2-Core 222 78% 139 Pts	4-Core 400 8-Core 628 63% 514 Pts	64-Core 606 38% 606 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 79.3% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-$209 230,793 User benchmarks, average bench 68% EVGA(3842 1163) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 516.59 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	73.5% Very good	Lighting 97.5 Reflection 93.9 Parallax 81.1 80% 90.8 fps	MRender 67.1 Gravity 83.8 Splatting 75.1 62% 75.3 fps
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 73.5% Great: 73%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel SSDSC2BB600G4 600GB 318 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 378GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2370 SusWrite @10s intervals: 398 403 403 384 410 420 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	90.6% Outstanding	Read 382 Write 422 Mixed 306 SusWrite 403 85% 378 MB/s	4K Read 29.2 4K Write 70.4 4K Mixed 34.2 125% 44.6 MB/s	DQ Read 296 DQ Write 251 DQ Mixed 263 200% 270 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 90.6% Great: 100%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 898GB free Firmware: CC47 SusWrite @10s intervals: 194 196 191 195 197 197 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 169 Write 170 Mixed 89 SusWrite 195 114% 156 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.7 150% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 112%
Toshiba X300 4TB-$137 23,740 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2.5TB free Firmware: FP2A SusWrite @10s intervals: 165 156 168 164 162 168 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	91.6% Outstanding	Read 154 Write 161 Mixed 66.5 SusWrite 164 99% 136 MB/s	4K Read 3.4 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1.1 305% 2.23 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 91.6% Great: 104%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378B1G73BH0-CK0 Hynix HMT41GU6BFR8A-PB Hynix HMT41GU6BFR8A-PB 0215 CML8GX3M1A1600C10 32GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	54.3% Above average	MC Read 19.6 MC Write 21 MC Mixed 16 54% 18.9 GB/s	SC Read 12.8 SC Write 17.3 SC Mixed 18.1 46% 16.1 GB/s	Latency 72.9 55% 72.9 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 54.3% Great: 55%

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

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Gaming 8%

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Desktop 61%

Destroyer

Workstation 8%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Q87M-D2H

CPU
Core i5-4590Intel $188Bench 63%, 151,366 samples	75x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	52x
Core i7-4770Intel $75Bench 70%, 176,321 samples	38x

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	56x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	34x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	21x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	12x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	12x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	6x

RAM
M378B5273EB0-CK0 4x4GBSamsungBench 61%, 430 samples	9x
KHX1600C10D3/8G KHX1600C10D3/8G KHX1600C10D3/4G KHX1600C10D3/4G 16GBKingstonBench 53%, 358 samples	6x
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 1x8GBKingstonBench 32%, 29,968 samples	5x

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Value: 63% - Good

Total price: $231

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	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 $550	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 $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16