Gigabyte GA-Q87M-D2H

Performance Results


Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 59% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 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 83.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	89.3% 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	86.4% 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	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.

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Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Q87M-D2H (all builds)
Memory	13.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140910
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 30 '17 at 05:59
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	ZAF-User
Background CPU	25%

PC Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690-$51 73,695 User benchmarks, average bench 67% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	83.1% Excellent	Memory 90.6 1-Core 107 2-Core 220 80% 139 Pts	4-Core 438 8-Core 435 58% 436 Pts	64-Core 439 27% 439 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 83.1% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Nvidia(10DE 1151) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1582 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	89.3% Excellent	Lighting 114 Reflection 121 Parallax 119 93% 118 fps	MRender 99.2 Gravity 104 Splatting 97.8 82% 100 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 89.3% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba THNSNJ512GCSU 512GB 1,378 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 398GB free Firmware: JULA0101 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3902 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 368 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 193 193 0 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 43 (C2) HDA temperature 87 46 231929020429 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	113% Outstanding	Read 516 Write 490 Mixed 508 113% 505 MB/s	4K Read 27.5 4K Write 96.6 4K Mixed 46.4 152% 56.8 MB/s	DQ Read 362 DQ Write 291 DQ Mixed 197 182% 283 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 107%
Samsung 750 EVO 120GB-$35 20,420 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 34GB free (System drive) Firmware: MAT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 771 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 235 (B1) Unknown 99 99 5 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 76 57 24 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 5 (F1) Unknown 99 99 2704428336	86.4% Excellent	Read 493 Write 274 Mixed 275 77% 348 MB/s	4K Read 41.4 4K Write 57.1 4K Mixed 27.2 128% 41.9 MB/s	DQ Read 362 DQ Write 174 DQ Mixed 61.4 101% 199 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 86.4% Great: 110%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown SEB4GB681CAQ-16IC 0737 SEB4GB681CAE-16IC 1302 PSD34G13332 1302 PSD34G13332 16GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	60.6% Good	MC Read 21.8 MC Write 23.1 MC Mixed 18 60% 21 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 20.3 SC Mixed 19.2 53% 18.5 GB/s	Latency 66.3 60% 66.3 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 60.6% Great: 61%

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Gaming 8%

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Desktop 61%

Destroyer

Workstation 8%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Q87M-D2H

CPU
Core i5-4590Intel $188Bench 63%, 151,366 samples	76x
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 $76Bench 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) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16