Gigabyte GA-Z87X-D3H-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 34% Sail boat	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 29% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	38.1% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	104% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Gigabyte Z87X-D3H
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z87X-D3H-CF (all builds)
Memory	11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140825
Uptime	5.8 Days
Run Date	May 17 '16 at 23:31
Run Duration	192 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing as expected (48^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	84.8% Excellent	Memory 93.7 1-Core 124 2-Core 249 87% 155 Pts	4-Core 410 8-Core 666 66% 538 Pts	64-Core 666 41% 666 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 84.8% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280X-$500 94,130 User benchmarks, average bench 35% MSI(1462 2775) 3GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 16.200.1010.0 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	38.1% Below average	Lighting 49.8 Reflection 33.1 Parallax 62.5 41% 48.5 fps	MRender 31.5 Gravity 48.3 Splatting 41.3 33% 40.4 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 38.1% Great: 39%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 332GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1122 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 268 (B1) Unknown 99 99 5 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 99 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 52 28 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 51 (EB) Unknown 99 99 18 (F1) Unknown 99 99 6270465221	104% Outstanding	Read 503 Write 344 Mixed 384 91% 410 MB/s	4K Read 39.5 4K Write 90.3 4K Mixed 44.9 165% 58.2 MB/s	DQ Read 325 DQ Write 239 DQ Mixed 113 130% 225 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 134%
Adata XPG SX900 128GB-$103 6,500 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 23GB free Firmware: 5.0.7a Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 4675693 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 83614423323566 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 932 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 164 (B1) Unknown 0 0 2 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 27 48 42952818715 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 4675693 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 4675693 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 4675693 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 6133 (EA) Unknown 0 0 5230 (F1) Unknown 0 0 5230 (F2) Unknown 0 0 8257	73.8% Very good	Read 512 Write 148 Mixed 241 65% 300 MB/s	4K Read 30.2 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 19.1 127% 52 MB/s	DQ Read 187 DQ Write 154 DQ Mixed 44.2 68% 128 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 73.8% Great: 82%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC29 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 99 1809856 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2685 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 16646640 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4948 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 926 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 80 60 336592916 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 141 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 78 78 44089 (C2) HDA temperature 20 40 38654705684 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 110110076569262 (F1) Unknown 100 253 14524059276 (F2) Unknown 100 253 11933045784	67.3% Good	Read 117 Write 118 Mixed 110 86% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.81 4K Write 1.55 4K Mixed 0.3 96% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 67.3% Great: 113%
WD Green 500GB (2009)-$23 63,281 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 82GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 148 143 3566 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5343 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 78 78 16131 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2553 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 388 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 164 164 110433 (C2) HDA temperature 123 82 20 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	33.3% Below average	Read 59.7 Write 56.1 Mixed 57.2 44% 57.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.35 4K Write 1.88 4K Mixed 0.31 84% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 33.3% Great: 54%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR3 1600G 2x8GB 185 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	33.6% Below average	MC Read 11.2 MC Write 11 MC Mixed 9.5 30% 10.6 GB/s	SC Read 9.8 SC Write 10.9 SC Mixed 9.8 29% 10.2 GB/s	Latency 60.5 66% 60.5 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 33.6% Great: 62%

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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 66%

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Workstation 7%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z87X-D3H-CF - $130

CPU
Core i5-4670KIntel $127Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	276x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	229x
Core i7-4770Intel $75Bench 70%, 176,321 samples	136x

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	93x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	81x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	71x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	48x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	35x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $95Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	32x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 50%, 19,207 samples	46x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	24x
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	20x

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Value: 61% - Good

Total price: $352

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16