Gigabyte GA-Z87-HD3

Performance Results


Gaming 73% Battleship	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	90.7% 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	39.2% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z87-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	4.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20130417
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 12 '17 at 15:37
Run Duration	214 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	6%

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PC Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4570-$99 129,272 User benchmarks, average bench 62% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	79.2% Very good	Memory 90.4 1-Core 103 2-Core 204 76% 132 Pts	4-Core 392 8-Core 403 53% 397 Pts	64-Core 391 24% 391 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 79.2% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3701) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.92 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	90.7% Outstanding	Lighting 116 Reflection 119 Parallax 115 95% 117 fps	MRender 99.2 Gravity 103 Splatting 100 82% 101 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 90.7% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 750 Series NVMe PCIe 400GB-$550 8,641 User benchmarks, average bench 186% 372GB free Firmware: 01H0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	182% Outstanding	Read 1,223 Write 1,005 Mixed 1,180 253% 1,136 MB/s	4K Read 40.3 4K Write 68.6 4K Mixed 43.9 154% 50.9 MB/s	DQ Read 784 DQ Write 307 DQ Mixed 254 265% 448 MB/s
Poor: 123% ↑ This bench: 182% Great: 230%
Samsung 830 128GB-$109 37,250 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 105GB free Firmware: CXM03B1Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 12021 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2750 (B1) Unknown 99 99 35 (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 72 56 28 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 96 96 3665 (EB) Unknown 99 99 83 (F1) Unknown 99 99 2694195067	71.7% Very good	Read 487 Write 307 Mixed 306 81% 367 MB/s	4K Read 22.6 4K Write 59.8 4K Mixed 19.7 91% 34 MB/s	DQ Read 200 DQ Write 77.1 DQ Mixed 61.1 66% 113 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 71.7% Great: 76%
Intel 730 Series 480GB-$230 5,159 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 33GB free Firmware: L2010420 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 96 96 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6469 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1482 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 24 (AF) Unknown 100 100 4296409710 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 75 75 420741145 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 24 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 25 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 119822 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 0 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 85 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 833 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 119822 (F2) Unknown 100 100 388428	98.8% Outstanding	Read 505 Write 422 Mixed 359 95% 429 MB/s	4K Read 32.5 4K Write 90 4K Mixed 35.5 142% 52.6 MB/s	DQ Read 286 DQ Write 140 DQ Mixed 95.9 102% 174 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 98.8% Great: 110%
Corsair Force 3 120GB-$109 22,358 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 7GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.3.3 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 18869262 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 -57647051032937 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3110 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 26 (B1) Unknown 0 0 8 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 18869262 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 18869262 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 18869262 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 97 97 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 14606 (EA) Unknown 0 0 11281 (F1) Unknown 0 0 11281 (F2) Unknown 0 0 23304	39.2% Below average	Read 130 Write 70.8 Mixed 83.8 21% 94.8 MB/s	4K Read 19.5 4K Write 84.8 4K Mixed 11.3 89% 38.5 MB/s	DQ Read 93.6 DQ Write 97.1 DQ Mixed 26.8 39% 72.5 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 39.2% Great: 61%
WD WD7500AACS-00D6B0 750GB 4,630 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 680GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 165 159 6733 (04) Start/Stop count 77 77 23699 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 67 67 24759 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 458 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 3 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 193 193 23695 (C2) HDA temperature 122 102 28 (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	48.2% Average	Read 83.2 Write 84.5 Mixed 54.5 55% 74 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 2.33 4K Mixed 0.28 94% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 48.2% Great: 46%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C8 2x4GB 3,582 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	53.1% Above average	MC Read 18.8 MC Write 19.4 MC Mixed 17.1 53% 18.4 GB/s	SC Read 11.7 SC Write 17.2 SC Mixed 15.6 42% 14.8 GB/s	Latency 66.7 60% 66.7 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 53.1% Great: 63%

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Desktop 66%

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Workstation 7%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z87-HD3

CPU
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	462x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	354x
Core i7-4770Intel $75Bench 70%, 176,321 samples	290x

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	167x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	154x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	102x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	67x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	54x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	48x

RAM
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	51x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 50%, 19,207 samples	42x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	32x

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Value: 59% - Above average

Total price: $157

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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