Gigabyte GA-Z87-HD3

Performance Results


Gaming 32% Sail boat	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 28% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 83.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	35.2% 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	69.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 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.

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

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z87-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20140812
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 24 '17 at 18:31
Run Duration	192 Seconds
Run User	TUR-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing as expected (50^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 Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	83.4% Excellent	Memory 79.5 1-Core 127 2-Core 250 84% 152 Pts	4-Core 478 8-Core 635 71% 557 Pts	64-Core 631 39% 631 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 83.4% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 680-$360 38,995 User benchmarks, average bench 32% Zotac(19DA 1255) 2GB CLim: 1306 MHz, MLim: 1652 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 384.76 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	35.2% Below average	Lighting 41.8 Reflection 41.2 Parallax 56.6 34% 46.5 fps	MRender 54.9 Gravity 47.6 Splatting 37.9 37% 46.8 fps
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 35.2% Great: 35%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force GS 128GB-$150 5,048 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 9GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 12412915 (05) Reallocated sector count 95 95 42 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 -137000866801274 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1677 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 270 (B1) Unknown 0 0 99 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 36 61 47248637988 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 12412915 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 42 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 12412915 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 12412915 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 11351 (EA) Unknown 0 0 9401 (F1) Unknown 0 0 9401 (F2) Unknown 0 0 12703	69.4% Good	Read 458 Write 220 Mixed 191 63% 290 MB/s	4K Read 26.9 4K Write 83 4K Mixed 16.1 105% 42 MB/s	DQ Read 171 DQ Write 151 DQ Mixed 50.6 68% 124 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 69.4% Great: 86%
Seagate ST31500541AS 1.5TB 9,968 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 111GB free Firmware: CC94 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 108 87 15967187 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 37 37 65535 (05) Reallocated sector count 99 99 81 (07) Seek error rate 60 57 120298836162 (09) Power-on hours count 77 77 20492 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 92 92 8774 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 3844 (BC) Unknown 100 77 386554528022 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 36 4651970986015 (C2) HDA temperature 31 64 25769803807 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 48 32 15967187 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 5 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 5 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 126422362385677 (F1) Unknown 100 253 482796927 (F2) Unknown 100 253 875219546	31.3% Below average	Read 58.9 Write 50 Mixed 52.7 41% 53.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1.45 4K Mixed 0.37 91% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 31.3% Great: 56%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 67GB free Firmware: JC4B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 98 145554192 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9596 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 38925005299 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 14835 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 88 88 13278 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 338 (BC) Unknown 100 98 262185 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 46 571867170 (C2) HDA temperature 34 54 55834574882 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 42 25 145554192 (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 -34557306835783 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3952608764 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3957811303	48.3% Average	Read 94.1 Write 74.2 Mixed 11.3 43% 59.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.28 4K Mixed 0.34 80% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 48.3% Great: 68%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 64GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 463 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 70 69 9101 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4161 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 16547 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3116 (BF) G-sense error rate 99 99 11618 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 41 253403791393 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 53 (DF) Load/unload retry count 252 252 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 4198	70.2% Very good	Read 107 Write 138 Mixed 95.8 85% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 2.35 4K Mixed 0.49 122% 1.14 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 70.2% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 28,461 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (21^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	48.4% Average	MC Read 16.9 MC Write 18.4 MC Mixed 15 48% 16.8 GB/s	SC Read 11.2 SC Write 15.8 SC Mixed 16.4 41% 14.5 GB/s	Latency 81.5 49% 81.5 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 48.4% Great: 76%

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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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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