Gigabyte GA-Z87-DS3H

Performance Results


Gaming 60% Gunboat	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 51% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 87.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	64.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	79.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z87-DS3H (all builds)
Memory	5.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kolorów,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140812
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 30 '17 at 16:58
Run Duration	171 Seconds
Run User	BEL-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (69^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 (99^th percentile)	87.2% Excellent	Memory 96.8 1-Core 125 2-Core 243 88% 155 Pts	4-Core 419 8-Core 661 66% 540 Pts	64-Core 666 41% 666 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 87.2% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% EVGA(3842 2983) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.31 Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	64.2% Good	Lighting 80.5 Reflection 86.2 Parallax 78.2 66% 81.6 fps	MRender 82.1 Gravity 75.6 Splatting 69.9 62% 75.9 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 64.2% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX100 250GB-$141 42,930 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 59GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 439 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1149 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 67 (A3) Unknown 100 100 24 (A4) Unknown 100 100 38449 (A5) Unknown 100 100 98 (A6) Unknown 100 100 3 (A7) Unknown 100 100 35 (A8) Unknown 100 100 2000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 1 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 52 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 23 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 631954 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 4 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 191309 (F2) Unknown 100 100 300509 (F5) Unknown 100 100 307592	79.3% Very good	Read 508 Write 356 Mixed 424 95% 429 MB/s	4K Read 21.1 4K Write 59.1 4K Mixed 27.6 99% 36 MB/s	DQ Read 234 DQ Write 69 DQ Mixed 44.8 61% 116 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 79.3% Great: 103%
Toshiba P300 3TB-$100 74,038 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2.5TB free Firmware: MX6OACF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 140 140 68 (03) Spinup time 137 137 34386477486 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 112 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 162 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 112 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 112 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 112 (C2) HDA temperature 214 214 158914904092 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	104% Outstanding	Read 194 Write 168 Mixed 178 136% 180 MB/s	4K Read 1.13 4K Write 2.25 4K Mixed 0.22 113% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 108%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 1TB-$68 105,708 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 190GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 182699360 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2210 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 36361508 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2880 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2696 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 78 94490722327 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 57 454492187 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 746 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 6839 (C2) HDA temperature 27 43 34359738395 (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 66477503813879 (F1) Unknown 100 253 11023252622 (F2) Unknown 100 253 10928461267	59.3% Above average	Read 103 Write 102 Mixed 87.4 73% 97.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.86 4K Write 5.51 4K Mixed 0.98 247% 2.45 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 59.3% Great: 112%
Maxtor STM3250310AS 250GB 13,068 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 100GB free Firmware: 4.AAA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 253 0 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6148 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 83 60 229982583 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 7381 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 6231 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 52 806092831 (C2) HDA temperature 31 48 51539607583 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 90 60 164389737 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	48.3% Average	Read 83.8 Write 84.6 Mixed 77.6 62% 82 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.27 4K Mixed 0.35 84% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 48.3% Great: 53%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Sniper DDR3 2133 C10 2x4GB 353 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	74.3% Very good	MC Read 28.3 MC Write 26.9 MC Mixed 22 74% 25.7 GB/s	SC Read 19.9 SC Write 23.2 SC Mixed 22.4 62% 21.8 GB/s	Latency 50.9 78% 50.9 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 74.3% Great: 80%

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Gaming 43%

Speed boat

Desktop 78%

Battleship

Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z87-DS3H

CPU
Core i7-4770Intel $75Bench 70%, 176,321 samples	39x
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	34x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	27x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	23x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	14x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	13x

SSD
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $129Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	11x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $37Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	7x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	5x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	7x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	6x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	6x

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Value: 79% - Very good

Total price: $320

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