Gigabyte GA-Z87-DS3H

Performance Results


Gaming 53% Yacht	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 44% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 80.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	62.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	89.1% 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z87-DS3H (all builds)
Memory	10.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit kolorów
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140812
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 24 '17 at 22:26
Run Duration	165 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing as expected (55^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770-$75 176,321 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	80.9% Excellent	Memory 93 1-Core 107 2-Core 211 79% 137 Pts	4-Core 372 8-Core 557 58% 465 Pts	64-Core 548 34% 548 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 80.9% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% MSI(1462 3170) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.71 Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	62.4% Good	Lighting 79.7 Reflection 80.1 Parallax 79.1 65% 79.6 fps	MRender 77.5 Gravity 71.5 Splatting 63.8 57% 70.9 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 62.4% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra Plus 256GB-$139 17,545 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 29GB free (System drive) Firmware: X2306RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 6385 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2316 (A6) Unknown 100 100 33 (A7) Unknown 100 100 30 (A8) Unknown 100 100 248 (A9) Unknown 100 100 339 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 140 (AE) Unknown 100 100 997 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 119 511102418980 (D4) Unknown 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 1090 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 32055 (F1) Unknown 253 253 14012 (F2) Unknown 253 253 19888 (F3) Unknown 100 100 0	89.1% Excellent	Read 420 Write 415 Mixed 392 91% 409 MB/s	4K Read 28.8 4K Write 89.1 4K Mixed 24.8 123% 47.6 MB/s	DQ Read 258 DQ Write 215 DQ Mixed 49 88% 174 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 89.1% Great: 99%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 371GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 207 170 2616 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3775 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 6418 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1490 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 80 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 146 146 162600 (C2) HDA temperature 115 104 32 (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	45.2% Average	Read 99.9 Write 58 Mixed 73.9 58% 77.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.04 4K Write 0.09 4K Mixed 0.03 6% 0.05 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 45.2% Great: 84%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 213GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 179 176 6033 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2622 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 4611 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1033 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 47 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 193 193 22144 (C2) HDA temperature 118 108 32 (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	39.2% Below average	Read 69.1 Write 67 Mixed 73 53% 69.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.25 84% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 39.2% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C9 2x8GB 6,948 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	59.1% Above average	MC Read 20.9 MC Write 21.7 MC Mixed 19 59% 20.5 GB/s	SC Read 14.2 SC Write 19.2 SC Mixed 17.2 48% 16.9 GB/s	Latency 62.2 64% 62.2 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 59.1% Great: 71%

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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 $127Bench 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 $130Bench 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: $321

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) $30	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