Gigabyte GA-Z87X-D3H-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 75% Battleship	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 82.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	89.3% 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	80.4% 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 (16%). 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 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130619
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 26 '16 at 16:16
Run Duration	541 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	16%

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PC Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4670K-$62 128,482 User benchmarks, average bench 68% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	82.8% Excellent	Memory 93.6 1-Core 112 2-Core 218 81% 141 Pts	4-Core 416 8-Core 424 56% 420 Pts	64-Core 421 26% 421 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 82.8% Great: 79%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3701) Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6881 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89.3% Excellent	Lighting 114 Reflection 121 Parallax 99.6 93% 111 fps	MRender 98.7 Gravity 103 Splatting 102 83% 101 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89.3% Great: 88%
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4331 Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	2.26% Terrible	Lighting 4.2 Reflection 7.12 Parallax 7.34 3% 6.22 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 2.26% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WD20EARS-00MVWB0 500GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 360GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 2 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (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 58 57 42 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 99 99 320656948	80.4% Excellent	Read 490 Write 480 Mixed 498 109% 489 MB/s	4K Read 27.2 4K Write 45.2 4K Mixed 13.3 82% 28.6 MB/s	DQ Read 22.7 DQ Write 320 DQ Mixed 146 121% 163 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 80.4% Great: 117%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$60 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 684GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 3 (03) Spinup time 162 158 6866 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 952 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 78 78 16589 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 931 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 23 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 77 77 370567 (C2) HDA temperature 114 96 36 (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	53.1% Above average	Read 97.9 Write 87.2 Mixed 99.2 72% 94.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 1.74 4K Mixed 0.19 71% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 53.1% Great: 67%
Samsung HD501LJ 2TB 16 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 167GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 253 171 958 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1300 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 67 67 24545 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1270 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 109 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 116 116 252273 (C2) HDA temperature 117 98 33 (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 1 785922 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	55.5% Above average	Read 94.8 Write 98.7 Mixed 63.1 64% 85.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.21 67% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 55.5% Great: 107%
Samsung Spinpoint T166 500GB-$40 43,024 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 160GB free Firmware: CR100-11 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 253 100 2 (03) Spinup time 100 100 7168 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5292 (05) Reallocated sector count 253 253 0 (07) Seek error rate 253 253 0 (08) Seek timer performance 253 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 35566 (0A) Spinup retry count 253 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 253 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2173 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 151146 (BB) vendor-specific 253 253 0 (BC) Unknown 95 95 581 (BE) vendor-specific 65 51 35 (C2) HDA temperature 133 91 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 151146 (C4) Reallocation count 253 253 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 253 253 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 253 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 1	36.1% Below average	Read 60.6 Write 65 Mixed 57.5 46% 61 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 1.15 4K Mixed 0.39 92% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 36.1% Great: 44%
2,021 User benchmarks, average bench 4% 7GB free, PID 6387 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	3.07% Terrible	Read 15.1 Write 2.54 Mixed 2.88 6% 6.83 MB/s	4K Read 1.38 4K Write 0.002 4K Mixed 0.002 5% 0.46 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 3.07% Great: 6%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GB 48,796 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	61.9% Good	MC Read 22 MC Write 22.2 MC Mixed 19.5 61% 21.2 GB/s	SC Read 17 SC Write 20.3 SC Mixed 20.2 55% 19.2 GB/s	Latency 60.7 66% 60.7 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 61.9% Great: 63%

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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 $62Bench 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 $76Bench 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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Total price: $283

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $160	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16