Gigabyte GA-Z87X-D3H-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 58% Gunboat	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 50% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 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 89.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	63.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	77.3% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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System	Gigabyte Z87X-D3H
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z87X-D3H-CF (all builds)
Memory	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140825
Uptime	1.9 Days
Run Date	Apr 20 '16 at 18:30
Run Duration	202 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing above expectations (82^nd 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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	89.5% Excellent	Memory 91.9 1-Core 136 2-Core 278 93% 169 Pts	4-Core 469 8-Core 710 73% 590 Pts	64-Core 695 43% 695 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 89.5% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Palit(1569 13C0) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6472 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	63.3% Good	Lighting 79 Reflection 69.2 Parallax 59.9 64% 69.4 fps	MRender 82.2 Gravity 76.3 Splatting 68.3 61% 75.6 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 63.3% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX100 250GB-$141 42,930 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 136GB free Firmware: MU01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^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 26 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1293 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 65 (A3) Unknown 100 100 26 (A4) Unknown 100 100 2210 (A5) Unknown 100 100 9 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 2000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 24 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 27 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 681 (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 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 12414 (F2) Unknown 100 100 35957 (F5) Unknown 100 100 17680	103% Outstanding	Read 522 Write 365 Mixed 427 97% 438 MB/s	4K Read 31 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 38.5 154% 59.4 MB/s	DQ Read 275 DQ Write 313 DQ Mixed 72.3 116% 220 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 103%
Samsung 840 250GB-$251 41,998 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 92GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXT08B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 6224 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2981 (B1) Unknown 93 93 81 (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 63 59 37 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 1 1 196603 (EB) Unknown 99 99 233 (F1) Unknown 99 99 29804035415	77.3% Very good	Read 508 Write 199 Mixed 181 64% 296 MB/s	4K Read 30.3 4K Write 98.7 4K Mixed 13.9 116% 47.6 MB/s	DQ Read 354 DQ Write 180 DQ Mixed 30.5 86% 188 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 77.3% Great: 85%
Crucial M4 128GB-$116 34,516 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 44GB free Firmware: 070H Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^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 11845 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 4843 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 98 98 71 (AE) Unknown 100 100 232 (B5) Unknown 100 100 8413884253458 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 81 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 163 (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 5 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 98 98 2 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0	71.8% Very good	Read 498 Write 191 Mixed 276 70% 322 MB/s	4K Read 29.2 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 7.55 110% 47.7 MB/s	DQ Read 278 DQ Write 161 DQ Mixed 7.64 62% 149 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 71.8% Great: 72%
Samsung Spinpoint T166 500GB-$40 43,024 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 335GB free Firmware: CR100-12 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 253 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 7424 (04) Start/Stop count 79 79 21805 (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 25743 (0A) Spinup retry count 253 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 253 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 91 91 9186 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 51731 (BB) vendor-specific 253 253 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 25 (BE) vendor-specific 63 48 37 (C2) HDA temperature 124 82 38 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 51731 (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 99	39.4% Below average	Read 64.5 Write 72.6 Mixed 68.8 52% 68.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.22 4K Mixed 0.32 77% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 39.4% Great: 44%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 1TB-$100 65,786 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 81GB free Firmware: 1AA01113 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 0 (03) Spinup time 76 76 7930 (04) Start/Stop count 85 85 14856 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 253 253 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 16785 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 1 (0C) Power cycle count 92 92 7921 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 46 470679580 (C2) HDA temperature 64 46 604897316 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 45520 (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 1 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	57% Above average	Read 105 Write 93.5 Mixed 101 75% 99.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 1.91 4K Mixed 0.3 98% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 57% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMZ12GX3M3A1600C9 0215 CMZ12GX3M3A1600C9 0215 CMZ4GX3M1A1600C9 0215 CMZ12GX3M3A1600C9 16GB 50 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	51.3% Above average	MC Read 17.6 MC Write 18.2 MC Mixed 15.4 49% 17.1 GB/s	SC Read 15 SC Write 19.4 SC Mixed 17 49% 17.1 GB/s	Latency 64.2 62% 64.2 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 51.3% Great: 64%

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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	228x
Core i7-4770Intel $75Bench 70%, 176,321 samples	135x

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	93x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	80x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	71x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	47x
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	45x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	24x
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	20x

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Value: 59% - Above average

Total price: $287

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