Gigabyte GA-Z87N-WIFI

Performance Results


Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 55% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 67.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	106% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	56.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

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Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z87N-WIFI (all builds)
Memory	3.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors, 3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130516
Uptime	1.9 Days
Run Date	Jun 14 '16 at 02:15
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	40%

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PC Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4570-$99 129,272 User benchmarks, average bench 62% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	67.8% Good	Memory 84.7 1-Core 88.9 2-Core 178 68% 117 Pts	4-Core 296 8-Core 300 40% 298 Pts	64-Core 310 19% 310 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 67.8% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Nvidia(10DE 119E) Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6839 Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	106% Outstanding	Lighting 138 Reflection 155 Parallax 129 112% 140 fps	MRender 115 Gravity 134 Splatting 112 98% 120 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SHSS37A480G 480GB 14,802 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 160GB free Firmware: SAFM00.U Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 162 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 17 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 780 (AD) Unknown 100 100 65539 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 10 (C2) HDA temperature 70 35 279174578206 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 625 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 610 (F2) Unknown 100 100 954 (F4) Unknown 100 100 1 (F5) Unknown 100 100 3 (F6) Unknown 100 100 162624	92.2% Outstanding	Read 506 Write 480 Mixed 494 110% 494 MB/s	4K Read 27.2 4K Write 90.1 4K Mixed 13.2 106% 43.5 MB/s	DQ Read 274 DQ Write 289 DQ Mixed 12.5 84% 192 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 92.2% Great: 110%
Samsung 840 120GB-$109 51,792 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 63GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXT08B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 14907 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 613 (B1) Unknown 93 93 77 (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 65 46 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 69 (F1) Unknown 99 99 10110328213	56.7% Above average	Read 486 Write 125 Mixed 158 56% 257 MB/s	4K Read 26.1 4K Write 80.4 4K Mixed 9.55 94% 38.7 MB/s	DQ Read 27.7 DQ Write 107 DQ Mixed 9.16 24% 47.9 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 56.7% Great: 73%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 1.5TB free Firmware: 01.01L01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 168 163 6566 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1674 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 10121 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 270 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 21 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1652 (C2) HDA temperature 124 86 26 (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	74.2% Very good	Read 186 Write 73.6 Mixed 103 90% 121 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.42 88% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 74.2% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 73,650 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	49% Average	MC Read 17.4 MC Write 17.5 MC Mixed 15.9 48% 16.9 GB/s	SC Read 12.7 SC Write 15.5 SC Mixed 14 40% 14.1 GB/s	Latency 72.3 55% 72.3 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 49% Great: 62%

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Gaming 8%

Tree trunk

Desktop 68%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 8%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z87N-WIFI - $99

CPU
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	47x
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	38x
Core i7-4770Intel $75Bench 70%, 176,321 samples	14x

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	17x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	13x
GTX 770Nvidia $279Bench 34%, 116,895 samples	8x

SSD
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $95Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	12x
840 Evo 120GBSamsung $85Bench 91%, 104,444 samples	5x
860 Evo 250GBSamsung $52Bench 104%, 296,814 samples	5x

RAM
RipjawsX DDR3 1866 C9 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 54%, 8,026 samples	10x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	6x
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	6x

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Value: 57% - Above average

Total price: $329

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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