Gigabyte GA-Z87X-OC Force-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 70% Battleship	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 71.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	98.5% 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	97.3% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (26%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Gigabyte Z87X-OC Force
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z87X-OC Force-CF (all builds)
Memory	25.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140612
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Aug 17 '16 at 09:52
Run Duration	249 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	26%

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PC Performing as expected (57^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 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	71.5% Very good	Memory 80.7 1-Core 95.4 2-Core 184 69% 120 Pts	4-Core 336 8-Core 488 52% 412 Pts	64-Core 505 31% 505 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 71.5% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Nvidia(10DE 1B80) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvd3dumx Ver. 21.21.13.7254 Performing below potential (26^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	98.5% Outstanding	Lighting 127 Reflection 131 Parallax 123 104% 127 fps	MRender 95.7 Gravity 127 Splatting 101 88% 108 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 98.5% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 384GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1554 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 105 (B1) Unknown 99 99 7 (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 53 37 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 12 (F1) Unknown 99 99 11720252801	97.3% Outstanding	Read 502 Write 396 Mixed 414 97% 437 MB/s	4K Read 37.9 4K Write 70.6 4K Mixed 31.5 135% 46.6 MB/s	DQ Read 319 DQ Write 237 DQ Mixed 122 134% 226 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 97.3% Great: 133%
Crucial M500 240GB-$54 31,779 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 144GB free Firmware: MU03 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^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 19269 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 315 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 91 91 297 (AE) Unknown 100 100 36 (B4) Unknown 0 0 4066 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 67 48 223338299425 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 16 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 91 91 9 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 23033125686 (F7) Unknown 100 100 733115357 (F8) Unknown 100 100 3975366851	81.1% Excellent	Read 489 Write 260 Mixed 340 80% 363 MB/s	4K Read 23.9 4K Write 82.4 4K Mixed 26.8 114% 44.4 MB/s	DQ Read 271 DQ Write 229 DQ Mixed 52.9 93% 184 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 81.1% Great: 91%
Kingston SSDNow V Series 128GB 244 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 116GB free Firmware: E120506a Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (98^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (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 27903 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 944 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 200 200 0 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 36 36 171800264740 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	57.2% Above average	Read 276 Write 174 Mixed 240 51% 230 MB/s	4K Read 20 4K Write 65 4K Mixed 22.2 93% 35.7 MB/s	DQ Read 147 DQ Write 185 DQ Mixed 19.9 56% 117 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 57.2% Great: 45%
Kingston SSDNow V Series 128GB 244 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 111GB free Firmware: E120506a Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (99^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (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 20625 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1768 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 200 200 0 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 35 35 171800264739 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	59.3% Above average	Read 274 Write 205 Mixed 241 53% 240 MB/s	4K Read 19.6 4K Write 63.8 4K Mixed 22.8 93% 35.4 MB/s	DQ Read 148 DQ Write 197 DQ Mixed 24.7 60% 123 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 59.3% Great: 45%
HGST 1TB 1,195 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 931GB free, PID 1014 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	41.4% Average	Read 101 Write 105 Mixed 57.2 109% 87.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.25 4K Mixed 0.18 51% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 41.4% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLT8G3D1608DT1TX0. 4x8GB 1,529 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (22^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	46.5% Average	MC Read 16.2 MC Write 18 MC Mixed 14.5 46% 16.2 GB/s	SC Read 11.8 SC Write 14.3 SC Mixed 12.4 37% 12.8 GB/s	Latency 79.2 50% 79.2 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 46.5% Great: 69%

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Gaming 90%

Nuclear submarine

Desktop 79%

Battleship

Workstation 74%

Battleship

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z87X-OC Force-CF

CPU
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	32x
Core i5-4670KIntel $127Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	10x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	9x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	6x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	6x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	5x

SSD
CS900 1TB SSDPNYBench 78%, 7,281 samples	3x
Chronos 120GBMushkin $70Bench 68%, 862 samples	2x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	2x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	4x
TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 4x8GBG.SKILLBench 74%, 7,519 samples	4x
DDR3 1866 4x8GBUnknownBench 58%, 118 samples	4x

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Value: 67% - Good

Total price: $605

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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