Gigabyte GA-Z87X-UD3H-CF

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 56% Gunboat	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 44% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	78.1% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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.

Very high background CPU (32%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	Gigabyte Z87X-UD3H
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z87X-UD3H-CF (all builds)
Memory	10.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140318
Uptime	5.9 Days
Run Date	Dec 26 '16 at 08:44
Run Duration	425 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	32%

PC Performing as expected (54^th 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-$127 128,482 User benchmarks, average bench 68% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	73.6% Very good	Memory 83.4 1-Core 126 2-Core 260 86% 156 Pts	4-Core 359 8-Core 424 51% 392 Pts	64-Core 494 31% 494 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 73.6% Great: 79%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1605 MHz, MLim: 1792 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 376.33 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	57.4% Above average	Lighting 72.7 Reflection 72.2 Parallax 64.2 59% 69.7 fps	MRender 74 Gravity 67.6 Splatting 58.4 54% 66.7 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 57.4% Great: 54%
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Nvidia(10DE 119D) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 376.33 Performing below potential (42^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	78.1% Very good	Lighting 96.8 Reflection 106 Parallax 100 79% 101 fps	MRender 92.7 Gravity 92.1 Splatting 94.7 76% 93.2 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 78.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 541GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 170 2233 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 180 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1083 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 118 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 13 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 166 (C2) HDA temperature 116 105 27 (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	96% Outstanding	Read 183 Write 151 Mixed 144 120% 159 MB/s	4K Read 0.82 4K Write 2.57 4K Mixed 0.25 109% 1.21 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 96% Great: 109%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 294GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 173 2225 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 705 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 7013 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 683 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 34 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 706 (C2) HDA temperature 116 107 27 (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	80.3% Excellent	Read 145 Write 135 Mixed 111 97% 130 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 2.17 4K Mixed 0.25 89% 0.98 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 80.3% Great: 108%
General UDisk 64GB 461 User benchmarks, average bench 8% 50GB free, PID null Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	3.27% Terrible	Read 9.45 Write 3.16 Mixed 3.41 6% 5.34 MB/s	4K Read 5.08 4K Write 0.003 4K Mixed 0.002 19% 1.69 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 3.27% Great: 11%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 Hynix HMT351U6CFR8C-PB 0215 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 Hynix HMT351U6CFR8C-PB 16GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (28^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	46.6% Average	MC Read 16.1 MC Write 17.5 MC Mixed 15 46% 16.2 GB/s	SC Read 11.8 SC Write 14.4 SC Mixed 11.9 36% 12.7 GB/s	Latency 74.4 54% 74.4 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 46.6% Great: 53%

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Typical GA-Z87X-UD3H-CF Builds (Compare 935 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 8%

Tree trunk

Desktop 68%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 8%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z87X-UD3H-CF

CPU
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	366x
Core i5-4670KIntel $127Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	223x
Core i7-4770Intel $75Bench 70%, 176,321 samples	111x

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	99x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	71x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	69x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	54x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $95Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	30x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	28x

RAM
RipjawsX DDR3 1866 C9 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 54%, 8,026 samples	28x
RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 49%, 28,220 samples	25x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 54%, 43,127 samples	24x

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Total price: $215

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