Gigabyte GA-Z87-HD3

Performance Results


Gaming 37% Jet ski	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 30% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	37.3% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	122% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z87-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	2.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140812
Uptime	2.8 Days
Run Date	Jan 16 '17 at 12:21
Run Duration	167 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	84.6% Excellent	Memory 95.9 1-Core 123 2-Core 249 88% 156 Pts	4-Core 411 8-Core 493 58% 452 Pts	64-Core 497 31% 497 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 84.6% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280X-$500 94,130 User benchmarks, average bench 35% Gigabyte(1458 3001) CLim: 1100 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 16.12.1 Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	37.3% Below average	Lighting 48.7 Reflection 32.5 Parallax 60.4 40% 47.2 fps	MRender 31.1 Gravity 47.4 Splatting 40.5 33% 39.7 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 37.3% Great: 39%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 112GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1455 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 679 (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 67 53 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 21 (F1) Unknown 99 99 8815845621	122% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 413 Mixed 419 100% 449 MB/s	4K Read 48.1 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 53.6 201% 71.5 MB/s	DQ Read 371 DQ Write 285 DQ Mixed 120 146% 258 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 134%
WD Blue 640GB (2008)-$33 94,563 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 43GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 149 148 5525 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9152 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 44 44 41150 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4713 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 1121 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 9123 (C2) HDA temperature 112 89 35 (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 1 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	50.2% Above average	Read 97 Write 77.9 Mixed 59.4 58% 78.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.87 4K Mixed 0.33 94% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 50.2% Great: 62%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$40 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 50GB free Firmware: 05.00K05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 253 253 6200 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9756 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 70 70 22201 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 6117 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 629 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 9720 (C2) HDA temperature 116 100 34 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 1 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 285 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	40.3% Average	Read 74.5 Write 65.8 Mixed 71.6 53% 70.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.36 4K Write 1.93 4K Mixed 0.42 97% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 40.3% Great: 76%
Seagate ST3500410SV 500GB-$31 2,499 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 42GB free Firmware: CV12 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 76063712 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 89 89 12223 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 153940878 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 14115 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 37 5472 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 16 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 56 538050591 (C2) HDA temperature 31 44 25769803807 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 47 42 76063712 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1	48.9% Average	Read 85.7 Write 84.6 Mixed 86.2 64% 85.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.44 4K Mixed 0.57 112% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 48.9% Great: 72%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 78,181 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	64.8% Good	MC Read 22.5 MC Write 23.2 MC Mixed 20.2 63% 22 GB/s	SC Read 17.5 SC Write 23.3 SC Mixed 20.9 59% 20.6 GB/s	Latency 54.3 74% 54.3 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 64.8% Great: 62%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Desktop 66%

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Workstation 7%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z87-HD3

CPU
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	462x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	354x
Core i7-4770Intel $75Bench 70%, 176,321 samples	290x

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	167x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	154x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	102x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	67x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	54x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	48x

RAM
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	51x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 50%, 19,207 samples	42x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	32x

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Value: 59% - Above average

Total price: $157

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