Gigabyte GA-Z87-HD3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 75.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	117% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z87-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	4.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20140120
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 18 '17 at 15:39
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	BLR-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing as expected (58^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4590-$188 151,366 User benchmarks, average bench 63% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	75.6% Very good	Memory 92.2 1-Core 102 2-Core 187 75% 127 Pts	4-Core 330 8-Core 405 47% 367 Pts	64-Core 410 25% 410 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 75.6% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7850-$174 49,592 User benchmarks, average bench 19% Asus(1043 043A) 2GB CLim: 1000 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.3.1 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 18% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston HyperX Predator AHCI PCIe M.2 240GB-$141 6,458 User benchmarks, average bench 131% 17GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C4005T2 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 1 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 424 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 74 (64) Unknown 100 100 389248 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 0 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 1 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 0 0 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 5 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 9502 (B3) Unknown 0 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 33 100 197569806369 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 1 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 1 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 1 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 1232 (F1) Unknown 100 100 995 (F2) Unknown 100 100 970 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 101	117% Outstanding	Read 1,091 Write 727 Mixed 685 185% 835 MB/s	4K Read 21.9 4K Write 32.1 4K Mixed 17.4 72% 23.8 MB/s	DQ Read 214 DQ Write 122 DQ Mixed 22.4 56% 119 MB/s
Poor: 84% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 159%
Seagate ST3200826AS 200GB 2,004 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 136GB free Firmware: 3.03 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 58 52 161385093 (03) Spinup time 99 98 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4431 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 87 60 533417785 (09) Power-on hours count 63 63 33157 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4517 (C2) HDA temperature 40 65 55834574888 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 58 50 161385093 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 1 3910 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	20.7% Poor	Read 31.5 Write 40.6 Mixed 23.2 24% 31.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.32 75% 0.56 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 20.7% Great: 37%

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 above expectations (82^nd percentile)	57.9% Above average	MC Read 21.2 MC Write 21.4 MC Mixed 17.7 57% 20.1 GB/s	SC Read 15.8 SC Write 19.3 SC Mixed 14.8 48% 16.6 GB/s	Latency 63.7 63% 63.7 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 57.9% Great: 62%

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Gaming 8%

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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 $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