Gigabyte GA-Z87-HD3

Performance Results


Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 61% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (32nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 68 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 72.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	104% 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	85.1% 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	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.

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Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z87-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	10.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130417
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 25 '17 at 18:51
Run Duration	155 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	30%

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PC Performing below expectations (32^nd 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 (39^th percentile)	72.1% Very good	Memory 80.8 1-Core 101 2-Core 193 72% 125 Pts	4-Core 344 8-Core 480 52% 412 Pts	64-Core 524 32% 524 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 72.1% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3367) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.92 Performing below potential (61^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	104% Outstanding	Lighting 136 Reflection 138 Parallax 120 110% 131 fps	MRender 108 Gravity 130 Splatting 105 93% 114 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 750GB-$160 24,471 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 183GB free Firmware: M0CR011 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^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 1535 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 45 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 3 (AE) Unknown 100 100 30 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 73 53 201864380443 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (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 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 2014129441 (F7) Unknown 100 100 63005759 (F8) Unknown 100 100 36754848 (B4) Unknown 0 0 3568 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	81.1% Excellent	Read 471 Write 331 Mixed 338 84% 380 MB/s	4K Read 25 4K Write 62.3 4K Mixed 24.8 103% 37.4 MB/s	DQ Read 314 DQ Write 181 DQ Mixed 46.1 88% 180 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 81.1% Great: 104%
SanDisk Extreme II 120GB-$130 2,462 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 31GB free (System drive) Firmware: R1311 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 20206 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1324 (A6) Unknown 100 100 365 (A7) Unknown 100 100 17 (A8) Unknown 100 100 601 (A9) Unknown 100 100 180 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 468 (AE) Unknown 100 100 60 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 74 106 455267450906 (D4) Unknown 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 3900 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 60225 (F1) Unknown 253 253 18481 (F2) Unknown 253 253 10271 (F3) Unknown 100 100 0	85.1% Excellent	Read 445 Write 273 Mixed 314 76% 344 MB/s	4K Read 33.4 4K Write 87.5 4K Mixed 25.9 130% 48.9 MB/s	DQ Read 310 DQ Write 233 DQ Mixed 60.4 102% 201 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 85.1% Great: 101%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 230GB free Firmware: CC46 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 131978968 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3867 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 158309176 (09) Power-on hours count 73 73 24362 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1578 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 1 910548953440 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 75 60 420872217 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 85 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 249122 (C2) HDA temperature 25 40 51539607577 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 188 66678 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -47343424490467 (F1) Unknown 100 253 57062255880 (F2) Unknown 100 253 51848014145	69.3% Good	Read 118 Write 123 Mixed 110 88% 117 MB/s	4K Read 0.39 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.28 66% 0.56 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 69.3% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CML8GX3M2A1600C9 0215 CMY8GX3M2A1600C9 0215 CML8GX3M2A1600C9 0215 CMY8GX3M2A1600C9 16GB 110 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	44.6% Average	MC Read 14.4 MC Write 16.6 MC Mixed 14.5 43% 15.2 GB/s	SC Read 12.1 SC Write 15.4 SC Mixed 14 40% 13.8 GB/s	Latency 79.1 51% 79.1 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 44.6% Great: 65%

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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 $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 $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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