Gigabyte GA-Z87X-OC-CF

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 80% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 65% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	108% 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.
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.

High background CPU (29%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU. CPU throttled at 99% by Windows. Ensure maximum processor state is set to 100% via Settings > System > Power & sleep > Additional power settings > Change plan settings > Change advanced power settings > Processor power management > Maximum processor state.

System	Gigabyte Z87X-OC
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z87X-OC-CF (all builds)
Memory	9.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140318
Uptime	2.1 Days
Run Date	Jun 05 '17 at 03:22
Run Duration	224 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	29%
CPU Throttled	99%

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PC Performing as expected (56^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 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	76.8% Very good	Memory 94.3 1-Core 100 2-Core 184 75% 126 Pts	4-Core 320 8-Core 510 51% 415 Pts	64-Core 493 30% 493 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 76.8% 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 3360) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.33 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Lighting 141 Reflection 155 Parallax 145 115% 147 fps	MRender 118 Gravity 136 Splatting 111 99% 122 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 118GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 17509 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 776 (B1) Unknown 95 95 51 (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 68 61 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 2 (EB) Unknown 99 99 131 (F1) Unknown 99 99 30905622958
Poor: 64% Great: 118%
Seagate ST2000DM001-9YN164 4TB 38 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 3.5TB free Firmware: CC54 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 100 78904704 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 47 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 64452 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4544 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 42 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 62 454361115 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 11 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1135 (C2) HDA temperature 27 40 77309411355 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -136768938569298 (F1) Unknown 100 253 348389958 (F2) Unknown 100 253 33000935	82.5% Excellent	Read 143 Write 145 Mixed 142 108% 143 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 1.78 4K Mixed 0.21 86% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 82.5% Great: 105%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 562GB free Firmware: SC48 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 216290240 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 687 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 58 52 339346927863 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 16136 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 666 (B7) Unknown 95 95 5 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 2 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 59 487981085 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 101 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 73 73 54451 (C2) HDA temperature 29 41 64424509469 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 12 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -56783762605492 (F1) Unknown 100 253 12728753814 (F2) Unknown 100 253 20307324243
Poor: 51% Great: 114%
Seagate Backup+ Desk 1TB 42 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 422GB free Firmware: 040B Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	47.3% Average	Read 86.8 Write 78.1 Mixed 83.2 62% 82.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 1.54 4K Mixed 0.34 90% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 47.3% Great: 102%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 150GB free Firmware: SC48 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 231941840 (03) Spinup time 94 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 522 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 58 57 322171320197 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 12386 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 512 (B7) Unknown 88 88 12 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 8590065675 (BD) vendor-specific 97 97 3 (BE) vendor-specific 70 60 4799725598 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 59 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 73 73 55761 (C2) HDA temperature 30 40 -140737488355298 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 29 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -12356620899163 (F1) Unknown 100 253 19705624835 (F2) Unknown 100 253 20314793852	51.8% Above average	Read 87.5 Write 90.8 Mixed 86.4 66% 88.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 7.43 4K Mixed 0.55 228% 2.9 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 51.8% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL TridentX DDR3 1600 C7 2x8GB 2,105 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	58.2% Above average	MC Read 19.9 MC Write 21.4 MC Mixed 18.5 57% 19.9 GB/s	SC Read 14.5 SC Write 18.7 SC Mixed 18.7 49% 17.3 GB/s	Latency 59 68% 59 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 58.2% Great: 75%

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Gaming 46%

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Desktop 81%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 38%

Jet ski

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z87X-OC-CF

CPU
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	179x
Core i5-4670KIntel $127Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	45x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	41x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	30x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	27x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	21x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	16x
840 Pro 256GBSamsung $190Bench 95%, 73,119 samples	12x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	12x

RAM
TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 67%, 24,592 samples	10x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 54%, 43,127 samples	9x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	8x

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Value: 78% - Very good

Total price: $346

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