Gigabyte GA-Z87X-UD3H-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 77.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	4% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	60.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

High background CPU (30%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Gigabyte Z87X-UD3H
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z87X-UD3H-CF (all builds)
Memory	7.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130417
Uptime	2.8 Days
Run Date	Sep 08 '17 at 16:52
Run Duration	281 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	30%

PC Performing above expectations (64^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 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	77.6% Very good	Memory 88.7 1-Core 108 2-Core 211 78% 136 Pts	4-Core 360 8-Core 564 57% 462 Pts	64-Core 556 34% 556 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 77.6% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4624 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	4% Terrible	Lighting 3.97 Reflection 6.77 Parallax 6.5 3% 5.75 fps	MRender 9.48 Gravity 2.6 Splatting 7.78 6% 6.62 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX100 256GB-$116 55,768 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 71GB free Firmware: MU02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st 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 13339 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 352 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 96 96 145 (AE) Unknown 100 100 150 (B4) Unknown 0 0 2159 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 72 53 201864249372 (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 147119 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 96 96 4 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 29469550687 (F7) Unknown 100 100 928620323 (F8) Unknown 100 100 1513949897	80.8% Excellent	Read 512 Write 334 Mixed 387 91% 411 MB/s	4K Read 29.6 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 19.8 126% 51.8 MB/s	DQ Read 29.8 DQ Write 111 DQ Mixed 42.8 41% 61.1 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 80.8% Great: 97%
Samsung 840 120GB-$109 51,792 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 32GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXT07B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 27542 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 511 (B1) Unknown 87 87 156 (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 62 49 38 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 243 (F1) Unknown 99 99 18962682968	60.3% Good	Read 487 Write 133 Mixed 120 53% 247 MB/s	4K Read 28.1 4K Write 94.2 4K Mixed 9.36 104% 43.9 MB/s	DQ Read 30 DQ Write 126 DQ Mixed 9.43 27% 55.2 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 60.3% Great: 73%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC24 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 130912128 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7761 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 71 60 4307639141 (09) Power-on hours count 70 70 26585 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 324 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 69 57 924040232991 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 176 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 68 68 65533 (C2) HDA temperature 31 43 -140737488355297 (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 -45131516341437 (F1) Unknown 100 253 18882034324 (F2) Unknown 100 253 11373711455	96.1% Outstanding	Read 200 Write 135 Mixed 158 124% 164 MB/s	4K Read 0.85 4K Write 1.33 4K Mixed 0.22 84% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 96.1% Great: 114%
NORELSYS 106X 3TB 138 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 240GB free, PID 1066 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	54.6% Above average	Read 130 Write 141 Mixed 68 140% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.78 4K Write 1.58 4K Mixed 0.24 65% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 54.6% Great: 73%
Generic- USB3.0 CRW -SD 32GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 23GB free, PID null Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	25.1% Poor	Read 39.5 Write 31.5 Mixed 17.6 35% 29.5 MB/s	4K Read 9.28 4K Write 3.37 4K Mixed 2.7 241% 5.12 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 25.1% Great: 32%
Generic STORAGE DEVICE 32GB 604 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 19GB free, PID 4000 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	41.8% Average	Read 89.4 Write 78.8 Mixed 76.7 103% 81.6 MB/s	4K Read 9.34 4K Write 3.08 4K Mixed 2.57 227% 5 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 41.8% Great: 42%
Generic- USB3.0 CRW -SD 32GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 17GB free, PID null Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	26.7% Poor	Read 39.5 Write 37.7 Mixed 19.8 40% 32.3 MB/s	4K Read 9.23 4K Write 3.44 4K Mixed 2.73 244% 5.13 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 26.7% Great: 32%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 43,127 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (24^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	50.4% Above average	MC Read 17 MC Write 19.2 MC Mixed 16.6 50% 17.6 GB/s	SC Read 9.3 SC Write 14.3 SC Mixed 16.7 38% 13.4 GB/s	Latency 68.8 58% 68.8 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 50.4% Great: 63%

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Gaming 8%

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Desktop 68%

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Workstation 8%

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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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Value: 65% - Good

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