Gigabyte GA-Z87-HD3

Performance Results


Gaming 50% Yacht	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 39% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 74.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	63.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	45% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (23%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z87-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	17.6 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140612
Uptime	5.4 Days
Run Date	Nov 01 '17 at 00:09
Run Duration	237 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	23%

PC Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4460-$194 245,403 User benchmarks, average bench 62% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	74.9% Very good	Memory 89.8 1-Core 87.3 2-Core 177 70% 118 Pts	4-Core 349 8-Core 345 46% 347 Pts	64-Core 357 22% 357 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 74.9% Great: 72%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4531 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	3.56% Terrible	Lighting 3.6 Reflection 5.77 Parallax 5.97 3% 5.11 fps	MRender 8.05 Gravity 2.27 Splatting 6.96 5% 5.76 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.56% Great: 3%
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Gigabyte(1458 3739) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 385.69 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	63.4% Good	Lighting 80.5 Reflection 79.2 Parallax 76.1 66% 78.6 fps	MRender 70.2 Gravity 70.7 Splatting 74.1 59% 71.7 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 63.4% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba A100 120GB 1,960 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 29GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFA10.3 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2956 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 196 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 184 184 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 51 (C2) HDA temperature 65 58 180389871651	45% Average	Read 310 Write 308 Mixed 385 75% 334 MB/s	4K Read 17.8 4K Write 15.5 4K Mixed 7.55 45% 13.6 MB/s	DQ Read 27.2 DQ Write 8.95 DQ Mixed 7.3 8% 14.5 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 45% Great: 89%
WD Green 500GB (2012) 31,295 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 185GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 141 124 3908 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1715 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 11656 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 905 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 1024 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 121 121 239303 (C2) HDA temperature 110 98 33 (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 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	58.5% Above average	Read 108 Write 95.4 Mixed 99.6 76% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 2.41 4K Mixed 0.16 87% 1.05 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 58.5% Great: 79%
Seagate ST3500312CS 500GB-$24 89,637 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 143GB free Firmware: SC13 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 72760964 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 78 78 23497 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 79 60 93264455 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 10936 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 37 344 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 54 54 46 (BE) vendor-specific 66 51 571736098 (C2) HDA temperature 34 49 42949672994 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 57 36 72760964 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	44.5% Average	Read 86.9 Write 68.1 Mixed 74.7 58% 76.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.37 4K Write 1.28 4K Mixed 0.18 60% 0.61 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 44.5% Great: 60%
Seagate ST3500312CS 500GB-$24 89,637 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 81GB free Firmware: SC13 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 110185807 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 37 37 65535 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 77 60 53013870 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 10504 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 37 433 (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 65 51 655687715 (C2) HDA temperature 35 49 47244640291 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 53 29 110185807 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	46% Average	Read 81 Write 79.2 Mixed 75.1 59% 78.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 1.39 4K Mixed 0.25 70% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 46% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR3-2133 CL9 8GB 0215 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 0622 DDR3-2133 CL9 8GB 0215 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 24GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	58% Above average	MC Read 20.6 MC Write 22.1 MC Mixed 18.2 58% 20.3 GB/s	SC Read 15.3 SC Write 16.8 SC Mixed 17.4 47% 16.5 GB/s	Latency 67.4 59% 67.4 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 58% Great: 58%

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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 $127Bench 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	168x
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: 61% - Good

Total price: $222

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