Gigabyte GA-Z87X-D3H-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 125% UFO	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 104% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	140% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
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.

Very high background CPU (49%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Gigabyte Z87X-D3H
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z87X-D3H-CF (all builds)
Memory	17.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20140825
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 28 '17 at 09:43
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	RUS-User
Background CPU	49%

PC Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89.6% Excellent	Memory 97.5 1-Core 131 2-Core 242 90% 157 Pts	4-Core 441 8-Core 657 68% 549 Pts	64-Core 658 41% 658 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 89.6% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 3602) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 388.59 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	140% Outstanding	Lighting 200 Reflection 214 Parallax 213 163% 209 fps	MRender 135 Gravity 191 Splatting 134 124% 153 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 140% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Series 500GB 7,390 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 185GB free (System drive) Firmware: DB6Q 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 94 94 30291 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 671 (B1) Unknown 99 99 2 (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 67 57 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 141 (F1) Unknown 99 99 3168773425
Poor: 53% Great: 89%
OCZ Vertex 4 128GB-$215 19,372 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 102GB free Firmware: 1.5 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 5 0 5 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 33662 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1361 (E8) Unknown 100 100 61259562019 (E9) Unknown 90 0 90	90.5% Outstanding	Read 501 Write 372 Mixed 386 93% 420 MB/s	4K Read 24.3 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 27.9 130% 53.9 MB/s	DQ Read 191 DQ Write 199 DQ Mixed 74.8 89% 155 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 90.5% Great: 104%
WD Re 4TB (2012)-$52 4,260 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 293GB free Firmware: 1K02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 154 147 11291 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1473 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 72 72 21126 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 589 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 96 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1376 (C2) HDA temperature 118 106 34 (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	81.5% Excellent	Read 152 Write 132 Mixed 132 104% 139 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 2.62 4K Mixed 0.51 125% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 81.5% Great: 96%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 215GB free Firmware: 1D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 253 253 8175 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5448 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 51 51 36061 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1358 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 193 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5254 (C2) HDA temperature 116 101 36 (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	57.5% Above average	Read 117 Write 83.3 Mixed 79.1 70% 93 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 2.04 4K Mixed 0.37 109% 1.04 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 57.5% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 2400 C11 4x8GB 5,910 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	84.2% Excellent	MC Read 29.4 MC Write 33.2 MC Mixed 26.4 85% 29.7 GB/s	SC Read 20.6 SC Write 23.9 SC Mixed 25.6 67% 23.4 GB/s	Latency 48.4 83% 48.4 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 84.2% Great: 109%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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-Z87X-D3H-CF - $130

CPU
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	276x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	228x
Core i7-4770Intel $75Bench 70%, 176,321 samples	135x

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	93x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	81x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	71x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	47x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	35x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $95Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	32x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 50%, 19,207 samples	45x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	24x
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	20x

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Value: 59% - Above average

Total price: $287

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	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) $30	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