Gigabyte GA-Z87X-HD3

Performance Results


Gaming 85% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 70% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 93.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	89.1% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	96.7% 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z87X-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	14.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131004
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 20 '18 at 02:09
Run Duration	183 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (79^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.1% Outstanding	Memory 96.7 1-Core 121 2-Core 245 88% 154 Pts	4-Core 488 8-Core 664 73% 576 Pts	64-Core 665 41% 665 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 93.1% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4996) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1582 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	89.1% Excellent	Lighting 115 Reflection 121 Parallax 108 93% 114 fps	MRender 97.6 Gravity 104 Splatting 95 81% 98.9 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 89.1% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ ARC 100 240GB-$120 11,799 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 223GB free Firmware: 1.00 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 0 0 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 16012 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 710 (AB) Unknown 100 100 79854416 (AE) Unknown 100 100 54 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (D0) Spin buzz 100 100 60 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 1 (E9) Unknown 98 98 98 (F1) Unknown 100 100 3526 (F2) Unknown 100 100 23384 (F9) Unknown 100 100 213786804	100% Outstanding	Read 460 Write 410 Mixed 435 97% 435 MB/s	4K Read 27.7 4K Write 128 4K Mixed 27 144% 60.9 MB/s	DQ Read 282 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 18.6 96% 215 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 101%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 197GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT03B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 160 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 12 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (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 64 56 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 5 (F1) Unknown 99 99 314817787	96.7% Outstanding	Read 516 Write 416 Mixed 422 100% 452 MB/s	4K Read 44.4 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 28.7 160% 59.5 MB/s	DQ Read 45.5 DQ Write 116 DQ Mixed 27.4 36% 63 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 96.7% Great: 124%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 145GB free Firmware: EMT03B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 539 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 28 (B1) Unknown 99 99 1 (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 63 53 37 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 6 (F1) Unknown 99 99 1655440479	107% Outstanding	Read 518 Write 415 Mixed 424 101% 452 MB/s	4K Read 45.7 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 28.9 162% 60 MB/s	DQ Read 332 DQ Write 287 DQ Mixed 28.9 98% 216 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 134%
WD Black 4TB (2012)-$323 4,113 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 1.5TB free Firmware: 01.01L01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 212 138 8383 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 706 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 78 78 16596 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 706 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 59 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 646 (C2) HDA temperature 110 98 42 (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	85.9% Excellent	Read 161 Write 138 Mixed 133 108% 144 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 2.95 4K Mixed 0.36 119% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 85.9% Great: 93%
WD Black 500GB (2008)-$95 28,095 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 389GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 162 159 4858 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1662 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 11 11 65047 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1652 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 361 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1659 (C2) HDA temperature 110 95 37 (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 55513 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	64.6% Good	Read 126 Write 98.9 Mixed 102 82% 109 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.22 4K Mixed 0.43 122% 1.15 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 64.6% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 21,220 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1866 MHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	70.6% Very good	MC Read 25.4 MC Write 25.7 MC Mixed 21.5 69% 24.2 GB/s	SC Read 18.7 SC Write 22.7 SC Mixed 23.1 61% 21.5 GB/s	Latency 51.6 78% 51.6 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 70.6% Great: 62%

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Gaming 44%

Speed boat

Desktop 80%

Battleship

Workstation 37%

Jet ski

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z87X-HD3

CPU
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	31x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	15x
Core i5-4670KIntel $127Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	14x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	9x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	9x
GTX 760Nvidia $209Bench 26%, 161,132 samples	7x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	7x
870 QVO 2TBSamsung $149Bench 102%, 41,734 samples	5x
860 QVO 1TBSamsung $109Bench 89%, 201,200 samples	5x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 50%, 19,207 samples	6x
DDR3 1866 2x8GBUnknownBench 55%, 1,300 samples	6x
DDR3 1866 2x4GBUnknownBench 51%, 1,483 samples	5x

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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 $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