Gigabyte GA-Z87X-D3H-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 78% Battleship	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 66% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 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 87.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	88.2% 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	130% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

System	Gigabyte Z87X-D3H
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z87X-D3H-CF (all builds)
Memory	10.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140825
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 24 '19 at 03:14
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	14%

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PC Performing above expectations (84^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, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	87.5% Excellent	Memory 94 1-Core 129 2-Core 250 89% 158 Pts	4-Core 437 8-Core 659 68% 548 Pts	64-Core 653 40% 653 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 87.5% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6173) CLim: 2151 MHz, MLim: 2142 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.71 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	88.2% Excellent	Lighting 109 Reflection 127 Parallax 113 89% 116 fps	MRender 105 Gravity 103 Splatting 111 87% 106 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88.2% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$90 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 173GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 435 416 442 459 436 267 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	130% Outstanding	Read 497 Write 466 Mixed 400 SusWrite 409 100% 443 MB/s	4K Read 46.5 4K Write 130 4K Mixed 65 223% 80.5 MB/s	DQ Read 373 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 356 268% 357 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 134%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$31 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 652GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 150 146 152 151 149 148 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	89.4% Excellent	Read 162 Write 123 Mixed 80.7 SusWrite 149 94% 129 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.2 239% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 89.4% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 34,385 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	58.2% Above average	MC Read 20.2 MC Write 21.1 MC Mixed 17.8 56% 19.7 GB/s	SC Read 15.7 SC Write 20.4 SC Mixed 19 52% 18.4 GB/s	Latency 59.8 67% 59.8 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 58.2% Great: 63%

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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	229x
Core i7-4770Intel $75Bench 70%, 176,321 samples	136x

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	48x
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	46x
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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16