Gigabyte GA-Z87X-D3H-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 91% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 72% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (26th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 74 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	123% 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.
Boot Drive	72.8% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Gigabyte Z87X-D3H
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z87X-D3H-CF (all builds)
Memory	11.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140117
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 29 '19 at 14:44
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	17%

PC Performing below expectations (26^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 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	75.2% Very good	Memory 92.8 1-Core 106 2-Core 197 77% 132 Pts	4-Core 327 8-Core 376 46% 351 Pts	64-Core 474 29% 474 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 75.2% Great: 84%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Zotac(19DA 1474) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 399.24 Performing below potential (47^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	123% Outstanding	Lighting 166 Reflection 188 Parallax 192 135% 182 fps	MRender 124 Gravity 176 Splatting 125 115% 141 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 133%
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 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HFS500G32TND-3112A 500GB 315 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 230GB free (System drive) Firmware: 30060P00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 286 148 112 181 130 125 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	72.8% Very good	Read 419 Write 397 Mixed 356 SusWrite 164 75% 334 MB/s	4K Read 28 4K Write 56.1 4K Mixed 30.7 112% 38.3 MB/s	DQ Read 225 DQ Write 303 DQ Mixed 195 166% 241 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 72.8% Great: 107%
Kingston A400 120GB-$29 166,392 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 97GB free Firmware: SBFK71E0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 141 36 88 77 56 74 MB/s Performing below potential (32^nd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	53.9% Above average	Read 284 Write 182 Mixed 269 SusWrite 78.5 45% 203 MB/s	4K Read 24.3 4K Write 59.3 4K Mixed 20.7 95% 34.8 MB/s	DQ Read 130 DQ Write 291 DQ Mixed 102 109% 174 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 53.9% Great: 85%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 250GB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 9.8 15 7.7 9.3 8.7 9.5 MB/s Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	7.1% Terrible	Read 14.7 Write 8.5 Mixed 7 SusWrite 10 7% 10.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 0.3 4K Mixed 0.1 21% 0.17 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 7.1% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda 8TB (2017)-$87 42,465 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 3TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 14 13 13 13 13 13 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	19.5% Very poor	Read 54 Write 15 Mixed 25 SusWrite 13.3 20% 26.8 MB/s	4K Read 2.3 4K Write 0.2 4K Mixed 0.2 122% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 19.5% Great: 90%

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 (33^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	54.1% Above average	MC Read 19.2 MC Write 20 MC Mixed 15.9 52% 18.4 GB/s	SC Read 13.8 SC Write 18.7 SC Mixed 17.5 48% 16.7 GB/s	Latency 62.4 64% 62.4 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 54.1% Great: 63%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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 $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