Gigabyte GA-Z87-HD3

Performance Results


Gaming 89% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 69% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	110% 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	24.1% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z87-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	4 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140120
Uptime	1.7 Days
Run Date	Apr 22 '17 at 11:41
Run Duration	200 Seconds
Run User	IRL-User
Background CPU	15%

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PC Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690-$51 73,695 User benchmarks, average bench 67% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	81.5% Excellent	Memory 89.9 1-Core 108 2-Core 216 79% 138 Pts	4-Core 422 8-Core 426 57% 424 Pts	64-Core 424 26% 424 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 81.5% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3702) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 381.65 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Lighting 147 Reflection 156 Parallax 132 120% 145 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 140 Splatting 113 100% 123 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Apple TS256B 251GB 115 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 74GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0206 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 97 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 11598 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 7840 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 2027517512576 (AA) Unknown 100 100 107383357538 (AB) Unknown 100 100 472 (AD) Unknown 184 184 55867474122 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 244 (C2) HDA temperature 77 33 287763398679 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	24.1% Poor	Read 195 Write 85.9 Mixed 102 28% 128 MB/s	4K Read 13.6 4K Write 24.3 4K Mixed 3.91 38% 13.9 MB/s	DQ Read 0.65 DQ Write 7.97 DQ Mixed 5.69 4% 4.77 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 24.1% Great: 41%
SanDisk X300s Non-Secure 128GB 1,499 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 28GB free Firmware: 0000 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 4 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 257 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 276 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 37 (A8) Unknown 100 100 22 (A9) Unknown 100 100 389 (AB) Unknown 100 100 1 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 5 (AE) Unknown 100 100 100 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 72 38 163210002460 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (D4) Unknown 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 16 (E8) Unknown 100 100 99 (E9) Unknown 100 100 681 (F1) Unknown 253 253 559 (F2) Unknown 253 253 1096 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	60.3% Good	Read 454 Write 224 Mixed 268 69% 315 MB/s	4K Read 22.4 4K Write 37.5 4K Mixed 18.3 77% 26.1 MB/s	DQ Read 185 DQ Write 47 DQ Mixed 46.8 52% 93 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 60.3% Great: 94%
Toshiba E300 2TB-$69 2,046 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 1TB free Firmware: ACF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 144 144 84 (03) Spinup time 100 100 21474836752 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 9 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 136 136 34 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 20 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 6 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 9 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 9 (C2) HDA temperature 250 250 141735231512 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	76.3% Very good	Read 138 Write 128 Mixed 137 101% 134 MB/s	4K Read 0.82 4K Write 2.05 4K Mixed 0.19 93% 1.02 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 76.3% Great: 86%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 186GB free Firmware: 0A80 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 381 (03) Spinup time 129 127 6508 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8567 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 60 60 29582 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4483 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 671 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 617887 (C2) HDA temperature 124 94 23 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 199 199 210 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 199 199 172 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 199 186	37.4% Below average	Read 66 Write 64 Mixed 72.4 51% 67.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.39 4K Mixed 0.15 61% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 37.4% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Transcend JM1333KLU-2G 1315 CT25664BD160B.M8FM JM1333KLU-2G 1315 CT25664BD160B.M8FM 8GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 2048, 2048, 2048, 2048 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	53.1% Above average	MC Read 18.5 MC Write 19.2 MC Mixed 16.5 52% 18.1 GB/s	SC Read 13.9 SC Write 18.7 SC Mixed 17.5 48% 16.7 GB/s	Latency 67.4 59% 67.4 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 53.1% Great: 54%

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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-Z87-HD3

CPU
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	466x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	357x
Core i7-4770Intel $65Bench 70%, 176,321 samples	295x

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	170x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	159x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	104x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	69x
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	52x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 50%, 19,207 samples	43x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	32x

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