Gigabyte GA-Z87X-D3H-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 53% Yacht


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 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 77.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	83.4% 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	95.5% 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.

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Run History

System	Gigabyte Z87X-D3H
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z87X-D3H-CF (all builds)
Memory	13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140825
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 13 '18 at 04:58
Run Duration	134 Seconds
Run User	EST-User
Background CPU	21%

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 i5-4670-$52 49,019 User benchmarks, average bench 66% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	77.2% Very good	Memory 95.1 1-Core 108 2-Core 208 80% 137 Pts	4-Core 338 8-Core 382 47% 360 Pts	64-Core 393 24% 393 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 77.2% Great: 77%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4835 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	3.87% Terrible	Lighting 3.93 Reflection 6.5 Parallax 6.41 3% 5.61 fps	MRender 8.38 Gravity 2.4 Splatting 7.7 5% 6.16 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.87% Great: 3%
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Nvidia(10DE 1B81) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2050 MHz, MLim: 2187 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	83.4% Excellent	Lighting 103 Reflection 114 Parallax 105 84% 107 fps	MRender 100 Gravity 96.5 Splatting 101 82% 99.3 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 83.4% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SHSS37A480G 480GB 14,802 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 329GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM00.r Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 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 6394 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1203 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 1495 (AD) Unknown 100 100 2556061 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 10289191 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 377 (C2) HDA temperature 57 39 261994250283 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 99 (E9) Unknown 100 100 18961 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 14959 (F2) Unknown 100 100 15143 (F4) Unknown 100 100 39 (F5) Unknown 100 100 157 (F6) Unknown 100 100 5437120	95.5% Outstanding	Read 512 Write 487 Mixed 500 112% 500 MB/s	4K Read 29.6 4K Write 93.4 4K Mixed 13.8 112% 45.6 MB/s	DQ Read 325 DQ Write 280 DQ Mixed 14 89% 206 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 95.5% Great: 110%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$40 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 717GB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 140 140 69 (03) Spinup time 164 164 21490827481 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 644 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3329 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 642 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 2016 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2016 (C2) HDA temperature 153 153 231929479207 (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	87.5% Excellent	Read 158 Write 147 Mixed 154 115% 153 MB/s	4K Read 1.01 4K Write 1.92 4K Mixed 0.2 101% 1.05 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 87.5% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 2,600 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1866 MHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	70% Good	MC Read 25.1 MC Write 26.5 MC Mixed 22.3 70% 24.6 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 19.8 SC Mixed 21.6 55% 19.3 GB/s	Latency 56.8 70% 56.8 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 70% Great: 74%

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Gaming 8%

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Desktop 66%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 7%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z87X-D3H-CF - $130

CPU
Core i5-4670KIntel $127Bench 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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Total price: $352

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