Gigabyte GA-Z87-HD3

Performance Results


Gaming 108% UFO	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 92% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 80.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	137% 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	85% 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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z87-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1440 x 900 - 32 Bit barev, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit barev
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20140812
Uptime	2.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 19 '18 at 12:27
Run Duration	135 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st 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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	80.1% Excellent	Memory 85.7 1-Core 119 2-Core 213 80% 139 Pts	4-Core 402 8-Core 637 64% 519 Pts	64-Core 640 40% 640 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 80.1% Great: 87%

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. 10.18.14.4206 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 3761) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2808 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	137% Outstanding	Lighting 195 Reflection 211 Parallax 215 159% 207 fps	MRender 131 Gravity 184 Splatting 133 121% 149 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 137% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 8GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 13731 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2026 (B1) Unknown 80 80 237 (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 65 54 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 67 (F1) Unknown 99 99 45932569115	85% Excellent	Read 484 Write 341 Mixed 333 86% 386 MB/s	4K Read 39.6 4K Write 60.2 4K Mixed 18.2 115% 39.3 MB/s	DQ Read 297 DQ Write 217 DQ Mixed 18.3 78% 178 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 85% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 668GB free Firmware: CC47 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 153518632 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2457 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 80 60 109085996 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 13773 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1983 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 68 58 538247200 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 28 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 22 22 157921 (C2) HDA temperature 32 42 68719476768 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -1052266977815 (F1) Unknown 100 253 46205623754 (F2) Unknown 100 253 47600032641	110% Outstanding	Read 214 Write 169 Mixed 173 139% 185 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.32 92% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 77,652 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (38^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	54.9% Above average	MC Read 19.5 MC Write 20.8 MC Mixed 17.7 55% 19.3 GB/s	SC Read 11.9 SC Write 16.4 SC Mixed 16.8 43% 15 GB/s	Latency 71.5 56% 71.5 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 54.9% Great: 63%

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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	462x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	354x
Core i7-4770Intel $75Bench 70%, 176,321 samples	290x

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	167x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	154x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	102x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	67x
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	51x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 50%, 19,207 samples	42x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	32x

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Value: 59% - Above average

Total price: $157

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $275	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 $184	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) $35	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