Gigabyte GA-Z87X-D3H-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 94% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 80% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (35th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 65 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 good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	130% 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	70.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Gigabyte Z87X-D3H
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z87X-D3H-CF (all builds)
Memory	20.1 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1024 x 768 - 32 Bit colors, 3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140825
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Mar 29 '17 at 15:12
Run Duration	233 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing below expectations (35^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 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	73.6% Very good	Memory 81.1 1-Core 95.9 2-Core 204 72% 127 Pts	4-Core 357 8-Core 576 57% 467 Pts	64-Core 570 35% 570 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 73.6% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85E2) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 378.92 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	130% Outstanding	Lighting 182 Reflection 200 Parallax 196 149% 193 fps	MRender 129 Gravity 174 Splatting 124 115% 142 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Pro 256GB-$190 73,119 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 111GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM06B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 8185 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 3498 (B1) Unknown 95 95 178 (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 74 60 26 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 1227 (F1) Unknown 99 99 29114073926	70.5% Very good	Read 499 Write 341 Mixed 421 93% 420 MB/s	4K Read 25.6 4K Write 58.2 4K Mixed 12.8 86% 32.2 MB/s	DQ Read 22 DQ Write 201 DQ Mixed 66.9 65% 96.8 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 70.5% Great: 116%
Seagate Video SV35.6 Series 3TB-$79 6,381 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 814GB free Firmware: CV23 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 76474368 (03) Spinup time 91 90 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2509 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 77 60 54244778 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 8739 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2076 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 1 1 738 (BE) vendor-specific 76 59 403832856 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 810 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2515 (C2) HDA temperature 24 41 64424509464 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	67.9% Good	Read 125 Write 112 Mixed 96.5 83% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.03 4K Mixed 0.14 56% 0.56 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 67.9% Great: 114%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 763GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 156 150 11183 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 618 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1052 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 258 (10) Unknown 2 198 52458934695 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 71 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 546 (C2) HDA temperature 128 104 24 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	81.9% Excellent	Read 141 Write 145 Mixed 138 106% 141 MB/s	4K Read 1.13 4K Write 2.82 4K Mixed 0.27 129% 1.41 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 81.9% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 250GB-$23 32,491 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 155GB free Firmware: KC48 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 107 99 104 (03) Spinup time 99 98 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1697 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 950115 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 5769 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1572 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 75 62 420675609 (C2) HDA temperature 25 40 64424509465 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 56 15 104 (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 108933255534298 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2603702320 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2307024881	63% Good	Read 106 Write 113 Mixed 88.1 77% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.71 125% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 63% Great: 74%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 63GB free Firmware: CC29 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 100 75227216 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1801 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 61 60 1520245 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 5845 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1400 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 76 63 403832856 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 136 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 31 31 138492 (C2) HDA temperature 24 40 64424509464 (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 -45307610003466 (F1) Unknown 100 253 4651549320 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2833709789	55.5% Above average	Read 100 Write 92.9 Mixed 94.6 72% 96 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1.53 4K Mixed 0.24 78% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 55.5% Great: 114%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 21GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 253 253 8783 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3113 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 11529 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2875 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 829 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2283 (C2) HDA temperature 126 108 26 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	49.3% Average	Read 103 Write 68.4 Mixed 69.9 60% 80.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.97 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.41 119% 1.06 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 49.3% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMY8GX3M2A1600C9 0215 CMD16GX3M2A1600C9 0215 CMY8GX3M2A1600C9 0215 CMD16GX3M2A1600C9 24GB 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	49.3% Average	MC Read 18.1 MC Write 18.3 MC Mixed 15.3 49% 17.2 GB/s	SC Read 11.6 SC Write 14.9 SC Mixed 15.5 40% 14 GB/s	Latency 78.5 51% 78.5 ns

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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 $127Bench 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: 61% - Good

Total price: $352

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