Gigabyte GA-Z87X-D3H-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 68% Battle cruiser	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 57% Gunboat


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 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 72.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	92.5% 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	84% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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 (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Gigabyte Z87X-D3H
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z87X-D3H-CF (all builds)
Memory	26.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130516
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 29 '18 at 09:09
Run Duration	149 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	12%

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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 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	72.7% Very good	Memory 82.3 1-Core 95.6 2-Core 183 70% 120 Pts	4-Core 340 8-Core 527 54% 434 Pts	64-Core 550 34% 550 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 72.7% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3730) CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.31 Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	92.5% Outstanding	Lighting 117 Reflection 130 Parallax 115 96% 121 fps	MRender 105 Gravity 118 Splatting 97.5 87% 107 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 92.5% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsun 840 PRO Seri 128GB 87 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 31GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM05B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 32650 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 670 (B1) Unknown 84 84 559 (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 55 26 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 98 98 1075 (EB) Unknown 99 99 253 (F1) Unknown 99 99 34146234705	84% Excellent	Read 489 Write 390 Mixed 385 94% 421 MB/s	4K Read 25.8 4K Write 55.8 4K Mixed 20.5 95% 34 MB/s	DQ Read 300 DQ Write 252 DQ Mixed 76.2 112% 209 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 84% Great: 110%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$59 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 769GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 178 171 6058 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 216 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 77 77 17341 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 215 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 134 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 187 187 39015 (C2) HDA temperature 123 109 27 (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	57.2% Above average	Read 98.3 Write 101 Mixed 98 75% 99 MB/s	4K Read 0.89 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.28 108% 1.12 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 57.2% Great: 83%
WD WD5000AACS-00G8B 500GB 23 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 53GB free Firmware: 05.04C05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 138 133 6083 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3586 (05) Reallocated sector count 199 199 1 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 25 25 55234 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1577 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 79 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3562 (C2) HDA temperature 124 102 23 (C4) Reallocation count 199 199 1 (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	29.6% Poor	Read 58.9 Write 43.9 Mixed 48.6 38% 50.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 1.71 4K Mixed 0.22 73% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 29.6% Great: 52%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 2133 C9 4x8GB 523 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (16^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	47.8% Average	MC Read 17 MC Write 17.7 MC Mixed 14.8 47% 16.5 GB/s	SC Read 11.7 SC Write 15.8 SC Mixed 14.4 40% 14 GB/s	Latency 76.4 52% 76.4 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 47.8% Great: 92%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 8%

Tree trunk

Desktop 66%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 7%

Tree trunk

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

CPU
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	282x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	230x
Core i7-4770Intel $75Bench 70%, 176,321 samples	138x

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	96x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	82x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	73x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	49x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	36x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	33x

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

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Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $388	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $79
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4070 $520	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $363