Gigabyte GA-Z87-D3HP-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 81.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	1.96% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	66.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

System	Gigabyte Z87-D3HP
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z87-D3HP-CF (all builds)
Memory	10 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20130417
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 21 '17 at 23:15
Run Duration	213 Seconds
Run User	LVA-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing as expected (58^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 way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	81.6% Excellent	Memory 88.9 1-Core 112 2-Core 224 80% 142 Pts	4-Core 402 8-Core 573 61% 488 Pts	64-Core 582 36% 582 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 81.6% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 420 9,903 User benchmarks, average bench 2% Gigabyte(1458 368C) 2GB CLim: 700 MHz, MLim: 400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 381.65 Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	1.96% Terrible	Lighting 2.33 Reflection 2.65 Parallax 1.91 2% 2.3 fps	MRender 3.14 Gravity 2.17 Splatting 2.39 2% 2.57 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 1.96% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra Plus 128GB-$75 16,709 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 17GB free (System drive) Firmware: X211200 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 1 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 18389 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 545 (A7) Unknown 100 100 24 (A8) Unknown 100 100 520 (A9) Unknown 100 100 223 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 345 (AE) Unknown 100 100 50 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 66 37 158914838562 (D4) Unknown 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 2866 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 2866 (F1) Unknown 253 253 36137585841 (F2) Unknown 253 253 25503297014 (F3) Unknown 100 100 0	66.3% Good	Read 413 Write 162 Mixed 209 57% 261 MB/s	4K Read 24.4 4K Write 73.3 4K Mixed 22 104% 39.9 MB/s	DQ Read 267 DQ Write 129 DQ Mixed 45.9 75% 147 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 66.3% Great: 91%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$38 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1TB free Firmware: CC61 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 89771960 (03) Spinup time 98 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 730 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 61 60 1498073 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3835 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 44 (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 63 58 623050789 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 14 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 742 (C2) HDA temperature 37 42 47244640293 (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 132710194482587 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2185484101 (F2) Unknown 100 253 13468230065	91.7% Outstanding	Read 179 Write 141 Mixed 141 116% 154 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.29 4K Mixed 0.22 71% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 91.7% Great: 114%
Generic USB CF Reader 8GB 59 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 5GB free, PID 6362 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	13% Very poor	Read 17.1 Write 10.7 Mixed 11.4 16% 13.1 MB/s	4K Read 4.93 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1.87 160% 3.03 MB/s
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 13% Great: 13%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 19,522 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	51.5% Above average	MC Read 18 MC Write 18.4 MC Mixed 15.9 50% 17.4 GB/s	SC Read 13.9 SC Write 18.8 SC Mixed 16.7 47% 16.5 GB/s	Latency 68.6 58% 68.6 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 51.5% Great: 63%

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Gaming 8%

Tree trunk

Desktop 68%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 7%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z87-D3HP-CF

CPU
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	184x
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	160x
Core i7-4770Intel $75Bench 70%, 176,321 samples	134x

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	72x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	52x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	43x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	31x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	25x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	22x

RAM
RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 49%, 28,220 samples	28x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	21x
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	20x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16