Gigabyte GA-Z87-D3HP-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 83% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 69% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 91.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	88.2% 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	89.5% 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.

System	Gigabyte Z87-D3HP
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z87-D3HP-CF (all builds)
Memory	14.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140812
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 21 '17 at 20:04
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (75^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 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.1% Outstanding	Memory 97.8 1-Core 120 2-Core 238 87% 152 Pts	4-Core 459 8-Core 635 69% 547 Pts	64-Core 618 38% 618 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 91.1% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4996) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1582 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	88.2% Excellent	Lighting 113 Reflection 121 Parallax 107 92% 114 fps	MRender 98 Gravity 104 Splatting 92.9 80% 98.4 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 88.2% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX100 512GB-$200 31,545 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 314GB free Firmware: MU02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 10339 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2186 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 9 (AE) Unknown 100 100 111 (B4) Unknown 0 0 4403 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 67 52 206159478817 (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 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 2134138396 (F7) Unknown 100 100 66736744 (F8) Unknown 100 100 74603284	102% Outstanding	Read 503 Write 472 Mixed 466 107% 480 MB/s	4K Read 24.2 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 34.4 138% 55.6 MB/s	DQ Read 144 DQ Write 331 DQ Mixed 50.6 92% 175 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 107%
SanDisk Extreme II 120GB-$130 2,462 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 54GB free (System drive) Firmware: R1311 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 15486 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1858 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 21 (A8) Unknown 100 100 187 (A9) Unknown 100 100 155 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 94 (AE) Unknown 100 100 118 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 71 154 661426012189 (D4) Unknown 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 781 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 11703 (F1) Unknown 253 253 7474 (F2) Unknown 253 253 5687 (F3) Unknown 100 100 0	89.5% Excellent	Read 466 Write 316 Mixed 356 84% 380 MB/s	4K Read 25 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 24.7 127% 52.9 MB/s	DQ Read 343 DQ Write 282 DQ Mixed 62.5 115% 229 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 89.5% Great: 101%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$50 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 151739872 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2843 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 68 60 6805230 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 5808 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 916 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 2687018 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 76 58 504430616 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 42 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 9921 (C2) HDA temperature 24 42 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 2164663521001 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3811530076 (F2) Unknown 100 253 181030603029	93.7% Outstanding	Read 139 Write 186 Mixed 127 113% 151 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 5.36 4K Mixed 0.86 225% 2.31 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 93.7% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 91622600 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 951 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 67 60 6135690 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4549 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 494 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 3 10688 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 64 504365085 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 70 70 61477 (C2) HDA temperature 29 40 60129542173 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 18795 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -49787260893615 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1861439630 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2834086548	84% Excellent	Read 151 Write 142 Mixed 138 108% 144 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 1.49 4K Mixed 0.21 82% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 84% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ares DDR3 2133 C9 4x4GB 816 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	79.8% Very good	MC Read 29.8 MC Write 29.4 MC Mixed 24.5 80% 27.9 GB/s	SC Read 20.4 SC Write 22.1 SC Mixed 24.3 64% 22.3 GB/s	Latency 47 85% 47 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 79.8% Great: 106%

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Gaming 8%

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Desktop 68%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 7%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z87-D3HP-CF

CPU
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	184x
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	158x
Core i7-4770Intel $75Bench 70%, 176,321 samples	133x

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	72x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	52x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	42x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	31x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	25x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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 $40	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