Gigabyte GA-Z87X-D3H-CF

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 69% Battle cruiser	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 57% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 80.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	89.2% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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 (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Gigabyte Z87X-D3H
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z87X-D3H-CF (all builds)
Memory	28.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130802
Uptime	8.2 Days
Run Date	Apr 22 '16 at 04:15
Run Duration	188 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770-$75 176,321 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	80.6% Excellent	Memory 81.9 1-Core 104 2-Core 211 75% 132 Pts	4-Core 434 8-Core 583 64% 509 Pts	64-Core 584 36% 584 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 80.6% Great: 78%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Zotac(19DA 1396) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.5891 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	89.2% Excellent	Lighting 117 Reflection 117 Parallax 104 95% 113 fps	MRender 95.6 Gravity 102 Splatting 90.1 78% 95.9 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 89.2% Great: 87%
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4331 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	4.02% Terrible	Lighting 3.93 Reflection 6.73 Parallax 6.84 3% 5.84 fps	MRender 9.67 Gravity 2.43 Splatting 8.13 6% 6.74 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.02% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD WD20EURS-63S48Y0 2TB 12,928 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 2TB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 168 163 6583 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1185 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1412 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 540 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 58 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1126 (C2) HDA temperature 114 94 36 (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	60.3% Good	Read 102 Write 107 Mixed 97.9 77% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 2.19 4K Mixed 0.14 87% 1.02 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 60.3% Great: 77%
Seagate ST2000VM003-1CT164 2TB 16,094 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 1.5TB free Firmware: SC23 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 113373752 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3377 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 73 60 21071914 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 5490 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1445 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 96 21475361402 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 61 605290531 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 120 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 3497 (C2) HDA temperature 35 40 60129542179 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1647	84.9% Excellent	Read 144 Write 152 Mixed 142 110% 146 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.22 4K Mixed 0.12 58% 0.62 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 84.9% Great: 100%
WD Red 1TB (2012)-$62 37,583 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 858GB free (System drive) Firmware: 82.00A82 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 138 136 4083 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 337 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 843 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 329 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 40 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 296 (C2) HDA temperature 111 105 32 (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	61.8% Good	Read 110 Write 105 Mixed 97.3 78% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 2.17 4K Mixed 0.15 74% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 61.8% Great: 87%
Seagate ST3750528AS 750GB-$65 22,230 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 698GB free Firmware: CC44 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 129086630 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4456 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 79 60 88066699 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 13274 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4530 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 96 81606213660 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 63 48 672333861 (C2) HDA temperature 37 52 60129542181 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 59 24 129086630 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 1 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 182 177 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -84404697276024 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1138791356 (F2) Unknown 100 253 939667700	54.4% Above average	Read 93.7 Write 95.8 Mixed 79.3 67% 89.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.81 4K Write 1.32 4K Mixed 0.52 116% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 54.4% Great: 65%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 0420 F3-1600C9-8GXM 1315 BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 0420 F3-1600C9-8GXM 32GB 32 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (16^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	47.6% Average	MC Read 16.5 MC Write 18.1 MC Mixed 14.4 47% 16.3 GB/s	SC Read 12.8 SC Write 15 SC Mixed 16 42% 14.6 GB/s	Latency 77.2 52% 77.2 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 47.6% Great: 67%

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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	276x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	228x
Core i7-4770Intel $75Bench 70%, 176,321 samples	135x

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	93x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	80x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	71x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	47x
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	45x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	24x
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	20x

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Total price: $287

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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