Gigabyte GA-Z87M-D3H

Performance Results


Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 62% Destroyer	Workstation 15% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 43.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	31.7% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	110% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z87M-D3H (all builds)
Memory	8.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140812
Uptime	6.8 Days
Run Date	Apr 22 '17 at 15:45
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing as expected (49^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-4340-$60 866 User benchmarks, average bench 64% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	43.2% Average	Memory 55.7 1-Core 93.7 2-Core 152 57% 100 Pts	4-Core 167 8-Core 234 25% 201 Pts	64-Core 234 14% 234 Pts
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 43.2% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280X-$500 94,130 User benchmarks, average bench 35% XFX(1682 3001) 3GB CLim: 1080 MHz, MLim: 1550 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 17.2.1 Performing below potential (18^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	31.7% Below average	Lighting 41.4 Reflection 27.5 Parallax 52.3 34% 40.4 fps	MRender 26.7 Gravity 40.4 Splatting 34.1 28% 33.7 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 31.7% Great: 39%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 31GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 7745 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 4921 (B1) Unknown 97 97 63 (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 63 54 37 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 11 (F1) Unknown 99 99 26630310052	110% Outstanding	Read 510 Write 408 Mixed 416 99% 444 MB/s	4K Read 42.4 4K Write 87.4 4K Mixed 44.9 168% 58.2 MB/s	DQ Read 350 DQ Write 256 DQ Mixed 104 132% 237 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 124%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 1TB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 253 253 8408 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8182 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 76 76 17614 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5000 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 79 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 8102 (C2) HDA temperature 122 107 30 (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	74.8% Very good	Read 142 Write 119 Mixed 123 96% 128 MB/s	4K Read 1.18 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.56 145% 1.18 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 74.8% Great: 85%
WD WD10EACS-00ZJB0 1TB 28,352 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 931GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 155 146 7250 (04) Start/Stop count 38 38 62760 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 56 56 32131 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 196 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 10 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 180 180 62759 (C2) HDA temperature 124 104 26 (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	51.4% Above average	Read 95.1 Write 83.7 Mixed 80.5 65% 86.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 2.36 4K Mixed 0.32 102% 1.08 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 51.4% Great: 51%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLT4G3D1337DT1TX0. 4x4GB 65 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	43.8% Average	MC Read 16 MC Write 17.1 MC Mixed 14.9 46% 16 GB/s	SC Read 9.3 SC Write 11.9 SC Mixed 14 34% 11.7 GB/s	Latency 141 28% 141 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 43.8% Great: 56%

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Gaming 8%

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Desktop 65%

Destroyer

Workstation 7%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z87M-D3H - $111

CPU
Core i7-4770Intel $75Bench 70%, 176,321 samples	94x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	59x
Core i5-4570Intel $99Bench 62%, 129,272 samples	55x

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	82x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	28x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	25x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	29x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	23x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $95Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	13x

RAM
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 34,385 samples	10x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	10x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples	10x

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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