Gigabyte GA-Z87N-WIFI

Performance Results


Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 76.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	17.4% 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	59.9% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z87N-WIFI (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140126
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Aug 11 '18 at 13:24
Run Duration	131 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st 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 (93^rd percentile)	76.7% Very good	Memory 93.3 1-Core 111 2-Core 204 79% 136 Pts	4-Core 325 8-Core 567 54% 446 Pts	64-Core 545 34% 545 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 76.7% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 650 Ti Boost-$140 15,701 User benchmarks, average bench 17% EVGA(3842 3657) 2GB CLim: 1202 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 398.82 Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	17.4% Very poor	Lighting 20.2 Reflection 18.6 Parallax 24.6 16% 21.1 fps	MRender 26.8 Gravity 23.4 Splatting 21.9 19% 24 fps
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 17.4% Great: 18%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 830 128GB-$109 37,250 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 33GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXM03B1Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 190 212 198 184 172 177 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	59.9% Above average	Read 436 Write 227 Mixed 208 SusWrite 189 59% 265 MB/s	4K Read 16.9 4K Write 44.5 4K Mixed 20.1 75% 27.2 MB/s	DQ Read 287 DQ Write 68.7 DQ Mixed 115 101% 157 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 59.9% Great: 76%
Crucial MX500 2TB-$155 44,787 User benchmarks, average bench 108% 820GB free Firmware: M3CR020 SusWrite @10s intervals: 383 431 427 424 421 426 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	Read 463 Write 426 Mixed 384 SusWrite 419 95% 423 MB/s	4K Read 30.5 4K Write 68 4K Mixed 39.6 133% 46 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 295 DQ Mixed 292 231% 323 MB/s
Poor: 83% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 125%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 43,127 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	59.6% Above average	MC Read 21.6 MC Write 21.9 MC Mixed 18.5 59% 20.7 GB/s	SC Read 14.2 SC Write 19.4 SC Mixed 17.6 49% 17.1 GB/s	Latency 61.5 65% 61.5 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 59.6% Great: 63%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming 8%

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Desktop 68%

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Workstation 8%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z87N-WIFI - $99

CPU
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	47x
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	39x
Core i7-4770Intel $75Bench 70%, 176,321 samples	14x

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	17x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	13x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	9x

SSD
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $95Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	12x
840 Evo 120GBSamsung $85Bench 91%, 104,444 samples	5x
860 Evo 250GBSamsung $52Bench 104%, 296,814 samples	5x

RAM
RipjawsX DDR3 1866 C9 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 54%, 8,026 samples	10x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 50%, 19,207 samples	6x
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	6x

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Value: 57% - Above average

Total price: $329

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	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) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16