Gigabyte GA-Z87-HD3

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 12%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 74%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 11%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 80.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics8.94% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive64.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.
Run History
MotherboardGigabyte GA-Z87-HD3  (all builds)
Memory13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 7
BIOS Date20130803
Uptime0.1 Days
Run DateMay 06 '16 at 19:44
Run Duration153 Seconds
Run User GBR-User
Background CPU1%

 PC Performing above expectations (81st percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-4770-$75
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
80.5% Excellent
Memory 84.7
1-Core 106
2-Core 210
76% 134 Pts
4-Core 414
8-Core 578
62% 496 Pts
64-Core 517
32% 517 Pts
Poor: 58%
This bench: 80.5%
Great: 78%
Graphics Cards Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD R7 250
XFX(1682 7250) 2GB
Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 16.150.2401.1002
Performing way above expectations (90th percentile)
8.94% Terrible
Lighting 11.4
Reflection 12.5
Parallax 14.4
9% 12.8 fps
MRender 8.71
Gravity 10.6
Splatting 10.5
8% 9.92 fps
Poor: 7%
This bench: 8.94%
Great: 9%
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15
Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB
Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 10.18.14.4264
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
3.71% Terrible
Lighting 3.67
Reflection 6.27
Parallax 6.19
3% 5.37 fps
MRender 8.71
Gravity 2.43
Splatting 7.35
5% 6.17 fps
Poor: 3%
This bench: 3.71%
Great: 3%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35
22GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 520ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing as expected (50th percentile)
64.9% Good
Read 498
Write 236
Mixed 247
72% 327 MB/s
4K Read 19.4
4K Write 36.5
4K Mixed 17.3
71% 24.4 MB/s
DQ Read 238
DQ Write 169
DQ Mixed 73.2
90% 160 MB/s
Poor: 41%
This bench: 64.9%
Great: 85%
WD WD5000AVDS-63U7B1 500GB
254GB free
Firmware: 01.00A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s
Performing above expectations (66th percentile)
43.1% Average
Read 72.1
Write 78.2
Mixed 69.4
55% 73.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.35
4K Write 1.07
4K Mixed 0.21
58% 0.54 MB/s
Poor: 20%
This bench: 43.1%
Great: 52%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair XMS3 DDR3 1333 C9 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz
Performing above expectations (78th percentile)
50.8% Above average
MC Read 17.6
MC Write 18.4
MC Mixed 15.9
49% 17.3 GB/s
SC Read 13.3
SC Write 18.4
SC Mixed 16.5
46% 16.1 GB/s
Latency 72.2
55% 72.2 ns
Poor: 27%
This bench: 50.8%
Great: 53%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical GA-Z87-HD3 Builds (Compare 1,778 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 8%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 66%
Battle cruiser
Workstation
Workstation 7%
Tree trunk

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z87-HD3

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 59% - Above average Total price: $157
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