Gigabyte GA-Z87-HD3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 73%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 89%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 61%
Destroyer
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 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 90.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics82.8% 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 DriveThe 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.
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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Run History
7 years ago, 6 years ago.
MotherboardGigabyte GA-Z87-HD3  (all builds)
Memory12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20140812
Uptime0 Days
Run DateApr 21 '17 at 19:46
Run Duration108 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU9%

 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 i7-4790K-$348
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
90.7% Outstanding
Memory 94.3
1-Core 132
2-Core 262
91% 163 Pts
4-Core 469
8-Core 687
72% 578 Pts
64-Core 689
43% 689 Pts
Poor: 67%
This bench: 90.7%
Great: 87%
Graphics Cards Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15
Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB
Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4531
Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 372.70
Performing below potential (79th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
82.8% Excellent
Lighting 103
Reflection 114
Parallax 107
84% 108 fps
MRender 99
Gravity 96.1
Splatting 101
81% 98.6 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 82.8%
Great: 88%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30
749GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 15.01H15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing as expected (57th percentile)
87.5% Excellent
Read 170
Write 134
Mixed 150
114% 152 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 2.36
4K Mixed 0.27
107% 1.14 MB/s
Poor: 52%
This bench: 87.5%
Great: 109%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL Ripjaws DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB
4 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing way above expectations (90th percentile)
60.7% Good
MC Read 21.1
MC Write 21.9
MC Mixed 18.4
58% 20.5 GB/s
SC Read 17
SC Write 22.3
SC Mixed 20.3
57% 19.9 GB/s
Latency 59.1
68% 59.1 ns
Poor: 39%
This bench: 60.7%
Great: 63%

 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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