Gigabyte GA-Z87-HD3

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 14%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 70%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 13%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing below expectations (27th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 73 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
ProcessorWith a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 68.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics13.8% 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 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.
Memory32GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 8 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.
Very high background CPU (55%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
Run History
MotherboardGigabyte GA-Z87-HD3  (all builds)
Memory26.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 8
BIOS Date20140812
Uptime0.2 Days
Run DateApr 29 '17 at 21:46
Run Duration124 Seconds
Run User ITA-User
Background CPU 55%
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 PC Performing below expectations (27th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg)
Performing way below expectations (19th percentile)
68.2% Good
Memory 77.3
1-Core 95.1
2-Core 187
68% 120 Pts
4-Core 319
8-Core 564
53% 441 Pts
64-Core 570
35% 570 Pts
Poor: 60%
This bench: 68.2%
Great: 84%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-Ti-$59
CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 381.65
Relative performance (0th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
13.8% Very poor
Lighting 16
Reflection 14.3
Parallax 14.2
13% 14.8 fps
MRender 18.2
Gravity 21.2
Splatting 17.5
15% 19 fps
Poor: 27%
This bench: 13.8%
Great: 33%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Corsair Force GS 128GB-$150
119GB free
Firmware: 5.07 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing below expectations (38th percentile)
72.3% Very good
Read 505
Write 213
Mixed 261
72% 326 MB/s
4K Read 22
4K Write 93.1
4K Mixed 16.8
104% 44 MB/s
DQ Read 202
DQ Write 191
DQ Mixed 45.8
76% 146 MB/s
Poor: 58%
This bench: 72.3%
Great: 86%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49
1.5TB free (System drive)
Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing as expected (40th percentile)
60% Above average
Read 112
Write 97.2
Mixed 98.3
77% 102 MB/s
4K Read 0.72
4K Write 1.97
4K Mixed 0.28
98% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 40%
This bench: 60%
Great: 84%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 4x8GB
4 of 4 slots used
32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz
Performing way below expectations (10th percentile)
46.4% Average
MC Read 16.8
MC Write 17.8
MC Mixed 15.2
47% 16.6 GB/s
SC Read 8.4
SC Write 13.4
SC Mixed 12.6
33% 11.5 GB/s
Latency 85.6
47% 85.6 ns
Poor: 45%
This bench: 46.4%
Great: 119%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical GA-Z87-HD3 Builds (Compare 1,779 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: 61% - Good Total price: $222
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