Gigabyte GA-Z87-HD3

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 89%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 82%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 76%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing below expectations (31st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 69 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 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 79%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics117% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive75.1% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Very high background CPU (33%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardGigabyte GA-Z87-HD3  (all builds)
Memory11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20140812
Uptime0 Days
Run DateMay 15 '17 at 04:50
Run Duration148 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 33%

 PC Performing below expectations (31st 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 4.2 GHz (avg)
Performing as expected (45th percentile)
79% Very good
Memory 76.6
1-Core 124
2-Core 243
81% 148 Pts
4-Core 438
8-Core 652
68% 545 Pts
64-Core 653
40% 653 Pts
Poor: 67%
This bench: 79%
Great: 87%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 382.5
Performing below potential (22nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide
117% Outstanding
Lighting 154
Reflection 194
Parallax 175
126% 174 fps
MRender 127
Gravity 172
Splatting 123
114% 141 fps
Poor: 109%
This bench: 117%
Great: 133%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95
67GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (13th percentile)
75.1% Very good
Read 492
Write 336
Mixed 341
86% 390 MB/s
4K Read 37.9
4K Write 53.6
4K Mixed 19.7
111% 37.1 MB/s
DQ Read 41.8
DQ Write 66.2
DQ Mixed 51.1
40% 53 MB/s
Poor: 64%
This bench: 75.1%
Great: 118%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28
665GB free
Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing above expectations (62nd percentile)
96.6% Outstanding
Read 172
Write 165
Mixed 155
123% 164 MB/s
4K Read 0.82
4K Write 1.86
4K Mixed 0.25
96% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 55%
This bench: 96.6%
Great: 112%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29
456GB free
Firmware: 12.01C02 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s
Performing below expectations (37th percentile)
42% Average
Read 74.1
Write 71.8
Mixed 76.3
56% 74.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.69
4K Write 2.33
4K Mixed 0.4
116% 1.14 MB/s
Poor: 28%
This bench: 42%
Great: 69%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing below potential (4th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
29.6% Poor
MC Read 9.7
MC Write 10.2
MC Mixed 8.7
27% 9.53 GB/s
SC Read 9.4
SC Write 10.4
SC Mixed 9.6
28% 9.8 GB/s
Latency 87
46% 87 ns
Poor: 31%
This bench: 29.6%
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 1,786 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: $156
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