Gigabyte GA-H87-HD3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 9%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 70%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 8%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall 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.
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 77.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics7.2% 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.
Memory8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
MotherboardGigabyte GA-H87-HD3  (all builds)
Memory5.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20130417
Uptime0.3 Days
Run DateMar 18 '18 at 05:56
Run Duration458 Seconds
Run User TWN-User
Background CPU3%

 PC Performing above expectations (61st percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Xeon E3-1230 v3-$217
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (88th percentile)
77.8% Very good
Memory 90.2
1-Core 104
2-Core 203
77% 132 Pts
4-Core 354
8-Core 547
56% 451 Pts
64-Core 529
33% 529 Pts
Poor: 62%
This bench: 77.8%
Great: 80%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 730
Gigabyte(1458 3693) 2GB
CLim: 901 MHz, MLim: 1252 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 391.1
Performing way above expectations (93rd percentile)
7.2% Terrible
Lighting 9.07
Reflection 7.88
Parallax 9.34
7% 8.77 fps
MRender 11.1
Gravity 7.33
Splatting 7.22
7% 8.56 fps
Poor: 3%
This bench: 7.2%
Great: 7%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
WD Purple 4TB (2014)-$71
3TB free
Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (0th percentile)
3.4% Terrible
Read 9.14
Write 2.75
Mixed 3
4% 4.96 MB/s
4K Read 0.01
4K Write 0.01
4K Mixed 0.008
2% 0.01 MB/s
Poor: 39%
This bench: 3.4%
Great: 100%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30
401GB free
Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing above expectations (71st percentile)
93.9% Outstanding
Read 159
Write 168
Mixed 166
124% 164 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 2.53
4K Mixed 0.35
124% 1.26 MB/s
Poor: 52%
This bench: 93.9%
Great: 109%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24
213GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 15.01H15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing below expectations (37th percentile)
49.1% Average
Read 85.2
Write 85.9
Mixed 90.4
66% 87.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.64
4K Write 1.37
4K Mixed 0.31
87% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 24%
This bench: 49.1%
Great: 69%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Transcend JM1600KLH-4G 2x4GB
2 of 4 slots used
8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing above expectations (77th percentile)
56.2% Above average
MC Read 20.8
MC Write 20.5
MC Mixed 16.9
55% 19.4 GB/s
SC Read 14.6
SC Write 18.8
SC Mixed 17.1
48% 16.8 GB/s
Latency 67
60% 67 ns
Poor: 28%
This bench: 56.2%
Great: 59%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical GA-H87-HD3 Builds (Compare 849 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 7%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 60%
Destroyer
Workstation
Workstation 7%
Tree trunk

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H87-HD3

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 68% - Good Total price: $105
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