Gigabyte GA-Z87N-WIFI

Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With 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 82.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	17.4% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	62.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	16GB 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 Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z87N-WIFI (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140126
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 04 '18 at 20:23
Run Duration	130 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770-$75 176,321 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	82.5% Excellent	Memory 92.8 1-Core 108 2-Core 214 80% 138 Pts	4-Core 390 8-Core 574 60% 482 Pts	64-Core 581 36% 581 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 82.5% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 650 Ti Boost-$140 15,701 User benchmarks, average bench 17% EVGA(3842 3657) 2GB CLim: 1202 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 398.82 Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	17.4% Very poor	Lighting 20.1 Reflection 18.5 Parallax 24.7 16% 21.1 fps	MRender 26.8 Gravity 23.5 Splatting 21.9 19% 24 fps
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 17.4% Great: 18%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 830 128GB-$109 37,250 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 61GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXM03B1Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 196 204 220 206 217 218 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	62.7% Good	Read 438 Write 229 Mixed 220 SusWrite 210 61% 274 MB/s	4K Read 19.5 4K Write 50.2 4K Mixed 19.4 81% 29.7 MB/s	DQ Read 282 DQ Write 73 DQ Mixed 119 103% 158 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 62.7% Great: 76%
Crucial MX500 2TB-$132 44,787 User benchmarks, average bench 108% 858GB free Firmware: M3CR020 SusWrite @10s intervals: 423 426 423 417 417 416 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	99.5% Outstanding	Read 453 Write 422 Mixed 384 SusWrite 420 95% 420 MB/s	4K Read 27.6 4K Write 66.3 4K Mixed 40.2 128% 44.7 MB/s	DQ Read 374 DQ Write 320 DQ Mixed 294 234% 329 MB/s
Poor: 83% ↑ This bench: 99.5% Great: 125%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 43,127 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	59.7% Above average	MC Read 21.4 MC Write 21.9 MC Mixed 18.2 59% 20.5 GB/s	SC Read 15 SC Write 20.7 SC Mixed 19 52% 18.2 GB/s	Latency 62.4 64% 62.4 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 59.7% Great: 63%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Desktop 68%

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Workstation 8%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z87N-WIFI - $99

CPU
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	47x
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	37x
Core i7-4770Intel $75Bench 70%, 176,321 samples	14x

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	17x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	13x
GTX 770Nvidia $279Bench 34%, 116,895 samples	8x

SSD
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $95Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	12x
840 Evo 120GBSamsung $85Bench 91%, 104,444 samples	5x
860 Evo 250GBSamsung $52Bench 104%, 296,814 samples	5x

RAM
RipjawsX DDR3 1866 C9 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 54%, 8,026 samples	10x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	6x
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	6x

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Value: 57% - Above average

Total price: $329

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $131	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16