Gigabyte GA-Z87-HD3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 31% Sail boat	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 24% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With 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 75.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	40.8% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The 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.
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 (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z87-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140812
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 17 '18 at 23:43
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4670K-$62 128,482 User benchmarks, average bench 68% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	75.8% Very good	Memory 80.9 1-Core 106 2-Core 208 74% 132 Pts	4-Core 408 8-Core 411 55% 410 Pts	64-Core 408 25% 408 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 75.8% Great: 79%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
AMD R9 280X-$500 94,130 User benchmarks, average bench 35% PwrHis(1787 3001) 3GB CLim: 1110 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 17.7 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	40.8% Average	Lighting 53.4 Reflection 35.7 Parallax 66.3 44% 51.8 fps	MRender 33 Gravity 51.9 Splatting 44 36% 43 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 40.8% Great: 39%
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4835 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 60GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 87 87 86 87 86 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	50.9% Above average	Read 90.2 Write 95.7 Mixed 68.8 SusWrite 86.8 63% 85.4 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1 195% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 50.9% Great: 109%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 315GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 135 134 133 130 134 134 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	84.2% Excellent	Read 160 Write 129 Mixed 84.8 SusWrite 133 93% 127 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1.2 234% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 84.2% Great: 109%
Samsung HD250HJ 250GB 11,393 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 153GB free (System drive) Firmware: FH100-05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 71 75 72 72 73 75 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	49.7% Average	Read 100 Write 93.8 Mixed 53.3 SusWrite 73 59% 80 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.9 149% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 49.7% Great: 56%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320GB-$80 31,610 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 244GB free Firmware: 3.ADG SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 79 78 78 80 81 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	44.5% Average	Read 76 Write 79 Mixed 47.7 SusWrite 79 52% 70.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.9 155% 1 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 44.5% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 0215 CMY8GX3M2A1600C9 0215 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 0215 CMY8GX3M2A1600C9 16GB 136 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (19^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	47.6% Average	MC Read 16.2 MC Write 18.1 MC Mixed 15.6 48% 16.6 GB/s	SC Read 10.5 SC Write 15.3 SC Mixed 13.8 38% 13.2 GB/s	Latency 78.8 51% 78.8 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 47.6% Great: 65%

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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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Gaming 8%

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Desktop 66%

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Workstation 7%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z87-HD3

CPU
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	464x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	356x
Core i7-4770Intel $75Bench 70%, 176,321 samples	291x

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	170x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	155x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	102x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	67x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	54x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	48x

RAM
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	51x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 50%, 19,207 samples	42x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	32x

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Value: 60% - Good

Total price: $153

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16