Gigabyte GA-Z87-HD3

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 11%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 73%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 10%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall 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.
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.
Graphics8.33% 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 Drive61.3% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.
Run History
MotherboardGigabyte GA-Z87-HD3  (all builds)
Memory10.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 7
BIOS Date20130803
Uptime0.6 Days
Run DateMay 10 '16 at 23:09
Run Duration162 Seconds
Run User GBR-User
Background CPU7%

 PC Performing above expectations (62nd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-4770-$75
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
77.8% Very good
Memory 83.9
1-Core 110
2-Core 212
77% 135 Pts
4-Core 387
8-Core 564
59% 475 Pts
64-Core 574
36% 574 Pts
Poor: 58%
This bench: 77.8%
Great: 78%
Graphics Cards Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD R7 250
XFX(1682 7250) 2GB
Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 16.150.2401.1002
Performing above expectations (66th percentile)
8.33% Terrible
Lighting 10.3
Reflection 10.8
Parallax 13.5
8% 11.5 fps
MRender 8.71
Gravity 10.5
Splatting 10.5
8% 9.91 fps
Poor: 7%
This bench: 8.33%
Great: 9%
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15
Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB
Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 10.18.14.4264
Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35
60GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 520ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing as expected (41st percentile)
61.3% Good
Read 436
Write 243
Mixed 273
70% 317 MB/s
4K Read 18.9
4K Write 35
4K Mixed 15.3
67% 23.1 MB/s
DQ Read 232
DQ Write 173
DQ Mixed 64.8
86% 157 MB/s
Poor: 41%
This bench: 61.3%
Great: 85%
WD WD5000AVDS-63U7B1 500GB
160GB free
Firmware: 01.00A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s
Performing as expected (50th percentile)
38.5% Below average
Read 68.6
Write 66.1
Mixed 14.8
36% 49.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.05
4K Write 0.19
4K Mixed 0.05
10% 0.09 MB/s
Poor: 20%
This bench: 38.5%
Great: 52%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair XMS3 DDR3 1333 C9 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz
Performing as expected (55th percentile)
48.7% Average
MC Read 17
MC Write 17.5
MC Mixed 15.1
47% 16.5 GB/s
SC Read 12.8
SC Write 17.8
SC Mixed 15.6
44% 15.4 GB/s
Latency 73.6
54% 73.6 ns
Poor: 27%
This bench: 48.7%
Great: 53%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical GA-Z87-HD3 Builds (Compare 1,780 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: $157
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