Gigabyte GA-Z87-HD3

Performance Results


Gaming 28% Raft	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 22% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 85.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	30.6% 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	61.1% 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.

Very high background CPU (73%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z87-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140812
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 26 '18 at 01:29
Run Duration	166 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	73%

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PC Performing above expectations (67^th 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 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	85.4% Excellent	Memory 89.8 1-Core 118 2-Core 234 83% 148 Pts	4-Core 468 8-Core 467 62% 467 Pts	64-Core 465 29% 465 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 85.4% Great: 79%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 1050-Ti-$59 946,701 User benchmarks, average bench 29% EVGA(3842 6251) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	30.6% Below average	Lighting 38.2 Reflection 30.1 Parallax 36.6 31% 35 fps	MRender 37.9 Gravity 37 Splatting 34.5 30% 36.4 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 30.6% Great: 33%
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4963 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel SSD Pro 1500 Series 180GB-$209 7,834 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 92GB free (System drive) Firmware: LH6i SusWrite @10s intervals: 160 135 151 155 174 172 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	61.1% Good	Read 287 Write 168 Mixed 198 SusWrite 158 45% 203 MB/s	4K Read 20.8 4K Write 62.5 4K Mixed 25.3 97% 36.2 MB/s	DQ Read 261 DQ Write 200 DQ Mixed 129 124% 197 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 61.1% Great: 82%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 655GB free Firmware: 1A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 156 158 163 164 164 163 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	97.5% Outstanding	Read 178 Write 164 Mixed 93 SusWrite 161 109% 149 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.2 238% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 97.5% Great: 108%
Samsung HD103SJ 160GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 149GB free Firmware: 3A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 99 103 103 104 100 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples		Read 103 Write 104 Mixed 62.3 SusWrite 100 68% 92.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 168% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 30% Great: 37%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 931GB free Firmware: 0002 SusWrite @10s intervals: 141 139 140 139 139 138 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	78.2% Very good	Read 133 Write 43.2 Mixed 71.5 SusWrite 139 71% 96.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 3.3 4K Mixed 1 210% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 78.2% Great: 75%
WD My Book 1140 3TB 6,710 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 3TB free, PID 1140 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 122 124 125 125 124 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	50.1% Above average	Read 128 Write 126 Mixed 74 SusWrite 123 151% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 77% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 50.1% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 19,207 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	29% Poor	MC Read 9.2 MC Write 9.6 MC Mixed 8.3 26% 9.03 GB/s	SC Read 8.3 SC Write 9.4 SC Mixed 8.4 25% 8.7 GB/s	Latency 67.4 59% 67.4 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 29% Great: 62%

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Workstation 7%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z87-HD3

CPU
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	462x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	354x
Core i7-4770Intel $75Bench 70%, 176,321 samples	290x

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	167x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	154x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	102x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 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: 59% - Above average

Total price: $157

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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