Gigabyte GA-Z87-HD3

Performance Results


Gaming 75% Battleship	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 63% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 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 71.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	104% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	71.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

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Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z87-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	20.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140812
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	May 16 '19 at 03:33
Run Duration	197 Seconds
Run User	ISR-User
Background CPU	30%

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PC Performing as expected (43^rd 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 as expected (59^th percentile)	71.6% Very good	Memory 80.3 1-Core 106 2-Core 215 75% 134 Pts	4-Core 339 8-Core 527 54% 433 Pts	64-Core 547 34% 547 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 71.6% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3717) CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.35 Performing below potential (71^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	104% Outstanding	Lighting 136 Reflection 144 Parallax 134 111% 138 fps	MRender 108 Gravity 130 Splatting 106 94% 115 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 530 Series 120GB-$79 15,015 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 13GB free (System drive) Firmware: DC22 SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 119 119 119 94 87 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	71.3% Very good	Read 388 Write 144 Mixed 181 SusWrite 109 45% 206 MB/s	4K Read 29.4 4K Write 86.3 4K Mixed 36.6 137% 50.8 MB/s	DQ Read 176 DQ Write 139 DQ Mixed 120 100% 145 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 71.3% Great: 79%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 14GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 483 Write 470 Mixed 403 101% 452 MB/s	4K Read 44.2 4K Write 91.6 4K Mixed 53.7 184% 63.2 MB/s	DQ Read 374 DQ Write 338 DQ Mixed 351 265% 354 MB/s
Poor: 80% Great: 134%
WD Red 2TB (2012)-$82 64,359 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 9GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 66 66 67 67 65 66 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	42% Average	Read 79.7 Write 71 Mixed 60.3 SusWrite 66.3 51% 69.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 168% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 42% Great: 86%
WD Red 4TB (2013)-$110 55,507 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 30GB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 106 106 106 107 107 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	56.4% Above average	Read 90 Write 81.3 Mixed 63.5 SusWrite 106 63% 85.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1 199% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 56.4% Great: 100%
Generic STORAGE DEVICE 64GB 737 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 18GB free, PID 4000 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 86 84 45 59 85 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 87.5 Write 50 SusWrite 74 86% 70.5 MB/s	4K Read 9.9 4K Write 4.7 4K Mixed 6.2 408% 6.93 MB/s
Poor: 11% Great: 47%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-1600C9-8GXM 0420 F3-1600C11-8GNT 0420 F3-1600C9-8GXM Kingston 99U5471-036.A00LF 32GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	54.5% Above average	MC Read 19.1 MC Write 21.1 MC Mixed 17.4 55% 19.2 GB/s	SC Read 13.1 SC Write 17.8 SC Mixed 16.1 45% 15.7 GB/s	Latency 79.9 50% 79.9 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 54.5% Great: 59%

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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	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 $300	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 $45	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