ECS Z87H3-A3X

Performance Results


Gaming 61% Destroyer	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 47% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	80.5% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	59.1% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

High background CPU (24%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	ECS Z87H3-A3X (all builds)
Memory	8.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130902
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	May 30 '19 at 18:15
Run Duration	150 Seconds
Run User	IDN-User
Background CPU	24%

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PC Performing as expected (51^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4440-$128 81,111 User benchmarks, average bench 61% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	73.7% Very good	Memory 89 1-Core 90.5 2-Core 179 70% 120 Pts	4-Core 340 8-Core 333 45% 337 Pts	64-Core 333 21% 333 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 73.7% Great: 70%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Nvidia(10DE 119D) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 430.86 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	80.5% Excellent	Lighting 99.8 Reflection 111 Parallax 93.9 81% 102 fps	MRender 95.7 Gravity 93.7 Splatting 98.7 79% 96 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 80.5% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force GS 128GB-$150 5,048 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 16GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.20 SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 97 93 91 84 86 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	59.1% Above average	Read 371 Write 135 Mixed 157 SusWrite 93 42% 189 MB/s	4K Read 25.5 4K Write 82.4 4K Mixed 22.7 111% 43.5 MB/s	DQ Read 110 DQ Write 132 DQ Mixed 123 92% 122 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 59.1% Great: 86%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 36GB free Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 344 218 161 153 149 148 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 428 Write 402 Mixed 340 SusWrite 195 76% 341 MB/s	4K Read 39.8 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 51.4 180% 64 MB/s	DQ Read 377 DQ Write 338 DQ Mixed 347 263% 354 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 106GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 136 133 134 134 135 135 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	81% Excellent	Read 148 Write 151 Mixed 77.7 SusWrite 135 94% 128 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.7 129% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 81% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair ValueSelect DDR3 1600 C11 2x8GB 4,966 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	56.2% Above average	MC Read 20.4 MC Write 22.2 MC Mixed 16 56% 19.5 GB/s	SC Read 15.4 SC Write 16.7 SC Mixed 17.3 47% 16.5 GB/s	Latency 68.4 58% 68.4 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 56.2% Great: 61%

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

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Gaming 20%

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Desktop 73%

Battleship

Workstation 17%

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Motherboard: ECS Z87H3-A3X

CPU
Core i5-4590Intel $188Bench 63%, 151,366 samples	3x

GPU
GTX 1050Nvidia $101Bench 26%, 269,381 samples	2x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	1x

SSD
S800 120GBRamstaBench 57%, 1,678 samples	1x

RAM
M378B5273CH0-CK0 Kingston 99U5584-005.A00LF 8GBSamsungBench 50%, 27 samples	1x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x4GBHyperX $35Bench 51%, 38,490 samples	1x
99U5584-005.A00LF Samsung M378B5273CH0-CK0 8GBKingstonBench 49%, 22 samples	1x

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Value: 67% - Good

Total price: $289

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $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