Gigabyte GA-Z87X-HD3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (91st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 9 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 92%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	65.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (23%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z87X-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	5.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1024 x 768 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131004
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 07 '19 at 00:21
Run Duration	127 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	23%

PC Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4670K-$62 128,482 User benchmarks, average bench 68% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92% Outstanding	Memory 96.8 1-Core 126 2-Core 250 89% 158 Pts	4-Core 504 8-Core 508 68% 506 Pts	64-Core 493 30% 493 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 92% Great: 79%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 120GB-$109 51,792 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 33GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXT08B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 91 79 69 63 70 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	65.9% Good	Read 459 Write 132 Mixed 128 SusWrite 82.1 44% 200 MB/s	4K Read 22.3 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 17.1 112% 48.8 MB/s	DQ Read 325 DQ Write 125 DQ Mixed 48.5 82% 166 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 65.9% Great: 73%
Samsung HM500JI 500GB-$100 8,795 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 466GB free Firmware: 2AC101C4 SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 84 85 85 85 85 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	48.2% Average	Read 84 Write 48.1 Mixed 53.1 SusWrite 83.9 50% 67.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.5 110% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 48.2% Great: 47%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C11 2x4GB 171 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	75.7% Very good	MC Read 28.2 MC Write 28.9 MC Mixed 23.7 77% 26.9 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 23.2 SC Mixed 18.8 55% 19.3 GB/s	Latency 51.2 78% 51.2 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 75.7% Great: 61%

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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 44%

Speed boat

Desktop 80%

Battleship

Workstation 37%

Jet ski

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z87X-HD3

CPU
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	31x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	15x
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	14x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	9x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	9x
GTX 760Nvidia $209Bench 26%, 161,132 samples	7x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	7x
870 QVO 2TBSamsung $149Bench 102%, 41,734 samples	5x
860 QVO 1TBSamsung $109Bench 89%, 201,200 samples	5x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 50%, 19,207 samples	6x
DDR3 1866 2x8GBUnknownBench 55%, 1,300 samples	6x
DDR3 1866 2x4GBUnknownBench 51%, 1,483 samples	5x

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Value: 78% - Very good

Total price: $346

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $275	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