Gigabyte GA-Z87-HD3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 80% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 62% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 82.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	102% 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.
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.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z87-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	3.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130803
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 23 '19 at 21:09
Run Duration	155 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing as expected (52^nd 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 (98^th percentile)	82.5% Excellent	Memory 89.1 1-Core 126 2-Core 248 86% 154 Pts	4-Core 434 8-Core 460 59% 447 Pts	64-Core 458 28% 458 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 82.5% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% MSI(1462 3731) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 431.36 Performing below potential (43^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	102% Outstanding	Lighting 127 Reflection 118 Parallax 119 103% 121 fps	MRender 168 Gravity 122 Splatting 94.1 101% 128 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 48GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 5,841 Write 4,397 Mixed 4719 1,108% 4,986 MB/s	4K Read 580 4K Write 319 4K Mixed 408 1,570% 436 MB/s	DQ Read 1,826 DQ Write 1,527 DQ Mixed 1628 1,233% 1,660 MB/s
Poor: 80% Great: 134%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 340GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 128 127 126 126 126 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	76.2% Very good	Read 140 Write 129 Mixed 84.2 SusWrite 126 88% 120 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.2 231% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 76.2% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2133 C9 2x4GB 119 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (33^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	48.5% Average	MC Read 17 MC Write 17.4 MC Mixed 14.8 47% 16.4 GB/s	SC Read 13.6 SC Write 17 SC Mixed 14.4 43% 15 GB/s	Latency 68.3 58% 68.3 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 48.5% Great: 77%

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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 $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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