Gigabyte GA-Z87-HD3

Performance Results


Gaming 23% Surfboard	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 85.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	20.2% 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	44.2% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z87-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	8.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20130516
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Oct 07 '19 at 15:32
Run Duration	190 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing above expectations (69^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 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	85.5% Excellent	Memory 94.6 1-Core 112 2-Core 224 82% 144 Pts	4-Core 446 8-Core 422 59% 434 Pts	64-Core 441 27% 441 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 85.5% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 660-$170 123,956 User benchmarks, average bench 20% Zotac(19DA 1281) 2GB CLim: 1202 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 436.30 Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	20.2% Poor	Lighting 23.4 Reflection 23.6 Parallax 31.2 19% 26.1 fps	MRender 32 Gravity 27.2 Splatting 24.6 22% 27.9 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 20.2% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 120GB 1,438 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 16GB free (System drive) Firmware: 8B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 29 24 28 30 28 30 MB/s Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	44.2% Average	Read 275 Write 35.3 Mixed 77.5 SusWrite 28 22% 104 MB/s	4K Read 30.5 4K Write 28.2 4K Mixed 16.5 82% 25.1 MB/s	DQ Read 282 DQ Write 38.7 DQ Mixed 44.4 62% 122 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 44.2% Great: 102%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 282GB free Firmware: 1D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 108 108 112 117 116 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	63.7% Good	Read 110 Write 106 Mixed 99.5 SusWrite 111 79% 107 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.9 200% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 63.7% Great: 76%
Samsung Spinpoint T166 500GB-$40 43,024 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 421GB free Firmware: 0-12 SusWrite @10s intervals: 66 68 73 71 72 71 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	40.6% Average	Read 71 Write 75.5 Mixed 47.8 SusWrite 70.3 49% 66.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.8 140% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 40.6% Great: 44%
Samsung Spinpoint T166 500GB-$40 43,024 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 383GB free Firmware: 0-12 SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 73 73 72 72 71 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	42.2% Average	Read 74.8 Write 71.8 Mixed 46 SusWrite 72.3 49% 66.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.6 110% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 42.2% Great: 44%
WD My Passport 2TB 10,723 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 1.5TB free, PID 0748 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 39 40 40 41 41 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	20.5% Poor	Read 36.5 Write 39.5 Mixed 24.5 SusWrite 39.5 48% 35 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.7 97% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 20.5% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 20,728 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	62.9% Good	MC Read 21.7 MC Write 22.8 MC Mixed 20.3 62% 21.6 GB/s	SC Read 16.7 SC Write 20.8 SC Mixed 19.8 55% 19.1 GB/s	Latency 58.1 69% 58.1 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 62.9% Great: 62%

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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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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 $279	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 $182	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) $30	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