Gigabyte GA-Z87X-SLI

Performance Results


Gaming 53% Yacht	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 44% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 80.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	63% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	43.9% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z87X-SLI (all builds)
Memory	13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131008
Uptime	2.5 Days
Run Date	Nov 26 '19 at 08:55
Run Duration	137 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	80.2% Excellent	Memory 92.5 1-Core 108 2-Core 217 80% 139 Pts	4-Core 371 8-Core 510 56% 441 Pts	64-Core 550 34% 550 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 80.2% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Asus(1043 8506) CLim: 1443 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 441.20 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	63% Good	Lighting 81 Reflection 81.2 Parallax 78.6 66% 80.2 fps	MRender 79.2 Gravity 70.7 Splatting 63.3 57% 71.1 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 63% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 72GB free (System drive) Firmware: 506ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 86 85 88 86 87 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	43.9% Average	Read 101 Write 102 Mixed 119 SusWrite 87.2 23% 102 MB/s	4K Read 16.6 4K Write 95.8 4K Mixed 18.5 100% 43.6 MB/s	DQ Read 125 DQ Write 105 DQ Mixed 71.9 66% 101 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 43.9% Great: 73%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$86 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2.5TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 62 63 61 65 62 63 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	62.1% Good	Read 154 Write 67 Mixed 78.7 SusWrite 62.8 67% 90.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.5 93% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 62.1% Great: 88%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 1TB-$100 65,786 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 931GB free Firmware: 1AA01113 SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 110 113 109 110 113 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	64.7% Good	Read 114 Write 57.5 Mixed 64.2 SusWrite 111 64% 86.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1.1 204% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 64.7% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 1,965 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	59.3% Above average	MC Read 21.2 MC Write 21.9 MC Mixed 18.4 59% 20.5 GB/s	SC Read 14.6 SC Write 20.2 SC Mixed 18 50% 17.6 GB/s	Latency 63.2 63% 63.2 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 59.3% Great: 63%

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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 41%

Speed boat

Desktop 80%

Battleship

Workstation 35%

Sail boat

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z87X-SLI

CPU
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	26x
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	17x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	8x

GPU
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	7x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	7x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	6x

SSD
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $95Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	8x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	4x
LCS-128M6S 128GBLiteonitBench 76%, 1,777 samples	4x

RAM
HMT41GU7AFR8A-PB 2x8GBHynixBench 55%, 367 samples	5x
Ballistix Sport DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCrucialBench 56%, 44,086 samples	3x
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2133 C11 4x4GBCorsairBench 62%, 641 samples	3x

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Value: 71% - Very good

Total price: $345

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16