Gigabyte GA-Z87-HD3

Performance Results


Gaming 58% Gunboat	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 46% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	79.5% 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	48.1% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). 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	8.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1024 x 768 - 32 Bit Farben, 3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130803
Uptime	12.6 Days
Run Date	Nov 28 '19 at 07:26
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing as expected (46^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, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	72.2% Very good	Memory 89.4 1-Core 101 2-Core 204 76% 131 Pts	4-Core 307 8-Core 386 44% 347 Pts	64-Core 384 24% 384 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 72.2% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4995) CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 441.41 Performing below potential (61^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	79.5% Very good	Lighting 102 Reflection 108 Parallax 96.2 83% 102 fps	MRender 89.7 Gravity 94.1 Splatting 83.2 72% 89 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 79.5% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 830 128GB-$109 37,250 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 21GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXM03B1Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 157 152 131 124 129 134 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	48.1% Average	Read 317 Write 142 Mixed 172 SusWrite 138 43% 192 MB/s	4K Read 12.9 4K Write 38.6 4K Mixed 18.2 63% 23.2 MB/s	DQ Read 277 DQ Write 56.8 DQ Mixed 104 92% 146 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 48.1% Great: 76%
SanDisk SSD Plus 480GB-$40 16,752 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 107GB free Firmware: Z32080RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 195 102 102 102 90 102 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	51.1% Above average	Read 360 Write 317 Mixed 273 SusWrite 116 60% 266 MB/s	4K Read 16.7 4K Write 50.6 4K Mixed 11.7 67% 26.3 MB/s	DQ Read 170 DQ Write 283 DQ Mixed 28.4 77% 160 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 51.1% Great: 76%
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C 1TB-$40 97,793 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 890GB free Firmware: JP4OA3MA SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 112 112 115 115 117 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	68.9% Good	Read 126 Write 133 Mixed 66 SusWrite 114 80% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.8 142% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 68.9% Great: 74%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 452GB free Firmware: CC27 SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 125 123 126 128 127 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	77.7% Very good	Read 146 Write 85 Mixed 75.5 SusWrite 125 79% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.6 127% 1 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 77.7% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 1,685 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (28^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	48.2% Average	MC Read 16.4 MC Write 17.2 MC Mixed 15.4 47% 16.3 GB/s	SC Read 12.8 SC Write 16.7 SC Mixed 14.3 42% 14.6 GB/s	Latency 68.1 59% 68.1 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 48.2% Great: 87%

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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 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 $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