Gigabyte GA-Z87-HD3

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 22%
Surfboard
Desktop
Desktop 80%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 18%
Surfboard
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 76.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics21.7% 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 Drive72.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
MotherboardGigabyte GA-Z87-HD3  (all builds)
Memory9.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20140812
Uptime0.2 Days
Run DateJan 19 '20 at 15:31
Run Duration140 Seconds
Run User ALB-User
Background CPU4%

 PC Performing above expectations (76th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-4460-$194
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
76.5% Very good
Memory 90.4
1-Core 90.5
2-Core 170
70% 117 Pts
4-Core 362
8-Core 368
49% 365 Pts
64-Core 365
23% 365 Pts
Poor: 46%
This bench: 76.5%
Great: 72%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 660-$170
Gigabyte(1458 354E) 2GB
CLim: 1254 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 441.87
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
21.7% Poor
Lighting 25.5
Reflection 24.2
Parallax 31.6
21% 27.1 fps
MRender 33.3
Gravity 29.7
Splatting 25.2
24% 29.4 fps
Poor: 18%
This bench: 21.7%
Great: 21%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Corsair Force GT 120GB-$155
53GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.3.3
SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 118 117 113 124 113 MB/s
Performing as expected (59th percentile)
72.7% Very good
Read 384
Write 133
Mixed 196
SusWrite 117
46% 208 MB/s
4K Read 28.4
4K Write 94.1
4K Mixed 36.6
140% 53 MB/s
DQ Read 189
DQ Write 138
DQ Mixed 154
118% 160 MB/s
Poor: 51%
This bench: 72.7%
Great: 83%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70
482GB free
Firmware: 51.0AB51
SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 84 85 90 93 93 MB/s
Performing as expected (59th percentile)
54.5% Above average
Read 101
Write 89.5
Mixed 67.2
SusWrite 88.9
64% 86.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.7
134% 1 MB/s
Poor: 31%
This bench: 54.5%
Great: 67%
Seagate ST3320820AS 320GB-$55
148GB free
Firmware: 3.AAE
SusWrite @10s intervals: 65 65 66 66 66 66 MB/s
Performing above expectations (64th percentile)
37.5% Below average
Read 65
Write 34.7
Mixed 40.5
SusWrite 65.6
38% 51.4 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 0.8
138% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 14%
This bench: 37.5%
Great: 44%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston ACR16D3LU1KFG/4G Samsung M378B5173QH0-CK0 Samsung M378B5173EB0-CK0 Samsung M378B5173QH0-CK0 16GB
1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz
4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB
Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples
59.4% Above average
MC Read 21.4
MC Write 22.6
MC Mixed 18
59% 20.7 GB/s
SC Read 15.4
SC Write 17.6
SC Mixed 19.3
50% 17.4 GB/s
Latency 66.7
60% 66.7 ns
Poor: 59%
This bench: 59.4%
Great: 60%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Typical GA-Z87-HD3 Builds (Compare 1,778 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 8%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 66%
Battle cruiser
Workstation
Workstation 7%
Tree trunk

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z87-HD3

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 61% - Good Total price: $222
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