Gigabyte GA-Z87-HD3

Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 75.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	24.2% 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	42.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z87-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	4.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130516
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 16 '20 at 16:45
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	IRL-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4440-$99 81,111 User benchmarks, average bench 61% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	75.5% Very good	Memory 89.9 1-Core 95.1 2-Core 189 73% 125 Pts	4-Core 352 8-Core 367 48% 360 Pts	64-Core 356 22% 356 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 75.5% Great: 70%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R7 260X-$120 38,521 User benchmarks, average bench 20% Gigabyte(1458 2274) 2GB CLim: 1188 MHz, MLim: 1625 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 20.2.2 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	24.2% Poor	Lighting 29.3 Reflection 33 Parallax 34.6 24% 32.3 fps	MRender 28.4 Gravity 27.3 Splatting 33.9 25% 29.9 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 24.2% Great: 22%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk PLUS 240GB 86,316 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 155GB free (System drive) Firmware: UF5000RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 194 14 51 130 84 103 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	42.6% Average	Read 426 Write 348 Mixed 202 SusWrite 96.1 60% 268 MB/s	4K Read 14 4K Write 15.1 4K Mixed 15 48% 14.7 MB/s	DQ Read 119 DQ Write 86.4 DQ Mixed 44.1 49% 83.2 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 42.6% Great: 56%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$28 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 173GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 SusWrite @10s intervals: 168 169 168 173 173 173 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	98.7% Outstanding	Read 174 Write 167 Mixed 37.5 SusWrite 171 99% 137 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.6 137% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 98.7% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 1x8GB 8,818 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	29.5% Poor	MC Read 9.4 MC Write 9.7 MC Mixed 8.4 26% 9.17 GB/s	SC Read 9 SC Write 9.8 SC Mixed 9.1 27% 9.3 GB/s	Latency 67.4 59% 67.4 ns
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 29.5% Great: 34%

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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	464x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	356x
Core i7-4770Intel $75Bench 70%, 176,321 samples	291x

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	170x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	157x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	102x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 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
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	32x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $490	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16