Gigabyte GA-Z87-HD3

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 8%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 75%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 8%
Tree trunk
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 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics2.26% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot DriveThe boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
Run History
MotherboardGigabyte GA-Z87-HD3  (all builds)
Memory28.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit kleuren
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20140812
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJun 05 '21 at 20:00
Run Duration137 Seconds
Run User BEL-User
Background CPU 14%
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 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 i7-4770K-$120
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
84.1% Excellent
Memory 87.2
1-Core 123
2-Core 244
84% 151 Pts
4-Core 436
8-Core 658
68% 547 Pts
64-Core 661
41% 661 Pts
Poor: 60%
This bench: 84.1%
Great: 84%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-Ti-$59
CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 1852 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 466.63
Relative performance (0th percentile)
2.26% Terrible
Lighting 4.2
Reflection 0.2
Parallax 4.7
3% 3.03 fps
Poor: 27%
This bench: 2.26%
Great: 33%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
WDC WDS500G2B0A 500GB
236GB free
Firmware: X61190WD
SusWrite @10s intervals: 404 388 383 398 425 426 MB/s
Performing below expectations (29th percentile)
90% Outstanding
Read 471
Write 429
Mixed 275
SusWrite 404
89% 395 MB/s
4K Read 17.2
4K Write 43.6
4K Mixed 35.5
95% 32.1 MB/s
DQ Read 379
DQ Write 338
DQ Mixed 287
235% 335 MB/s
Poor: 72%
This bench: 90%
Great: 119%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 360GB
182GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 317 255 126 211 177 181 MB/s
Performing above expectations (78th percentile)
168% Outstanding
Read 375
Write 422
Mixed 59.3
SusWrite 211
192% 267 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 1
4K Mixed 16.7
1,916% 6.23 MB/s
Poor: 40%
This bench: 168%
Great: 246%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70
268GB free
Firmware: CC44
SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 118 117 120 121 121 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (95th percentile)
67% Good
Read 114
Write 114
Mixed 62.5
SusWrite 119
75% 103 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 1
174% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 34%
This bench: 67%
Great: 68%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 1600 C9 4x8GB
4 of 4 slots used
32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing above expectations (81st percentile)
60.7% Good
MC Read 21.6
MC Write 21.9
MC Mixed 18.8
59% 20.8 GB/s
SC Read 17.4
SC Write 22.8
SC Mixed 20.3
58% 20.2 GB/s
Latency 70.3
57% 70.3 ns
Poor: 39%
This bench: 60.7%
Great: 82%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical GA-Z87-HD3 Builds (Compare 1,779 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

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