Gigabyte GA-Z87-HD3

Performance Results


Gaming 12% Tree trunk	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 80.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	6.89% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	95.3% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z87-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130803
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 23 '21 at 15:06
Run Duration	172 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4670-$52 49,019 User benchmarks, average bench 66% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	80.3% Excellent	Memory 88.6 1-Core 107 2-Core 209 77% 135 Pts	4-Core 415 8-Core 423 56% 419 Pts	64-Core 414 26% 414 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 80.3% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 640 34,519 User benchmarks, average bench 6% Gigabyte(1458 353E) 2GB CLim: 941 MHz, MLim: 450 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	6.89% Terrible	Lighting 8 Reflection 8.2 Parallax 9.6 6% 8.6 fps	MRender 8.6 Gravity 10.5 Splatting 8.9 8% 9.33 fps
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 6.89% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$52 296,814 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 134GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 345 339 330 334 328 324 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	95.3% Outstanding	Read 453 Write 423 Mixed 397 SusWrite 333 90% 402 MB/s	4K Read 36.3 4K Write 50.9 4K Mixed 41.7 135% 43 MB/s	DQ Read 336 DQ Write 314 DQ Mixed 315 239% 322 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 95.3% Great: 128%
Samsung HM321HI 320GB-$90 12,451 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 146GB free Firmware: 2AJ10002 SusWrite @10s intervals: 62 91 91 91 91 91 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	48.5% Average	Read 82.7 Write 17.2 Mixed 35.7 SusWrite 86.2 41% 55.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 126% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 48.5% Great: 50%
WD Red 6TB (2014)-$105 11,340 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 4TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 146 154 151 154 152 155 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	90.3% Outstanding	Read 163 Write 150 Mixed 79.1 SusWrite 152 99% 136 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 197% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 90.3% Great: 99%
Patriot Memory 8GB 171 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 2GB free, PID 5200 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 4.6 5.3 5.7 5.7 5.7 5.7 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	14.4% Very poor	Read 73.3 Write 13.9 Mixed 2.7 SusWrite 5.4 21% 23.8 MB/s	4K Read 8.3 4K Write 0.2 4K Mixed 0 38% 2.83 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 14.4% Great: 19%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 22,320 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	60.5% Good	MC Read 22 MC Write 22.9 MC Mixed 18.1 60% 21 GB/s	SC Read 16.5 SC Write 20.3 SC Mixed 18.5 53% 18.4 GB/s	Latency 68.9 58% 68.9 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 60.5% Great: 63%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	9	7	60	22.6"	1280 720	VSC2920 VA2216w-2

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Gaming 8%

Tree trunk

Desktop 66%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 7%

Tree trunk

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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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