Gigabyte GA-Z87X-HD3

Performance Results


Gaming 103% UFO	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 78% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 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 75.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	138% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	104% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z87X-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	7.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140825
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Nov 23 '21 at 23:53
Run Duration	209 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4570-$99 129,272 User benchmarks, average bench 62% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	75.3% Very good	Memory 93.6 1-Core 89.5 2-Core 177 72% 120 Pts	4-Core 330 8-Core 343 45% 336 Pts	64-Core 334 21% 334 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 75.3% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3090-$1,148 158,856 User benchmarks, average bench 210% Gigabyte(1458 4041) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 5578 MHz, Ram: 24GB, Driver: 496.13 Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	138% Outstanding	Lighting 192 Reflection 164 Parallax 194 157% 184 fps	MRender 260 Gravity 145 Splatting 104 131% 170 fps
Poor: 185% ↑ This bench: 138% Great: 230%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 47GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 356 287 133 134 132 130 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 456 Write 422 Mixed 342 SusWrite 195 79% 354 MB/s	4K Read 38.7 4K Write 97.8 4K Mixed 56.8 183% 64.4 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 360 271% 362 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 134%
Seagate ST8000DM0004-1ZC11G 8TB 186 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 6.5TB free Firmware: DN01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 167 183 181 186 182 180 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 36% Great: 104%
WD Elements 25A3 12TB 2,705 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 655GB free, PID 25a3 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 95 94 91 94 93 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	54.8% Above average	Read 88.4 Write 92.1 Mixed 63 SusWrite 93.3 114% 84.2 MB/s	4K Read 1.7 4K Write 6.9 4K Mixed 1.2 282% 3.27 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 54.8% Great: 101%
WD Elements 25A3 12TB 2,705 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2.5TB free, PID 25a3 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 129 135 135 139 136 137 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	68.9% Good	Read 127 Write 134 Mixed 101 SusWrite 135 170% 124 MB/s	4K Read 4.1 4K Write 6.5 4K Mixed 1.2 277% 3.93 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 68.9% Great: 101%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 21,220 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	58.2% Above average	MC Read 19.5 MC Write 21.6 MC Mixed 19 57% 20 GB/s	SC Read 15.2 SC Write 17 SC Mixed 19.2 49% 17.1 GB/s	Latency 60.8 66% 60.8 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 58.2% Great: 62%

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

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Typical GA-Z87X-HD3 Builds (Compare 100 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 44%

Speed boat

Desktop 80%

Battleship

Workstation 37%

Jet ski

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z87X-HD3

CPU
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	31x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	15x
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	14x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	9x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	9x
GTX 760Nvidia $209Bench 26%, 161,132 samples	7x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	7x
870 QVO 2TBSamsung $145Bench 102%, 41,734 samples	5x
860 QVO 1TBSamsung $109Bench 89%, 201,200 samples	5x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 50%, 19,207 samples	6x
DDR3 1866 2x8GBUnknownBench 55%, 1,300 samples	6x
DDR3 1866 2x4GBUnknownBench 51%, 1,483 samples	5x

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Value: 81% - Excellent

Total price: $331

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16