Gigabyte GA-Z87X-HD3

Performance Results


Gaming 96% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 78% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 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 73.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	131% 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	64.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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

10 months ago, 10 months ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z87X-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	10.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, 1024 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131004
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Jul 14 '23 at 21:47
Run Duration	132 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing as expected (41^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	73.7% Very good	Memory 87 1-Core 94.2 2-Core 183 71% 122 Pts	4-Core 327 8-Core 492 51% 409 Pts	64-Core 505 31% 505 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 73.7% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti 26,559 User benchmarks, average bench 132% Asus(1043 88B0) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 4750 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 536.40 Performing below potential (40^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	131% Outstanding	Lighting 179 Reflection 172 Parallax 161 146% 170 fps	MRender 218 Gravity 137 Splatting 117 124% 157 fps
Poor: 121% ↑ This bench: 131% Great: 139%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandis SP256G 256GB 39 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 23GB free (System drive) Firmware: X2306RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 202 107 87 67 76 78 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	64.1% Good	Read 456 Write 293 Mixed 182 SusWrite 103 57% 258 MB/s	4K Read 23.2 4K Write 50.8 4K Mixed 24.2 93% 32.7 MB/s	DQ Read 299 DQ Write 202 DQ Mixed 121 125% 207 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 64.1% Great: 95%
Samsun 840 PRO Seri 512GB 25 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 77GB free Firmware: DXM06B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 426 420 290 138 136 129 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	82.2% Excellent	Read 463 Write 433 Mixed 363 SusWrite 257 85% 379 MB/s	4K Read 25.8 4K Write 64.2 4K Mixed 33.6 116% 41.2 MB/s	DQ Read 228 DQ Write 310 DQ Mixed 181 162% 240 MB/s
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 82.2% Great: 123%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 16,567 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	57.9% Above average	MC Read 20.7 MC Write 21.8 MC Mixed 18.1 58% 20.2 GB/s	SC Read 14 SC Write 19.1 SC Mixed 18.2 49% 17.1 GB/s	Latency 70.5 57% 70.5 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 57.9% Great: 62%

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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 44%

Speed boat

Desktop 80%

Battleship

Workstation 37%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z87X-HD3

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

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 $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	7x
870 QVO 2TBSamsung $165Bench 102%, 41,734 samples	5x
860 QVO 1TBSamsung $98Bench 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: 83% - Excellent

Total price: $322

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $124	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16