Gigabyte GA-Z87-HD3

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 50%
Yacht
Desktop
Desktop 78%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 42%
Speed boat
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics65% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.
Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
Run History
8 years ago, 6 years ago.
MotherboardGigabyte GA-Z87-HD3  (all builds)
Memory11.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
DisplayЦвета: 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit,
OSWindows 8.1
BIOS Date20130803
Uptime2 Days
Run DateMar 31 '16 at 15:04
Run Duration233 Seconds
Run User RUS-User
Background CPU 11%

 PC Performing as expected (47th 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 3.7 GHz (avg)
Performing as expected (52nd percentile)
74.2% Very good
Memory 76.6
1-Core 105
2-Core 221
74% 134 Pts
4-Core 387
8-Core 584
60% 485 Pts
64-Core 552
34% 552 Pts
Poor: 60%
This bench: 74.2%
Great: 84%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500
Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6472
Performing way above expectations (93rd percentile)
65% Good
Lighting 83.2
Reflection 84.2
Parallax 74.8
68% 80.7 fps
MRender 79.6
Gravity 74
Splatting 67.3
60% 73.7 fps
Poor: 53%
This bench: 65%
Great: 66%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 60GB-$76
30GB free
Firmware: 603ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (10th percentile)
31.1% Below average
Read 176
Write 53.2
Mixed 74.7
22% 101 MB/s
4K Read 15.5
4K Write 45.7
4K Mixed 10.8
62% 24 MB/s
DQ Read 66.8
DQ Write 56.6
DQ Mixed 19.5
26% 47.6 MB/s
Poor: 27%
This bench: 31.1%
Great: 69%
Seagate Constellation CS 1TB
333GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CN02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing above expectations (63rd percentile)
96.9% Outstanding
Read 175
Write 163
Mixed 164
126% 167 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.66
4K Mixed 0.14
67% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 56%
This bench: 96.9%
Great: 113%
SanDisk Ultra USB 3.0 16GB-$6
14GB free, PID 5581
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
Performing below expectations (21st percentile)
14.2% Very poor
Read 69.2
Write 9.52
Mixed 12.1
27% 30.3 MB/s
4K Read 7.91
4K Write 0.08
4K Mixed 0.07
34% 2.69 MB/s
Poor: 10%
This bench: 14.2%
Great: 35%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz
Performing as expected (41st percentile)
50.2% Above average
MC Read 18
MC Write 18.4
MC Mixed 15.8
50% 17.4 GB/s
SC Read 12.7
SC Write 18.3
SC Mixed 16.4
45% 15.8 GB/s
Latency 87
46% 87 ns
Poor: 30%
This bench: 50.2%
Great: 63%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical GA-Z87-HD3 Builds (Compare 1,778 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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 59% - Above average Total price: $157
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