Gigabyte GA-Z87-HD3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 15% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 68.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	23.4% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The 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.
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 (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z87-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140812
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Oct 04 '19 at 19:40
Run Duration	134 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing as expected (55^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4670K-$62 128,482 User benchmarks, average bench 68% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	68.3% Good	Memory 72.8 1-Core 113 2-Core 224 75% 137 Pts	4-Core 365 8-Core 390 50% 378 Pts	64-Core 418 26% 418 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 68.3% Great: 79%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
AMD R7 260X-$120 38,521 User benchmarks, average bench 20% MSI(1462 2935) CLim: 1175 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 19.9.3 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	23.4% Poor	Lighting 28.1 Reflection 32.5 Parallax 34.5 23% 31.7 fps	MRender 28 Gravity 26.9 Splatting 32.8 24% 29.2 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 23.4% Great: 22%
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.5063 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Desktop SSHD 1TB-$68 105,708 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 800GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 164 121 164 183 158 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 202 Write 191 Mixed 89.5 SusWrite 153 116% 159 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 5.9 4K Mixed 1.7 327% 2.77 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 112%
Seagate Backup+ Desk 5TB 5,792 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2.5TB free Firmware: 0511 SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 83 85 87 90 90 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	41.7% Average	Read 56.8 Write 96.5 Mixed 31.5 SusWrite 86.4 49% 67.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 6.6 4K Mixed 0.5 211% 2.63 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 41.7% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CT51264BA160BJ.C8F 1315 CT51264BA160B.C16F 1315 CT51264BA160BJ.C8F 1315 CT51264BA160B.C16F 16GB 45 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	53.4% Above average	MC Read 18.1 MC Write 21.1 MC Mixed 16.8 53% 18.7 GB/s	SC Read 14.6 SC Write 20 SC Mixed 17.1 49% 17.2 GB/s	Latency 95.2 42% 95.2 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 53.4% 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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Typical GA-Z87-HD3 Builds (Compare 1,785 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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	463x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	356x
Core i7-4770Intel $75Bench 70%, 176,321 samples	290x

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	170x
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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16