Gigabyte GA-Z87-HD3

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 87%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 84%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 70%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 80.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics106% 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 Drive60.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
MotherboardGigabyte GA-Z87-HD3  (all builds)
Memory26.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display1024 x 768 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20140120
Uptime0 Days
Run DateMar 20 '20 at 05:33
Run Duration143 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU8%
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 PC Performing above expectations (72nd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (62nd percentile)
80.9% Excellent
Memory 92.8
1-Core 106
2-Core 207
78% 135 Pts
4-Core 374
8-Core 531
57% 452 Pts
64-Core 527
33% 527 Pts
Poor: 67%
This bench: 80.9%
Great: 87%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400
CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 442.74
Performing above expectations (85th percentile)
106% Outstanding
Lighting 139
Reflection 149
Parallax 138
114% 142 fps
MRender 115
Gravity 136
Splatting 109
97% 120 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 106%
Great: 110%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$28
136GB free (System drive)
Firmware: Z33130RL
SusWrite @10s intervals: 152 134 118 55 120 127 MB/s
Performing as expected (52nd percentile)
60.1% Good
Read 410
Write 169
Mixed 33.3
SusWrite 118
40% 183 MB/s
4K Read 14.6
4K Write 82.3
4K Mixed 18.2
89% 38.4 MB/s
DQ Read 164
DQ Write 283
DQ Mixed 24.2
75% 157 MB/s
Poor: 35%
This bench: 60.1%
Great: 86%
Maxtor 7V250F0 251GB
233GB free
Firmware: VA111630
SusWrite @10s intervals: 66 66 66 66 67 66 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
38.9% Below average
Read 68
Write 62.8
Mixed 41.7
SusWrite 66.3
44% 59.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 5
4K Mixed 0.1
129% 1.9 MB/s
Poor: 19%
This bench: 38.9%
Great: 39%
Seagate ST3750528AS 750GB-$65
512GB free
Firmware: CC44
SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 95 100 100 100 100 MB/s
Performing above expectations (82nd percentile)
57.7% Above average
Read 103
Write 101
Mixed 58.8
SusWrite 98.4
66% 90.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.2
4K Mixed 0.8
144% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 27%
This bench: 57.7%
Great: 65%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x8GB
4 of 4 slots used
32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1866 MHz
Performing as expected (57th percentile)
64.6% Good
MC Read 23.2
MC Write 24.5
MC Mixed 19.9
64% 22.5 GB/s
SC Read 15.6
SC Write 20.8
SC Mixed 20.3
54% 18.9 GB/s
Latency 62.6
64% 62.6 ns
Poor: 39%
This bench: 64.6%
Great: 80%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical GA-Z87-HD3 Builds (Compare 1,780 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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