ECS Z87H3-A4

Performance Results


Gaming 77% Battleship	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 65% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With 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 78.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	95.5% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	64.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	32GB 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 Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (57%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	ECS Z87H3-A4 (all builds)
Memory	28.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130513
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 05 '18 at 22:16
Run Duration	169 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	57%

PC Performing as expected (57^th 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 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	78.6% Very good	Memory 93.9 1-Core 112 2-Core 220 82% 142 Pts	4-Core 342 8-Core 580 56% 461 Pts	64-Core 599 37% 599 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 78.6% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega-64-$400 91,676 User benchmarks, average bench 87% MSI(1462 3680) CLim: 1663 MHz, MLim: 945 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 18.9.3 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	95.5% Outstanding	Lighting 117 Reflection 92.9 Parallax 171 95% 127 fps	MRender 91.2 Gravity 121 Splatting 133 96% 115 fps
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 95.5% Great: 94%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS2211 960GB-$289 229 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 719GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS221017 SusWrite @10s intervals: 299 338 409 440 440 425 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	64.9% Good	Read 496 Write 447 Mixed 265 SusWrite 392 90% 400 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 0.2 4K Mixed 42.3 54% 14.2 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 64.9% Great: 111%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$100 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 233GB free Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 551 641 379 302 302 302 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	172% Outstanding	Read 725 Write 647 Mixed 615 SusWrite 413 135% 600 MB/s	4K Read 59.8 4K Write 155 4K Mixed 79.4 274% 98 MB/s	DQ Read 777 DQ Write 677 DQ Mixed 983 667% 812 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 172% Great: 280%
WD Black 4TB (2016)-$146 9,888 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 3.5TB free Firmware: 81.H0A81 SusWrite @10s intervals: 206 194 198 200 194 199 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 200 Write 200 Mixed 80.7 SusWrite 198 124% 170 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 6.1 4K Mixed 0.9 255% 2.67 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 113%
SanDisk Ultra USB 3.0 32GB-$8 33,725 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 25GB free, PID 5581 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 21 21 21 21 21 21 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	18.4% Very poor	Read 38.8 Write 20.8 Mixed 24.3 SusWrite 20.9 33% 26.2 MB/s	4K Read 6.1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 3.2 206% 3.83 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 18.4% Great: 38%
PNY USB 2.0 FD 16GB 58 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 15GB free, PID 0048 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 6.1 6.8 6.8 6.9 6.9 6.2 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	7.58% Terrible	Read 30.5 Write 6.5 Mixed 8.5 SusWrite 6.6 14% 13 MB/s	4K Read 7.3 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 27% 2.43 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 7.58% Great: 10%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 1315 BLS8G3D1609ES2LX0. 1315 BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 1315 BLS8G3D1609ES2LX0. 32GB 26 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	59.7% Above average	MC Read 21 MC Write 21.9 MC Mixed 18.6 59% 20.5 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 20.6 SC Mixed 18.8 51% 17.9 GB/s	Latency 60 67% 60 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 59.7% Great: 63%

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Gaming 55%

Yacht

Desktop 76%

Battleship

Workstation 42%

Speed boat

Motherboard: ECS Z87H3-A4

CPU
Core i5-4670Intel $51Bench 66%, 49,019 samples	7x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	6x
Core i5-4570Intel $99Bench 62%, 129,272 samples	1x

GPU
GTX 980-TiNvidia $560Bench 79%, 214,030 samples	3x
R9 270AMD $140Bench 24%, 47,409 samples	2x
R7 250XAMDBench 12%, 12,863 samples	2x

SSD
840 Pro 128GBSamsung $150Bench 90%, 34,842 samples	5x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	2x
MT-1TB 1TBBench 84%, 62 samples	2x

RAM
Ares DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBG.SKILLBench 53%, 2,517 samples	7x
F3-12800CL10-8GBXL 1315 CT102464BA160B.C16 16GBUnknownBench 52%, 15 samples	2x
CL9-9-9 DDR3 1600 4x4GBUnknownBench 57%, 274 samples	2x

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Value: 33% - Below average

Total price: $761

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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