Gigabyte GA-Z87-HD3

Performance Results


Gaming 101% UFO	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 79% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 88.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	112% 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	47.3% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z87-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	7.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20130803
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Apr 13 '19 at 16:27
Run Duration	201 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	16%

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PC Performing above expectations (67^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 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	88.8% Excellent	Memory 95 1-Core 98.5 2-Core 240 81% 144 Pts	4-Core 477 8-Core 477 64% 477 Pts	64-Core 473 29% 473 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 88.8% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 85AA) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Lighting 150 Reflection 158 Parallax 135 122% 147 fps	MRender 113 Gravity 142 Splatting 115 101% 124 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 250GB 2,100 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 77GB free (System drive) Firmware: AB0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 51 39 38 39 39 36 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	47.3% Average	Read 286 Write 43.3 Mixed 84 SusWrite 40.2 24% 113 MB/s	4K Read 16.1 4K Write 55.2 4K Mixed 21.7 81% 31 MB/s	DQ Read 303 DQ Write 74.7 DQ Mixed 21.9 59% 133 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 47.3% Great: 102%
Kingston SSDNow V+200 Series 120GB 853 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 55GB free Firmware: BBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 162 156 162 158 157 154 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	87% Excellent	Read 391 Write 202 Mixed 240 SusWrite 158 55% 248 MB/s	4K Read 29.9 4K Write 130 4K Mixed 44.2 171% 68.2 MB/s	DQ Read 215 DQ Write 200 DQ Mixed 37.8 75% 151 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 87% Great: 83%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 3.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 179 178 182 178 176 177 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	92.3% Outstanding	Read 144 Write 148 Mixed 67.5 SusWrite 178 98% 134 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0 68% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 92.3% Great: 90%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 45GB free Firmware: AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 53 53 53 53 53 53 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	31.5% Below average	Read 56.5 Write 56.5 Mixed 63.7 SusWrite 53 43% 57.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.6 122% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 31.5% Great: 67%
Samsung Spinpoint T166 500GB-$40 43,024 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 98GB free Firmware: 0-10 SusWrite @10s intervals: 48 47 47 47 47 47 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	30% Below average	Read 57.3 Write 64 Mixed 41.5 SusWrite 47 39% 52.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.7 127% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 30% Great: 44%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 1TB-$100 65,786 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 464GB free Firmware: 1113 SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 100 99 100 100 99 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	51.8% Above average	Read 80.3 Write 88 Mixed 54.5 SusWrite 99.9 59% 80.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 174% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 51.8% Great: 62%
Linux File-CD Gadget 1GB 84 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 0GB free, PID null Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 27.3 Write 19.7 Mixed 23.8 29% 23.6 MB/s	4K Read 3.6 4K Write 3.3 4K Mixed 0.4 139% 2.43 MB/s
Poor: 6% Great: 52%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 23,732 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	79% Very good	MC Read 29.2 MC Write 30.4 MC Mixed 24.5 80% 28 GB/s	SC Read 19.3 SC Write 21.9 SC Mixed 25.3 63% 22.2 GB/s	Latency 57 70% 57 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 79% Great: 61%

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Desktop 66%

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Workstation 7%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z87-HD3

CPU
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	462x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	354x
Core i7-4770Intel $75Bench 70%, 176,321 samples	290x

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	167x
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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $15	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16