Gigabyte GA-Z87-HD3

Performance Results


Gaming 25% Raft	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 21% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 81.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	24.6% 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	106% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z87-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	5 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140812
Uptime	7 Days
Run Date	Jan 04 '21 at 08:33
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4670-$52 49,019 User benchmarks, average bench 66% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	81.8% Excellent	Memory 94.1 1-Core 108 2-Core 214 80% 139 Pts	4-Core 402 8-Core 408 54% 405 Pts	64-Core 409 25% 409 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 81.8% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 270-$140 47,409 User benchmarks, average bench 24% Sapphire(174B E271) CLim: 945 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 20.11.2 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	24.6% Poor	Lighting 31.8 Reflection 34.7 Parallax 41.1 26% 35.9 fps	MRender 29.1 Gravity 30 Splatting 23.4 22% 27.5 fps
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 24.6% Great: 26%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 104GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 448 178 133 109 119 116 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 500 Write 419 Mixed 407 SusWrite 184 84% 377 MB/s	4K Read 42.8 4K Write 97.8 4K Mixed 57.3 190% 66 MB/s	DQ Read 328 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 362 265% 346 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 134%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 500GB-$80 27,325 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 121GB free Firmware: SD15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 72 72 73 73 74 75 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	43.3% Average	Read 77.3 Write 9 Mixed 29.9 SusWrite 73.3 35% 47.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 137% 1 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 43.3% Great: 59%
WD My Passport 2626 2TB 8,368 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 1TB free, PID 2626 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 96 97 98 98 97 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	47.6% Average	Read 89.5 Write 98.9 Mixed 70.3 SusWrite 97.4 122% 89 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 4.3 4K Mixed 0.3 159% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 47.6% Great: 65%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 47,852 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	59.9% Above average	MC Read 21.5 MC Write 21.6 MC Mixed 18.3 58% 20.5 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 20.4 SC Mixed 18.1 52% 18.4 GB/s	Latency 59.7 67% 59.7 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 59.9% 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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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 $261	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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