Gigabyte GA-Z87-HD3

Performance Results


Gaming 56% Gunboat	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 47% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (37th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 63 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 71.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	76.6% 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	42.3% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (79%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z87-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1024 x 768 - 32 Bit Farben, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140812
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 18 '19 at 10:34
Run Duration	127 Seconds
Run User	CHE-User
Background CPU	79%

PC Performing below expectations (37^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 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	71.2% Very good	Memory 78.9 1-Core 107 2-Core 222 76% 136 Pts	4-Core 343 8-Core 500 53% 422 Pts	64-Core 561 35% 561 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 71.2% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% HP(103C 2B62) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 430.39 Performing below potential (43^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	76.6% Very good	Lighting 97.2 Reflection 103 Parallax 102 79% 101 fps	MRender 88.1 Gravity 91 Splatting 84.7 72% 87.9 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 76.6% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 120GB-$109 51,792 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 80GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXT06B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 102 100 105 116 119 MB/s Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	42.3% Average	Read 18.6 Write 85.6 Mixed 87.5 SusWrite 109 17% 75.1 MB/s	4K Read 19.8 4K Write 76 4K Mixed 16.5 91% 37.4 MB/s	DQ Read 251 DQ Write 112 DQ Mixed 42.4 68% 135 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 42.3% Great: 73%
Samsung HD500LJ 500GB 333 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 466GB free Firmware: CR100-10 SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 82 82 82 82 82 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	45.6% Average	Read 76.6 Write 31.2 Mixed 41.5 SusWrite 82.2 43% 57.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.9 158% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 45.6% Great: 46%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 0215 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C8 0215 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 0215 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C8 16GB 54 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	48.1% Average	MC Read 17.9 MC Write 17.8 MC Mixed 15.1 48% 16.9 GB/s	SC Read 11 SC Write 14.3 SC Mixed 14.3 38% 13.2 GB/s	Latency 82.6 48% 82.6 ns
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 48.1% Great: 63%

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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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Gaming 8%

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Desktop 66%

Battle cruiser

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	168x
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 $269	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 $177	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