Gigabyte GA-Z87-HD3

Performance Results


Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 57% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (32nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 68 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 66.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	99.6% 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	34.6% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z87-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	19.9 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140812
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 08 '20 at 14:20
Run Duration	204 Seconds
Run User	EGY-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	66.8% Good	Memory 60.1 1-Core 118 2-Core 210 70% 129 Pts	4-Core 406 8-Core 513 59% 460 Pts	64-Core 602 37% 602 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 66.8% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060S (Super)-$510 319,148 User benchmarks, average bench 100% MSI(1462 C754) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 446.14 Performing below potential (51^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	99.6% Outstanding	Lighting 120 Reflection 120 Parallax 136 98% 125 fps	MRender 177 Gravity 113 Splatting 102 103% 131 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 99.6% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 152GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFKB1E1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 264 205 205 275 218 276 MB/s Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	34.6% Below average	Read 162 Write 95.7 Mixed 84.5 SusWrite 240 33% 146 MB/s	4K Read 12.8 4K Write 18.1 4K Mixed 10.2 42% 13.7 MB/s	DQ Read 14.8 DQ Write 16 DQ Mixed 14.6 11% 15.1 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 34.6% Great: 100%
Hitachi HUA722020ALA331 2TB 22,636 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1TB free Firmware: JKAOA3NH SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 119 124 124 123 124 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	54% Above average	Read 65.5 Write 73.3 Mixed 45.2 SusWrite 123 56% 76.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.8 142% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 54% Great: 68%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 412GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 5 4.8 4.9 9.4 4.9 MB/s Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Read 1 Write 0.8 Mixed 5 SusWrite 5.7 2% 3.12 MB/s	4K Write 0.3 4K Mixed 0 8% 0.15 MB/s
Poor: 29% Great: 59%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 353GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 177 176 176 176 177 177 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	97.6% Outstanding	Read 163 Write 162 Mixed 86.8 SusWrite 176 108% 147 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1.2 241% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 97.6% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C9D3/4GX KHX1600C10D3/8G KHX1600C9D3/4GX KHX1600C10D3/8G 24GB 515 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096, 8192 MB Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	42.1% Average	MC Read 15.8 MC Write 14.9 MC Mixed 16.2 45% 15.6 GB/s	SC Read 8 SC Write 9.4 SC Mixed 10.9 27% 9.43 GB/s	Latency 127 31% 127 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 42.1% Great: 63%

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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%

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Workstation 7%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z87-HD3

CPU
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	463x
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	169x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	154x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	102x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $75Bench 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: 61% - Good

Total price: $152

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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 $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16