Gigabyte GA-Z87-HD3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 68%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 74%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 52%
Yacht
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 77.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics90.2% 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 DriveThe boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.
High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardGigabyte GA-Z87-HD3  (all builds)
Memory13 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OSWindows 8.1
BIOS Date20130803
Uptime0 Days
Run DateDec 19 '18 at 18:59
Run Duration139 Seconds
Run User FRA-User
Background CPU 21%
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 PC Performing above expectations (63rd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-4670K-$62
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (92nd percentile)
77.6% Very good
Memory 82.3
1-Core 78
2-Core 208
69% 123 Pts
4-Core 424
8-Core 406
56% 415 Pts
64-Core 403
25% 403 Pts
Poor: 51%
This bench: 77.6%
Great: 79%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.22
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
90.2% Outstanding
Lighting 115
Reflection 119
Parallax 102
94% 112 fps
MRender 99.4
Gravity 103
Splatting 102
83% 101 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 90.2%
Great: 88%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
WD WD10EVDS-63N5B1 1TB
354GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 31 27 37 26 33 28 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (6th percentile)
24.1% Poor
Read 53.3
Write 37.3
Mixed 43.7
SusWrite 30.3
31% 41.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.4
4K Mixed 0.6
113% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 23%
This bench: 24.1%
Great: 57%
Samsung M3 Portable 500GB
255GB free, PID 61b3
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 71 70 71 71 70 70 MB/s
Performing above expectations (71st percentile)
33.4% Below average
Read 87.8
Write 57.7
Mixed 50.3
SusWrite 70.4
86% 66.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.8
86% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 13%
This bench: 33.4%
Great: 42%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Crucial BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing as expected (49th percentile)
58% Above average
MC Read 20.5
MC Write 21.9
MC Mixed 19.2
59% 20.5 GB/s
SC Read 13.8
SC Write 17.7
SC Mixed 17.7
47% 16.4 GB/s
Latency 76.4
52% 76.4 ns
Poor: 31%
This bench: 58%
Great: 63%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Typical GA-Z87-HD3 Builds (Compare 1,786 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 8%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 66%
Battle cruiser
Workstation
Workstation 7%
Tree trunk

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z87-HD3

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 61% - Good Total price: $152
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