Gigabyte GA-Z87-HD3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 84.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	84.3% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z87-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	26.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20130516
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Apr 09 '19 at 11:41
Run Duration	183 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing as expected (55^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 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	84.5% Excellent	Memory 91.6 1-Core 109 2-Core 226 81% 142 Pts	4-Core 420 8-Core 584 63% 502 Pts	64-Core 584 36% 584 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 84.5% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 580-$450 15,395 User benchmarks, average bench 23% EVGA(3842 1595) 3GB CLim: 900 MHz, MLim: 1053 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 388.13 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 22% Great: 24%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 500GB-$150 68,337 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 277GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0CB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 420 201 127 120 135 137 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	84.3% Excellent	Read 455 Write 421 Mixed 350 SusWrite 190 79% 354 MB/s	4K Read 30.5 4K Write 57.9 4K Mixed 39.9 128% 42.8 MB/s	DQ Read 367 DQ Write 279 DQ Mixed 243 203% 296 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 84.3% Great: 126%
Crucial MX200 500GB-$90 17,487 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 232GB free Firmware: MU02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 414 392 413 414 410 410 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	82.5% Excellent	Read 396 Write 420 Mixed 307 SusWrite 409 86% 383 MB/s	4K Read 22.7 4K Write 59.3 4K Mixed 30.2 104% 37.4 MB/s	DQ Read 136 DQ Write 280 DQ Mixed 157 134% 191 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 82.5% Great: 105%
Crucial BX200 240GB-$36 36,559 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 114GB free Firmware: MU01.4 SusWrite @10s intervals: 141 136 54 54 54 53 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	70.4% Very good	Read 456 Write 393 Mixed 366 SusWrite 82 72% 324 MB/s	4K Read 23.8 4K Write 59.6 4K Mixed 33.8 111% 39.1 MB/s	DQ Read 285 DQ Write 276 DQ Mixed 231 187% 264 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 70.4% Great: 91%
WD My Book 1230 3TB 7,778 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 1.5TB free, PID 1230 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 122 121 122 122 123 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	51% Above average	Read 116 Write 109 Mixed 79.3 SusWrite 122 144% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.9 115% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 51% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLE8G3D21BCE1.16FN 4x8GB 132 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	58.6% Above average	MC Read 21.9 MC Write 21.1 MC Mixed 16.8 57% 19.9 GB/s	SC Read 15.9 SC Write 21 SC Mixed 19.9 54% 18.9 GB/s	Latency 64.8 62% 64.8 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 58.6% Great: 80%

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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	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 $279	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