Gigabyte GA-Z87-HD3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 11%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 75%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 10%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 83.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics6.53% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
MotherboardGigabyte GA-Z87-HD3  (all builds)
Memory11.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20140812
Uptime0 Days
Run DateOct 24 '17 at 20:44
Run Duration104 Seconds
Run User RUS-User
Background CPU6%

 PC Performing above expectations (81st percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
83.5% Excellent
Memory 96.6
1-Core 112
2-Core 218
82% 142 Pts
4-Core 380
8-Core 592
60% 486 Pts
64-Core 590
36% 590 Pts
Poor: 60%
This bench: 83.5%
Great: 84%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 640
Sapphire(174B 0640) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 797 MHz, MLim: 445 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 384.94
Performing above expectations (81st percentile)
6.53% Terrible
Lighting 7.53
Reflection 6.85
Parallax 8.03
6% 7.47 fps
MRender 7.9
Gravity 9.17
Splatting 9.35
7% 8.81 fps
Poor: 5%
This bench: 6.53%
Great: 7%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB-$80
108GB free (System drive)
Firmware: ABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing as expected (56th percentile)
89% Excellent
Read 161
Write 149
Mixed 149
115% 153 MB/s
4K Read 0.68
4K Write 1.69
4K Mixed 0.2
82% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 51%
This bench: 89%
Great: 107%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown CL11-11-11 D3-2133 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing way above expectations (92nd percentile)
77.4% Very good
MC Read 27.7
MC Write 29
MC Mixed 24.8
78% 27.2 GB/s
SC Read 20.1
SC Write 21.5
SC Mixed 24
62% 21.9 GB/s
Latency 51.8
77% 51.8 ns
Poor: 36%
This bench: 77.4%
Great: 78%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical GA-Z87-HD3 Builds (Compare 1,778 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: 59% - Above average Total price: $157
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