Gigabyte GA-Z87X-HD3

Performance Results


Gaming 87% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (19th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 81 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 68.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	128% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	58.7% 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.

High background CPU (23%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

10 months ago, 10 months ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z87X-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, 1024 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131004
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 14 '23 at 04:22
Run Duration	133 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	23%

PC Performing way below expectations (19^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 below expectations (19^th percentile)	68.3% Good	Memory 82.4 1-Core 93 2-Core 175 68% 117 Pts	4-Core 294 8-Core 434 45% 364 Pts	64-Core 472 29% 472 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 68.3% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti 26,559 User benchmarks, average bench 132% Asus(1043 88B0) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 4750 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 536.40 Performing below potential (28^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	128% Outstanding	Lighting 174 Reflection 167 Parallax 157 142% 166 fps	MRender 215 Gravity 135 Splatting 116 122% 155 fps
Poor: 121% ↑ This bench: 128% Great: 139%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandis SP256G 256GB 39 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 22GB free (System drive) Firmware: X2306RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 234 123 78 80 83 86 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	58.7% Above average	Read 388 Write 296 Mixed 206 SusWrite 114 56% 251 MB/s	4K Read 19.5 4K Write 44.4 4K Mixed 22.6 82% 28.8 MB/s	DQ Read 292 DQ Write 202 DQ Mixed 126 127% 207 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 58.7% Great: 95%
Samsun 840 PRO Seri 512GB 25 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 77GB free Firmware: DXM06B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 305 166 152 154 146 134 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	69.7% Good	Read 426 Write 396 Mixed 333 SusWrite 176 74% 333 MB/s	4K Read 22.6 4K Write 52.4 4K Mixed 30.9 102% 35.3 MB/s	DQ Read 231 DQ Write 227 DQ Mixed 185 151% 215 MB/s
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 69.7% Great: 123%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 16,567 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	52.7% Above average	MC Read 18.1 MC Write 19.8 MC Mixed 17.3 53% 18.4 GB/s	SC Read 12.8 SC Write 17.2 SC Mixed 15.9 44% 15.3 GB/s	Latency 76.2 52% 76.2 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 52.7% Great: 62%

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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 44%

Speed boat

Desktop 80%

Battleship

Workstation 37%

Jet ski

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z87X-HD3

CPU
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	31x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	15x
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	14x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	9x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	9x
GTX 760Nvidia $209Bench 26%, 161,132 samples	7x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	7x
870 QVO 2TBSamsung $144Bench 102%, 41,734 samples	5x
860 QVO 1TBSamsung $108Bench 89%, 201,200 samples	5x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 50%, 19,207 samples	6x
DDR3 1866 2x8GBUnknownBench 55%, 1,300 samples	6x
DDR3 1866 2x4GBUnknownBench 51%, 1,483 samples	5x

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Value: 82% - Excellent

Total price: $326

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16