Gigabyte GA-Z87X-HD3

Performance Results


Gaming 27% Raft	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 22% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 86.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	22.4% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	92.9% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z87X-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	4.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131004
Uptime	5.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 15 '19 at 02:54
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4670K-$62 128,482 User benchmarks, average bench 68% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	86.4% Excellent	Memory 97.5 1-Core 100 2-Core 218 80% 139 Pts	4-Core 436 8-Core 435 58% 436 Pts	64-Core 424 26% 424 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 86.4% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 660-$170 123,956 User benchmarks, average bench 20% EVGA(3842 3063) 2GB CLim: 1293 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	22.4% Poor	Lighting 26.1 Reflection 25.2 Parallax 32.7 21% 28 fps	MRender 34.3 Gravity 30.6 Splatting 26.3 24% 30.4 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 22.4% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Seagate 600 480GB-$199 1,254 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 113GB free (System drive) Firmware: C675 SusWrite @10s intervals: 387 223 204 182 179 155 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	92.9% Outstanding	Read 438 Write 262 Mixed 342 SusWrite 222 71% 316 MB/s	4K Read 29.6 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 40.8 151% 57.6 MB/s	DQ Read 358 DQ Write 330 DQ Mixed 254 215% 314 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 92.9% Great: 104%
Hitachi HDT721010SLA360 1TB-$30 27,212 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 878GB free Firmware: ST6OA3AA SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 114 113 113 113 113 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	63.8% Good	Read 109 Write 107 Mixed 55.7 SusWrite 113 70% 96.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1 177% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 63.8% Great: 61%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 303GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 49 50 50 60 60 59 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	40.7% Average	Read 86.6 Write 78.8 Mixed 56.9 SusWrite 54.8 51% 69.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.5 118% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 40.7% Great: 67%
Garmin Approach S60 Fla 1GB 50 User benchmarks, average bench 1% 0GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 0.3 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 1.2 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	0.98% Terrible	Read 1.5 Write 0.5 Mixed 1.7 SusWrite 0.8 2% 1.12 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 0.1 4K Mixed 0 8% 0.43 MB/s
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 0.98% Great: 2%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2400C11 Series 2x4GB 147 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	82.5% Excellent	MC Read 31.6 MC Write 31 MC Mixed 25.3 84% 29.3 GB/s	SC Read 19.8 SC Write 21 SC Mixed 23.6 61% 21.5 GB/s	Latency 48.1 83% 48.1 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 82.5% Great: 81%

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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%

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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 $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	7x
870 QVO 2TBSamsung $145Bench 102%, 41,734 samples	5x
860 QVO 1TBSamsung $109Bench 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: 81% - Excellent

Total price: $331

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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 $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16