Gigabyte GA-Z87M-HD3

Performance Results


Gaming 77% Battleship	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 63% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	85.5% 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 Drive	107% 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	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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z87M-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	14.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140812
Uptime	1.4 Days
Run Date	Dec 06 '18 at 11:26
Run Duration	181 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770-$75 176,321 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	87.5% Excellent	Memory 95.4 1-Core 117 2-Core 202 81% 138 Pts	4-Core 436 8-Core 587 65% 511 Pts	64-Core 584 36% 584 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 87.5% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3233) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 417.22 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	85.5% Excellent	Lighting 110 Reflection 113 Parallax 113 89% 112 fps	MRender 95 Gravity 101 Splatting 91 78% 95.7 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85.5% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$125 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 210GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 447 416 430 435 435 432 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 462 Write 446 Mixed 350 SusWrite 432 95% 423 MB/s	4K Read 27.6 4K Write 127 4K Mixed 35.9 155% 63.4 MB/s	DQ Read 377 DQ Write 325 DQ Mixed 330 253% 344 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 124%
Fujitsu SSD256GB 256GB 145 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 114GB free Firmware: 5.0.B SusWrite @10s intervals: 150 191 196 163 159 205 MB/s Performing below potential (51^st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	72.1% Very good	Read 260 Write 207 Mixed 232 SusWrite 177 49% 219 MB/s	4K Read 22.5 4K Write 100 4K Mixed 34 131% 52.3 MB/s	DQ Read 286 DQ Write 196 DQ Mixed 150 136% 211 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 72.1% Great: 89%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 189 199 200 199 200 200 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 171 Write 131 Mixed 80.2 SusWrite 198 106% 145 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 114%
Kingston DataTraveler 100 G3 USB 3.0 16GB-$7 60,636 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 11GB free, PID 1666 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 10 6.2 6.3 6.1 6.3 6.1 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	11.5% Very poor	Read 57.7 Write 6.5 Mixed 13.2 SusWrite 6.8 20% 21 MB/s	4K Read 6.9 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0.2 32% 2.37 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 11.5% Great: 23%
TDK LoR Gold 3.0 32GB 41 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 29GB free, PID 069c Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 13 14 14 14 14 14 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	10.5% Very poor	Read 41.1 Write 27.2 Mixed 15.7 SusWrite 14.1 30% 24.5 MB/s	4K Read 6.3 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 23% 2.1 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 10.5% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 77,652 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1866 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	68.1% Good	MC Read 25.6 MC Write 24.9 MC Mixed 19.5 67% 23.3 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 21.5 SC Mixed 24.3 61% 21.3 GB/s	Latency 56 71% 56 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 68.1% Great: 63%

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Gaming 5%

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Desktop 58%

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Workstation 5%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z87M-HD3

CPU
Core i5-4440Intel $128Bench 61%, 81,111 samples	24x
Core i7-4770Intel $75Bench 70%, 176,321 samples	14x
Core i5-4570Intel $99Bench 62%, 129,272 samples	11x

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	14x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	9x
GT 1030NvidiaBench 14%, 185,384 samples	7x

SSD
Premier Pro SP900 128GBAdata $40Bench 69%, 2,820 samples	6x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $95Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	5x
840 Evo 1TBSamsung $199Bench 105%, 23,857 samples	3x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 1x8GBKingstonBench 28%, 8,818 samples	5x
16JTF1G64AZ-1G6E1 16GBMicronBench 49%, 153 samples	5x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	4x

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Value: 59% - Above average

Total price: $183

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 $45	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