ECS Z87H3-A3X

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 55%
Gunboat
Desktop
Desktop 82%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 43%
Speed boat
PC StatusOverall 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.
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 82.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics67.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.
Memory8GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.
MotherboardECS Z87H3-A3X  (all builds)
Memory5.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 7
BIOS Date20140716
Uptime0 Days
Run DateApr 14 '18 at 14:59
Run Duration84 Seconds
Run User PHL-User
Background CPU1%

 PC Performing above expectations (67th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
82.8% Excellent
Memory 89.1
1-Core 114
2-Core 225
81% 143 Pts
4-Core 442
8-Core 445
59% 443 Pts
64-Core 443
27% 443 Pts
Poor: 53%
This bench: 82.8%
Great: 82%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD R9 Fury-X-$781
Asus(1043 04A0) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1050 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 18.3.4
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
67.2% Good
Lighting 85.3
Reflection 59.1
Parallax 117
70% 87.3 fps
MRender 59.7
Gravity 92
Splatting 76.3
63% 76 fps
Poor: 51%
This bench: 67.2%
Great: 65%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$23
53GB free (System drive)
Firmware: KC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing below expectations (25th percentile)
48.6% Average
Read 78.8
Write 90.6
Mixed 78
62% 82.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.45
4K Write 1.02
4K Mixed 0.5
93% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 27%
This bench: 48.6%
Great: 88%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 2133 C9 4x2GB
4 of 4 slots used
8GB DIMM DDR3 2133 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing below potential (45th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
63.1% Good
MC Read 22.5
MC Write 23.3
MC Mixed 20.4
63% 22.1 GB/s
SC Read 16.1
SC Write 20.8
SC Mixed 20
54% 19 GB/s
Latency 68.3
58% 68.3 ns
Poor: 50%
This bench: 63.1%
Great: 79%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z87H3-A3X Builds (Compare 3 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 20%
Surfboard
Desktop
Desktop 73%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 17%
Surfboard

Motherboard: ECS Z87H3-A3X

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 67% - Good Total price: $289
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