Gigabyte GA-Z87-HD3

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 69%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 75%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 58%
Gunboat
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing below expectations (30th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 70 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.
ProcessorWith a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 70.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics98.9% 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 Drive71% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 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.
MotherboardGigabyte GA-Z87-HD3  (all builds)
Memory11 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 7
BIOS Date20140812
Uptime0 Days
Run DateMay 09 '19 at 13:14
Run Duration146 Seconds
Run User TUR-User
Background CPU0%

 PC Performing below expectations (30th 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
Performing below expectations (27th percentile)
70.3% Very good
Memory 70.7
1-Core 110
2-Core 196
71% 126 Pts
4-Core 380
8-Core 520
57% 450 Pts
64-Core 519
32% 519 Pts
Poor: 60%
This bench: 70.3%
Great: 84%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485
CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2808 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 430.39
Performing below potential (0th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
98.9% Outstanding
Lighting 108
Reflection 166
Parallax 219
88% 164 fps
MRender 130
Gravity 186
Splatting 129
120% 148 fps
Poor: 109%
This bench: 98.9%
Great: 133%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 240GB-$40
60GB free (System drive)
Firmware: X412
SusWrite @10s intervals: 212 188 192 188 157 118 MB/s
Performing below expectations (22nd percentile)
71% Very good
Read 420
Write 272
Mixed 182
SusWrite 176
58% 263 MB/s
4K Read 21.3
4K Write 44.3
4K Mixed 29.9
94% 31.8 MB/s
DQ Read 383
DQ Write 243
DQ Mixed 226
192% 284 MB/s
Poor: 58%
This bench: 71%
Great: 101%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70
1.5TB free
Firmware: 51.0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 94 107 107 107 106 MB/s
Performing above expectations (73rd percentile)
58.6% Above average
Read 100
Write 90.5
Mixed 64.3
SusWrite 104
66% 89.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 2.2
4K Mixed 0.7
152% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 31%
This bench: 58.6%
Great: 67%
WD Red 6TB (2014)-$129
3TB free
Firmware: 82.0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 128 122 136 136 137 134 MB/s
Performing as expected (48th percentile)
76.7% Very good
Read 135
Write 129
Mixed 83.8
SusWrite 132
88% 120 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 2.8
4K Mixed 1
200% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 49%
This bench: 76.7%
Great: 99%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 2133 C11 4x4GB
4 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing way below expectations (11th percentile)
43.2% Average
MC Read 15.8
MC Write 15.1
MC Mixed 16.4
45% 15.8 GB/s
SC Read 8.6
SC Write 9.6
SC Mixed 11.3
28% 9.83 GB/s
Latency 99.8
40% 99.8 ns
Poor: 34%
This bench: 43.2%
Great: 104%

 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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