Gigabyte GA-Z77X-D3H

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With 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 66.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Boot Drive	89.5% 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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z77X-D3H (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140106
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 10 '18 at 14:47
Run Duration	192 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing as expected (45^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3770K-$175 165,979 User benchmarks, average bench 72% Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3770K CPU @ 3.50GHz, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.4 GHz, turbo 5.3 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	66.2% Good	Memory 62.4 1-Core 117 2-Core 216 72% 132 Pts	4-Core 376 8-Core 584 59% 480 Pts	64-Core 557 34% 557 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 66.2% Great: 83%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 70GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 357 229 222 171 139 137 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	89.5% Excellent	Read 446 Write 459 Mixed 316 SusWrite 209 80% 358 MB/s	4K Read 34.8 4K Write 59.6 4K Mixed 41 137% 45.1 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 351 DQ Mixed 224 207% 319 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 89.5% Great: 118%
OCZ Agility 3 120GB-$102 38,562 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 14GB free Firmware: 2.25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 111 118 117 114 114 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	53.5% Above average	Read 176 Write 159 Mixed 154 SusWrite 114 34% 151 MB/s	4K Read 24.2 4K Write 65.3 4K Mixed 27 106% 38.8 MB/s	DQ Read 183 DQ Write 139 DQ Mixed 102 92% 141 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 53.5% Great: 61%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 52GB free Firmware: CC4C SusWrite @10s intervals: 178 184 188 173 180 188 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 182 Write 132 Mixed 79.2 SusWrite 182 105% 144 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.9 165% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 152GB free Firmware: CC4C SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 139 143 143 142 146 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 55% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$24 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 42GB free Firmware: KC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 92 90 88 88 88 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	52.1% Above average	Read 92.2 Write 87.7 Mixed 53.3 SusWrite 89.4 59% 80.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.7 124% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 52.1% Great: 88%
Corsair Force 3 SSD 240GB 10GB free, PID 2352 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 26 26 26 26 26 26 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	33.8% Below average	Read 19.2 Write 26.2 Mixed 26.2 SusWrite 26.2 35% 24.5 MB/s	4K Read 7.1 4K Write 7.7 4K Mixed 7.4 540% 7.4 MB/s

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5584-005.A00LF 99U5584-005.A00LF 9905403-547.A00LF 16GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	25.2% Poor	MC Read 9.8 MC Write 7.1 MC Mixed 7.1 23% 8 GB/s	SC Read 9.8 SC Write 10.3 SC Mixed 9.3 28% 9.8 GB/s	Latency 121 33% 121 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 25.2% Great: 33%

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Gaming 41%

Speed boat

Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 32%

Sail boat

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z77X-D3H - $333

CPU
Core i5-3570KIntel $136Bench 68%, 185,516 samples	526x
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	435x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	287x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	116x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	104x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	93x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	66x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	57x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	31x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	44x
Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 50%, 23,732 samples	43x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 34,385 samples	38x

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Total price: $665

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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 $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16