Gigabyte GA-Z77X-UP5 TH-CF

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 15% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 91.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	16.5% 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)
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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z77X-UP5 TH-CF (all builds)
Memory	4.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120903
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Mar 12 '17 at 19:42
Run Duration	135 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-3570K-$136 185,516 User benchmarks, average bench 68% Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-3570K CPU @ 3.40GHz, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 4.5 GHz, turbo 5.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.1% Outstanding	Memory 96.2 1-Core 126 2-Core 249 89% 157 Pts	4-Core 497 8-Core 497 66% 497 Pts	64-Core 498 31% 498 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 91.1% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GTX 470 5,537 User benchmarks, average bench 16% EVGA(3842 1470) 1.2GB CLim: 607 MHz, MLim: 837 MHz, Ram: 1.2GB, Driver: 378.78 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	16.5% Very poor	Lighting 19.2 Reflection 29.9 Parallax 21 16% 23.4 fps	MRender 32 Gravity 15 Splatting 21.2 18% 22.7 fps
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 16.5% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$210 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 69GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM03B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 16342 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 642 (B1) Unknown 99 99 21 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 32 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 57 (F1) Unknown 99 99 20204761774
Poor: 71% Great: 124%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 4TB-$230 19,674 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 3.5TB free Firmware: CC44 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 69940032 (03) Spinup time 93 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 555 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 73 60 22557575 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 12425 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 115 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 97 25770196999 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 49 488308765 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 70 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 4476 (C2) HDA temperature 29 51 85899345949 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -67800353729783 (F1) Unknown 100 253 13533861476 (F2) Unknown 100 253 20268035785	70.6% Very good	Read 93.1 Write 152 Mixed 135 96% 127 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 5.37 4K Mixed 0.6 197% 2.23 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 70.6% Great: 94%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB 8,189 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 382GB free Firmware: CC96 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 123 100 568259480 (03) Spinup time 93 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1321 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 63 19750293 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 6214 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 132 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 65537 (BD) vendor-specific 85 85 15 (BE) vendor-specific 69 39 168025784351 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 72 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 3672 (C2) HDA temperature 31 61 60129542175 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 123 100 568259480 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -28316719376106 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2272979441 (F2) Unknown 100 253 254910404	50% Above average	Read 88.1 Write 86.3 Mixed 81.7 64% 85.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 0.74 4K Mixed 0.2 63% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 50% Great: 74%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 73,650 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	63.7% Good	MC Read 22.2 MC Write 22.6 MC Mixed 20.1 62% 21.6 GB/s	SC Read 17.8 SC Write 21.1 SC Mixed 19.5 56% 19.5 GB/s	Latency 53.3 75% 53.3 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 63.7% Great: 62%

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Workstation 49%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z77X-UP5 TH-CF

CPU
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	104x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	33x
Core i5-3570KIntel $136Bench 68%, 185,516 samples	22x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	11x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	10x
GTX 670Nvidia $435Bench 28%, 47,610 samples	8x

SSD
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	7x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	5x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	5x

RAM
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 4x8GBCorsairBench 55%, 6,625 samples	13x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 4x8GBCorsairBench 51%, 3,072 samples	12x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 54%, 43,127 samples	11x

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Value: 86% - Excellent

Total price: $437

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $131	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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