Gigabyte GA-Z77X-UD5H

Performance Results


Gaming 92% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 76% Battleship


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 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 91.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	99.2% 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	91.2% 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 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z77X-UD5H (all builds)
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20130820
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Apr 28 '17 at 00:08
Run Duration	198 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	12%

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 i7-3770K-$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 3.55 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.1% Outstanding	Memory 98.2 1-Core 126 2-Core 252 90% 159 Pts	4-Core 457 8-Core 632 69% 544 Pts	64-Core 635 39% 635 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 91.1% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3232) CLim: 1658 MHz, MLim: 1800 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 381.65 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	99.2% Outstanding	Lighting 130 Reflection 129 Parallax 128 106% 129 fps	MRender 105 Gravity 112 Splatting 99.4 86% 106 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 99.2% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 730 Series 480GB-$230 5,159 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 302GB free Firmware: L2010420 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 97 97 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 238 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 96 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 12 (AF) Unknown 100 100 4322099840 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 76 76 437256216 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 12 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 24 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 12840 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 0 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 53 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 414 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 12840 (F2) Unknown 100 100 1791	110% Outstanding	Read 518 Write 486 Mixed 392 104% 465 MB/s	4K Read 34.3 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 38.1 155% 58.1 MB/s	DQ Read 268 DQ Write 276 DQ Mixed 124 134% 223 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 110%
SanDisk Extreme II 120GB-$130 2,462 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 82GB free (System drive) Firmware: R1311 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 2489 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1484 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 26 (A8) Unknown 100 100 161 (A9) Unknown 100 100 172 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 61 (AE) Unknown 100 100 144 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 77 137 588411568151 (D4) Unknown 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 515 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 8013 (F1) Unknown 253 253 3290 (F2) Unknown 253 253 1838 (F3) Unknown 100 100 0	91.2% Outstanding	Read 477 Write 304 Mixed 252 76% 344 MB/s	4K Read 34.3 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 26.7 143% 56.2 MB/s	DQ Read 252 DQ Write 256 DQ Mixed 61 99% 190 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 91.2% Great: 101%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 216GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 70 69 9266 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2961 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1273 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2061 (BF) G-sense error rate 252 252 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 64 137439739923 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 3 (DF) Load/unload retry count 252 252 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 3234	36.8% Below average	Read 106 Write 21.8 Mixed 30.1 39% 52.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.46 99% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 36.8% Great: 75%
Samsung HD502HJ 500GB-$50 72,924 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 59GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 82 81 5522 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3883 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5167 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2999 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 3 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 64 154619478037 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 193 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 1 (DF) Load/unload retry count 252 252 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 4263	51.5% Above average	Read 86.9 Write 92 Mixed 59.2 59% 79.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 2.64 4K Mixed 0.52 133% 1.26 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 51.5% Great: 77%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Savage DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 20,216 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	79% Very good	MC Read 26.6 MC Write 30.2 MC Mixed 25.3 78% 27.4 GB/s	SC Read 21.7 SC Write 22.4 SC Mixed 23.3 64% 22.5 GB/s	Latency 45.3 88% 45.3 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 79% Great: 86%

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Gaming 39%

Jet ski

Desktop 79%

Battleship

Workstation 32%

Sail boat

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z77X-UD5H - $380

CPU
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	570x
Core i5-3570KIntel $136Bench 68%, 185,516 samples	248x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	212x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	77x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	74x
HD 4000 (Desktop 1.15 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 52,547 samples	73x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	48x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	41x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	38x

RAM
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 54%, 43,127 samples	35x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 20,667 samples	29x
Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 50%, 23,732 samples	26x

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Value: 59% - Above average

Total price: $864

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $15	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