Gigabyte GA-Z77X-UP4 TH

Performance Results


Gaming 14% Tree trunk	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 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.
Processor	With 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 77.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	11.9% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	55.1% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (25%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z77X-UP4 TH (all builds)
Memory	18.5 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121024
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	May 08 '17 at 07:50
Run Duration	270 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	25%

PC Performing below expectations (40^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 3.9 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	77.5% Very good	Memory 89.5 1-Core 103 2-Core 205 76% 133 Pts	4-Core 356 8-Core 500 54% 428 Pts	64-Core 509 32% 509 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 77.5% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280X-$500 94,130 User benchmarks, average bench 35% PwrHis(1787 201C) 3GB CLim: 925 MHz, MLim: 1375 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 17.4.4 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	11.9% Very poor	Lighting 14.3 Reflection 12.4 Parallax 25.4 12% 17.4 fps	MRender 7.29 Gravity 22.6 Splatting 15 12% 15 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 11.9% Great: 39%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 12GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 11970 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1238 (B1) Unknown 95 95 95 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 99 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 61 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 121 (F1) Unknown 99 99 14664590938	55.1% Above average	Read 268 Write 209 Mixed 217 51% 231 MB/s	4K Read 30.5 4K Write 37.5 4K Mixed 24.2 97% 30.7 MB/s	DQ Read 34.2 DQ Write 60.2 DQ Mixed 18.1 22% 37.5 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 55.1% Great: 115%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 504GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 253 253 8350 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4379 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 74 74 19639 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1969 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 244 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4134 (C2) HDA temperature 118 102 34 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	66% Good	Read 118 Write 112 Mixed 85.4 78% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 1.95 4K Mixed 0.43 112% 1.02 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 66% Great: 85%
WD My Passport 25E2 4TB 31,793 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 3.5TB free, PID 25e2 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	14% Very poor	Read 32.5 Write 27.1 Mixed 7.53 26% 22.4 MB/s	4K Read 1.29 4K Write 1.01 4K Mixed 0.08 42% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 14% Great: 59%
Generic STORAGE DEVICE 8GB 25 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 4GB free, PID b4b5 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	7.79% Terrible	Read 18.8 Write 9.07 Mixed 10.6 15% 12.8 MB/s	4K Read 3.72 4K Write 0.72 4K Mixed 0.65 60% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 7.79% Great: 12%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown TD8G16C11-H11 029E CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 066D TD8G16C11-H11 029E CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 24GB 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 8192, 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	48.1% Average	MC Read 16.8 MC Write 16.6 MC Mixed 15 46% 16.1 GB/s	SC Read 14.2 SC Write 16.7 SC Mixed 15.5 44% 15.5 GB/s	Latency 67.8 59% 67.8 ns

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Gaming 44%

Speed boat

Desktop 79%

Battleship

Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z77X-UP4 TH

CPU
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	87x
Core i5-3570KIntel $136Bench 68%, 185,516 samples	42x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	32x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	18x
HD 4000 (Desktop 1.15 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 52,547 samples	13x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	11x

SSD
870 QVO 1TBSamsung $114Bench 95%, 80,665 samples	11x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	7x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	6x

RAM
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 54%, 43,127 samples	9x
RipjawsX DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 51%, 9,944 samples	6x
RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 49%, 28,220 samples	5x

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Value: 77% - Very good

Total price: $405

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $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