Gigabyte GA-Z77-DS3H

Performance Results


Gaming 11% Tree trunk	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	7% 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	80.5% 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z77-DS3H (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120821
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 11 '17 at 21:30
Run Duration	217 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-3550-$335 23,599 User benchmarks, average bench 69% Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-3550 CPU @ 3.30GHz, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	78.3% Very good	Memory 90.4 1-Core 101 2-Core 198 76% 130 Pts	4-Core 384 8-Core 382 51% 383 Pts	64-Core 384 24% 384 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 78.3% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7750 22,655 User benchmarks, average bench 8% XFX(1682 3248) 2GB CLim: 800 MHz, MLim: 667 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 16.6 Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	7% Terrible	Lighting 8.9 Reflection 10.4 Parallax 13.2 7% 10.8 fps	MRender 5.81 Gravity 9 Splatting 8.61 6% 7.81 fps
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 7% Great: 9%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Vector 180 960GB-$230 344 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 666GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 0 0 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1839 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 590 (AB) Unknown 100 100 227353936 (AE) Unknown 100 100 5 (BE) vendor-specific 100 100 37 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (D0) Spin buzz 100 100 27 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 1 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 4273 (F2) Unknown 100 100 4836 (F9) Unknown 100 100 166872247	80.5% Excellent	Read 510 Write 458 Mixed 484 108% 484 MB/s	4K Read 21.4 4K Write 76.8 4K Mixed 18 96% 38.7 MB/s	DQ Read 27.9 DQ Write 140 DQ Mixed 17 33% 61.5 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 80.5% Great: 110%
Intel 330 Series 120GB-$188 11,188 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 46GB free Firmware: 300i Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below potential (3^rd 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 1 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 79998061756651 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1816 (B5) Unknown 0 0 1 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1815 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 137013 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 137013 (F2) Unknown 100 100 207625 (F9) Unknown 100 100 4576	47.9% Average	Read 262 Write 148 Mixed 191 44% 200 MB/s	4K Read 23.9 4K Write 42.5 4K Mixed 18.3 82% 28.2 MB/s	DQ Read 25.9 DQ Write 141 DQ Mixed 53.4 50% 73.4 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 47.9% Great: 80%
WD Blue 250GB (2008)-$80 11,055 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 7GB free Firmware: 01.01B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 176 176 2191 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3368 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 79 79 15439 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3987 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 98 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3987 (C2) HDA temperature 110 101 33 (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	32% Below average	Read 60.5 Write 50.7 Mixed 88.4 51% 66.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.91 4K Mixed 0.31 91% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 32% Great: 61%
WD My Book 1140 2TB 10,094 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 913GB free, PID 1140 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	36.7% Below average	Read 91.3 Write 93.3 Mixed 76.9 111% 87.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 0.94 4K Mixed 0.23 42% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 36.7% Great: 49%
WD My Book 1140 2TB 10,094 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 776GB free, PID 1140 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	24.6% Poor	Read 48.8 Write 58.3 Mixed 32.7 60% 46.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 1.52 4K Mixed 0.16 59% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 24.6% Great: 49%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905403-500.A01LF 2x8GB 924 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	51.6% Above average	MC Read 18 MC Write 18.7 MC Mixed 16.2 50% 17.6 GB/s	SC Read 14.4 SC Write 16 SC Mixed 16.1 44% 15.5 GB/s	Latency 66.7 60% 66.7 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 51.6% Great: 61%

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Gaming 41%

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Desktop 76%

Battleship

Workstation 32%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z77-DS3H - $280

CPU
Core i5-3570KIntel $136Bench 68%, 185,516 samples	506x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	371x
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	279x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	140x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	120x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	104x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	63x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	48x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	44x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	56x
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	56x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples	41x

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Value: 89% - Excellent

Total price: $560

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 $177	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