Gigabyte GA-Z77-DS3H

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 13% Tree trunk	Desktop 57% Gunboat	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (33rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 67 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 an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 49.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	24.6% 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)
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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.

Very high background CPU (81%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z77-DS3H (all builds)
Memory	7.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120919
Uptime	5.5 Days
Run Date	May 24 '17 at 06:48
Run Duration	133 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	81%

PC Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-3470-$59 223,595 User benchmarks, average bench 63% Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-3470 CPU @ 3.20GHz, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	49.1% Average	Memory 51.3 1-Core 75.1 2-Core 174 54% 100 Pts	4-Core 268 8-Core 288 37% 278 Pts	64-Core 270 17% 270 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 49.1% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 950-$100 111,509 User benchmarks, average bench 26% EVGA(3842 2958) CLim: 1569 MHz, MLim: 1652 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 378.78 Performing below potential (51^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	24.6% Poor	Lighting 30.8 Reflection 29.6 Parallax 25.4 25% 28.6 fps	MRender 30.7 Gravity 27.5 Splatting 28.9 24% 29 fps
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 24.6% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$78 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 887GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 172 4350 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 768 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 4469 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 625 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 20 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 164 164 110456 (C2) HDA temperature 108 99 39 (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	69% Good	Read 122 Write 118 Mixed 99.8 85% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.26 100% 1.12 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 69% Great: 84%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 249GB free (System drive) Firmware: 15.01H15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 7262 (03) Spinup time 143 142 3808 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2021 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 72 72 20799 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2018 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 53 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1972 (C2) HDA temperature 102 92 41 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	52.9% Above average	Read 95.5 Write 88.8 Mixed 33.4 53% 72.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 1.18 4K Mixed 0.22 62% 0.59 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 52.9% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C10D3/4G 029E CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 KHX1600C10D3/4G 029E CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 16GB 79 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	39% Below average	MC Read 13.9 MC Write 15.5 MC Mixed 12.2 40% 13.9 GB/s	SC Read 11.9 SC Write 12.5 SC Mixed 12.1 35% 12.2 GB/s	Latency 156 26% 156 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 39% Great: 61%

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Gaming 41%

Speed boat

Desktop 76%

Battleship

Workstation 32%

Sail boat

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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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