Gigabyte GA-Z77X-D3H

Performance Results


Gaming 32% Sail boat	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 26% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 76.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	36.1% 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	76.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

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Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z77X-D3H (all builds)
Memory	10.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121024
Uptime	2.2 Days
Run Date	Jun 06 '17 at 22:46
Run Duration	184 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	21%

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PC Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-3570 104,858 User benchmarks, average bench 65% Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-3570 CPU @ 3.40GHz, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	76.4% Very good	Memory 95.8 1-Core 104 2-Core 210 79% 137 Pts	4-Core 325 8-Core 366 45% 345 Pts	64-Core 383 24% 383 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 76.4% Great: 75%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-Ti-$59 946,701 User benchmarks, average bench 29% MSI(1462 3351) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 382.33 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	36.1% Below average	Lighting 46.9 Reflection 32 Parallax 39.2 38% 39.3 fps	MRender 38.6 Gravity 42.2 Splatting 37.2 32% 39.3 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 36.1% Great: 33%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Marvell Raid VD 0 240GB 200 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 129GB free Firmware: 1.01 Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	64.5% Good	Read 370 Write 263 Mixed 226 63% 286 MB/s	4K Read 26.6 4K Write 61.6 4K Mixed 13 90% 33.7 MB/s	DQ Read 194 DQ Write 163 DQ Mixed 43.3 69% 133 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 64.5% Great: 82%
Corsair Force LE 120GB 3,209 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 65GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFC12.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3619 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 584 (A2) Unknown 100 100 330 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1048621 (AE) Unknown 100 100 53 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 53 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850984990 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 99 (F1) Unknown 100 100 3163 (F2) Unknown 100 100 2327	76.3% Very good	Read 516 Write 337 Mixed 350 89% 401 MB/s	4K Read 31 4K Write 62.3 4K Mixed 9.86 93% 34.4 MB/s	DQ Read 242 DQ Write 165 DQ Mixed 42.4 75% 150 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 76.3% Great: 92%
Ocz-octane S2 64GB 99 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 51GB free Firmware: 4.13 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 8 0 8 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 8046 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3316 (E8) Unknown 100 100 80 (E9) Unknown 100 0 100	30.4% Below average	Read 206 Write 72.4 Mixed 98.7 27% 126 MB/s	4K Read 14.1 4K Write 29.2 4K Mixed 10.2 50% 17.8 MB/s	DQ Read 104 DQ Write 29.7 DQ Mixed 16.2 25% 49.9 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 30.4% Great: 33%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 215GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 171 2208 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5268 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 10716 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3168 (C0) Power-off retract count 197 197 2874 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2393 (C2) HDA temperature 109 95 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 1003 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	67.8% Good	Read 120 Write 116 Mixed 115 88% 117 MB/s	4K Read 1.26 4K Write 3.05 4K Mixed 0.3 142% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 67.8% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLT8G3D1608DT1TX0. 2x8GB 7,008 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	62% Good	MC Read 21.4 MC Write 22.3 MC Mixed 20.4 61% 21.4 GB/s	SC Read 16.8 SC Write 18.2 SC Mixed 17.5 50% 17.5 GB/s	Latency 54.7 73% 54.7 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 62% Great: 65%

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Gaming 41%

Speed boat

Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 32%

Sail boat

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z77X-D3H - $333

CPU
Core i5-3570KIntel $136Bench 68%, 185,516 samples	521x
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	435x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	287x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	115x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	103x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	92x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	66x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	57x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	31x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	44x
Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 50%, 23,732 samples	43x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 34,385 samples	38x

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Value: 80% - Excellent

Total price: $665

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 $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