Gigabyte GA-Z77-D3H

Performance Results


Gaming 55% Gunboat	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 43% Speed boat


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 a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	70.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	52.1% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z77-D3H (all builds)
Memory	5.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131114
Uptime	2.7 Days
Run Date	Jan 14 '18 at 13:23
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	ARE-User
Background CPU	7%

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 i5-2500 82,538 User benchmarks, average bench 63% Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-2500 CPU @ 3.30GHz, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.85 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	76.6% Very good	Memory 91.5 1-Core 92 2-Core 179 72% 121 Pts	4-Core 358 8-Core 358 48% 358 Pts	64-Core 357 22% 357 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 76.6% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% EVGA(3842 3988) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1557 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	70.2% Very good	Lighting 91.9 Reflection 88.3 Parallax 77.9 75% 86.1 fps	MRender 77.5 Gravity 78.7 Splatting 69.6 61% 75.3 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 70.2% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Transcend SSD370 128GB-$74 4,687 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 46GB free (System drive) Firmware: N1114H Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^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 1684 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 846 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 44 (A3) Unknown 100 100 25 (A4) Unknown 100 100 139022 (A5) Unknown 100 100 181 (A6) Unknown 100 100 81 (A7) Unknown 100 100 136 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 96 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 702 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 103 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 134 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 5 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 314862 (F2) Unknown 100 100 344482 (F5) Unknown 100 100 556088	52.1% Above average	Read 381 Write 151 Mixed 214 55% 249 MB/s	4K Read 16.8 4K Write 73.5 4K Mixed 14.9 84% 35.1 MB/s	DQ Read 23.3 DQ Write 112 DQ Mixed 17.4 28% 51 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 52.1% Great: 83%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 931GB free Firmware: CC49 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 117071400 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6620 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 70 60 10751007 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 16634 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1243 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 46 437583898 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 141 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 77 77 47340 (C2) HDA temperature 26 54 68719476762 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -50556060036673 (F1) Unknown 100 253 13871923538 (F2) Unknown 100 253 26698533499	105% Outstanding	Read 184 Write 182 Mixed 107 117% 158 MB/s	4K Read 0.96 4K Write 1.25 4K Mixed 0.31 98% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 854GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 82 64 170880512 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 87 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 66 60 3843134 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 824 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 86 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 60 437518362 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 107 (C2) HDA temperature 26 19 81604378650 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 8 1 170880512 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 139732466008870 (F1) Unknown 100 253 7485937634 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1733103384	101% Outstanding	Read 182 Write 169 Mixed 119 116% 156 MB/s	4K Read 1.01 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.27 106% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 9DNPBNZB-TATP 2x4GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	52.3% Above average	MC Read 18.1 MC Write 18.7 MC Mixed 16.6 51% 17.8 GB/s	SC Read 14.6 SC Write 17 SC Mixed 16.2 46% 15.9 GB/s	Latency 65 62% 65 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 52.3% Great: 55%

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Gaming 41%

Speed boat

Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 32%

Sail boat

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z77-D3H

CPU
Core i5-3570KIntel $136Bench 68%, 185,516 samples	625x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	405x
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	250x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	136x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	124x
HD 4000 (Desktop 1.15 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 52,547 samples	103x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	58x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	47x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	47x

RAM
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	50x
Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 50%, 27,024 samples	45x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples	39x

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Total price: $332

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