Gigabyte GA-Z77M-D3H

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 26% Raft	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 21% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	29.7% 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z77M-D3H (all builds)
Memory	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120919
Uptime	11.6 Days
Run Date	Nov 26 '18 at 08:26
Run Duration	179 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing as expected (50^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-3570K-$136 185,516 User benchmarks, average bench 68% Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-3570K CPU @ 3.40GHz, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	81.5% Excellent	Memory 95.3 1-Core 103 2-Core 206 78% 135 Pts	4-Core 395 8-Core 377 52% 386 Pts	64-Core 383 24% 383 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 81.5% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 950-$100 111,509 User benchmarks, average bench 26% EVGA(3842 2951) CLim: 1519 MHz, MLim: 1652 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	29.7% Poor	Lighting 37.7 Reflection 34.3 Parallax 31.2 31% 34.4 fps	MRender 36.7 Gravity 32.9 Splatting 32.7 28% 34.1 fps
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 29.7% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$79 133,734 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 364GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 171 182 197 204 205 204 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	91.3% Outstanding	Read 124 Write 172 Mixed 28.4 SusWrite 194 93% 129 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 5.1 4K Mixed 1.9 351% 2.7 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 91.3% Great: 110%
Seagate ST32000542AS 2TB-$100 19,960 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 126GB free Firmware: CC34 SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 77 78 77 78 77 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	44.5% Average	Read 78.2 Write 54.8 Mixed 47.6 SusWrite 76.6 47% 64.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 1.1 183% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 44.5% Great: 61%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 101GB free Firmware: CC29 SusWrite @10s intervals: 143 147 146 149 149 149 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	85.6% Excellent	Read 151 Write 118 Mixed 67.8 SusWrite 147 89% 121 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 85.6% Great: 114%
SABRENT 500GB 1,200 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 196GB free Firmware: 0204 SusWrite @10s intervals: 12 12 12 12 12 12 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	14.3% Very poor	Read 33.1 Write 26.9 Mixed 29.3 SusWrite 12 19% 25.3 MB/s	4K Read 7.4 4K Write 7.5 4K Mixed 7.8 1,314% 7.57 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 14.3% Great: 63%
Seagate BUP SL 4TB 1,990 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 2.5TB free Firmware: 0108 SusWrite @10s intervals: 11 11 12 12 12 12 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	11.6% Very poor	Read 27.4 Write 24.8 Mixed 26.8 SusWrite 11.7 17% 22.7 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 3.2 4K Mixed 0.5 161% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 11.6% Great: 67%
WD My Passport 25F3 256GB 556 User benchmarks, average bench 149% 45GB free, PID 25f3 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 11 11 11 11 11 11 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	32.4% Below average	Read 32.9 Write 24.8 Mixed 27.9 SusWrite 11.1 31% 24.2 MB/s	4K Read 7.7 4K Write 7.6 4K Mixed 7 525% 7.43 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 32.4% Great: 260%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GB 48,796 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	62.6% Good	MC Read 22.1 MC Write 22.9 MC Mixed 20.1 62% 21.7 GB/s	SC Read 16.7 SC Write 17 SC Mixed 18.7 50% 17.5 GB/s	Latency 56.1 71% 56.1 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 62.6% Great: 63%

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Gaming 24%

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Desktop 75%

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Workstation 20%

Surfboard

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z77M-D3H - $145

CPU
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	206x
Core i5-3570KIntel $136Bench 68%, 185,516 samples	140x
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	72x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	71x
HD 2500 (Desktop 1.05 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 146,665 samples	53x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	45x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	41x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	25x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	24x

RAM
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	26x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples	23x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	11x

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Total price: $529

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