Gigabyte GA-Z77X-UD3H

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 105% UFO	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 80% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 84.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	130% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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 (40%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z77X-UD3H (all builds)
Memory	9.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130724
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Apr 17 '19 at 15:01
Run Duration	136 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	40%

PC Performing above expectations (68^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 4.4 GHz, turbo 5.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	84.1% Excellent	Memory 94.4 1-Core 80.7 2-Core 241 77% 139 Pts	4-Core 427 8-Core 428 57% 428 Pts	64-Core 443 27% 443 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 84.1% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 360A) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2977 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 419.35 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	130% Outstanding	Lighting 181 Reflection 192 Parallax 178 148% 183 fps	MRender 124 Gravity 180 Splatting 126 116% 143 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 244GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 60 76 78 89 97 98 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	63.9% Good	Read 140 Write 147 Mixed 79.5 SusWrite 82.9 82% 112 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1.2 224% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 63.9% Great: 109%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 310GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 156 153 152 150 149 155 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	71.4% Very good	Read 95.7 Write 96.7 Mixed 75.3 SusWrite 153 77% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1.2 213% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 71.4% Great: 109%
Seagate Backup+ Hub BK 6TB 1,144 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 5.5TB free, PID ab38 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 168 160 177 177 177 177 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	74.6% Very good	Read 141 Write 161 Mixed 95 SusWrite 173 196% 142 MB/s	4K Read 5.8 4K Write 4.9 4K Mixed 0.9 219% 3.87 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 74.6% Great: 72%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 16,567 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	61.2% Good	MC Read 21.1 MC Write 22.3 MC Mixed 19.8 60% 21.1 GB/s	SC Read 16.4 SC Write 19.1 SC Mixed 18.8 52% 18.1 GB/s	Latency 58.7 68% 58.7 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 61.2% Great: 62%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 37%

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Desktop 77%

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Workstation 29%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z77X-UD3H - $350

CPU
Core i5-3570KIntel $136Bench 68%, 185,516 samples	486x
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	431x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	272x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	98x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	91x
HD 4000 (Desktop 1.15 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 52,547 samples	88x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	58x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $51Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	45x
MX500 1TBCrucial $74Bench 106%, 202,785 samples	35x

RAM
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	47x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples	45x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 34,385 samples	41x

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Value: 55% - Above average

Total price: $786

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16