Gigabyte GA-Z77-DS3H

Performance Results


Gaming 26% Raft	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 21% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (27th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 73 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 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 76.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	30.9% 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	24.3% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z77-DS3H (all builds)
Memory	5.2 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120919
Uptime	2 Days
Run Date	Jul 12 '19 at 06:10
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	17%

PC Performing below expectations (27^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 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	76.3% Very good	Memory 89.3 1-Core 99.9 2-Core 201 75% 130 Pts	4-Core 366 8-Core 374 49% 370 Pts	64-Core 382 24% 382 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 76.3% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% MSI(1462 3202) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing below potential (28^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	30.9% Below average	Lighting 45.8 Reflection 42.5 Parallax 41.8 37% 43.4 fps	MRender 38.4 Gravity 38.9 Splatting 0.09 18% 25.8 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 30.9% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 71GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFK71B1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 41 5.7 27 16 10 MB/s Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	24.3% Poor	Read 160 Write 108 Mixed 99.2 SusWrite 35.2 22% 101 MB/s	4K Read 16.1 4K Write 22.1 4K Mixed 11 50% 16.4 MB/s	DQ Read 12.2 DQ Write 20.7 DQ Mixed 14.7 12% 15.9 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 24.3% Great: 100%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 243GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 28 28 26 27 29 28 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	27.4% Poor	Read 67.5 Write 53 Mixed 50 SusWrite 27.7 37% 49.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.9 156% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 27.4% Great: 59%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 243GB free Firmware: CC44 SusWrite @10s intervals: 28 28 26 27 29 28 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	39.6% Below average	Read 110 Write 74.5 Mixed 53.5 SusWrite 27.8 49% 66.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 1.1 182% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 39.6% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CT51264BA160B.C16F 859B BLS4G3D1339DS1S00. 859B BLS4G3D1339DS1S00. 12GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	40.1% Average	MC Read 13.4 MC Write 13.8 MC Mixed 12.2 38% 13.1 GB/s	SC Read 11.6 SC Write 13.6 SC Mixed 13.3 37% 12.8 GB/s	Latency 68.1 59% 68.1 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 40.1% Great: 40%

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

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Gaming 41%

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Desktop 76%

Battleship

Workstation 32%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z77-DS3H - $280

CPU
Core i5-3570KIntel $136Bench 68%, 185,516 samples	507x
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 $75Bench 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 $254	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 $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16