Gigabyte GA-Z77X-D3H

Performance Results


Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 59% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (37th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 63 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 good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	93.6% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	52% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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-Z77X-D3H (all builds)
Memory	10.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121024
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 31 '21 at 13:32
Run Duration	294 Seconds
Run User	COL-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3770-$297 278,207 User benchmarks, average bench 69% Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3770 CPU @ 3.40GHz, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.9 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	75.9% Very good	Memory 90.7 1-Core 100 2-Core 193 75% 128 Pts	4-Core 330 8-Core 505 52% 418 Pts	64-Core 503 31% 503 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 75.9% Great: 76%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6183) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 497.29 Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	93.6% Outstanding	Lighting 116 Reflection 135 Parallax 115 94% 122 fps	MRender 114 Gravity 116 Splatting 109 92% 113 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 93.6% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force GS 240GB-$261 4,179 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 74GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 139 120 123 122 127 125 MB/s Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	52% Above average	Read 166 Write 191 Mixed 191 SusWrite 126 38% 168 MB/s	4K Read 24.4 4K Write 40.9 4K Mixed 29.1 96% 31.5 MB/s	DQ Read 199 DQ Write 147 DQ Mixed 143 115% 163 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 52% Great: 93%
WD Green 120GB (2016)-$84 21,990 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 6GB free Firmware: Z3311000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 29 25 45 22 23 29 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	36% Below average	Read 349 Write 38.7 Mixed 62.6 SusWrite 28.9 26% 120 MB/s	4K Read 17.2 4K Write 19.6 4K Mixed 10.5 50% 15.8 MB/s	DQ Read 144 DQ Write 98.5 DQ Mixed 10.6 38% 84.5 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 36% Great: 71%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 112GB free Firmware: 608ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 99 98 151 154 148 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	56% Above average	Read 250 Write 129 Mixed 195 SusWrite 126 39% 175 MB/s	4K Read 24.7 4K Write 52.8 4K Mixed 31 105% 36.2 MB/s	DQ Read 104 DQ Write 145 DQ Mixed 119 91% 123 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 56% Great: 73%
Samsung HM500JI 500GB-$100 8,795 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 35GB free Firmware: 2AC101C4 SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 43 45 46 45 45 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	23.9% Poor	Read 39.6 Write 26 Mixed 29 SusWrite 43.5 26% 34.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.7 120% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 23.9% Great: 47%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 78GB free Firmware: CC35 SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 80 81 81 82 81 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	46.5% Average	Read 81.3 Write 78.2 Mixed 56.3 SusWrite 80.5 55% 74.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.9 155% 1 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 46.5% Great: 70%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 162 162 163 164 164 163 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	95.3% Outstanding	Read 169 Write 155 Mixed 77.4 SusWrite 163 103% 141 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 95.3% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1600 CL9 Series 4x4GB 1,859 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	58.3% Above average	MC Read 21.2 MC Write 20.8 MC Mixed 18.6 58% 20.2 GB/s	SC Read 16.9 SC Write 16.9 SC Mixed 18.4 50% 17.4 GB/s	Latency 66.2 60% 66.2 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 58.3% Great: 63%

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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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Total price: $665

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