Gigabyte GA-Z77P-D3

Performance Results


Gaming 64% Destroyer	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 49% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (36th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 64 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	87.5% 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	21.3% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
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.

High background CPU (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z77P-D3 (all builds)
Memory	9.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120824
Uptime	3.6 Days
Run Date	Jul 15 '18 at 17:29
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	22%

PC Performing below expectations (36^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 above expectations (84^th percentile)	74.4% Very good	Memory 88.3 1-Core 97.7 2-Core 193 74% 126 Pts	4-Core 349 8-Core 359 47% 354 Pts	64-Core 364 22% 364 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 74.4% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4996) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1582 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 397.31 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	87.5% Excellent	Lighting 113 Reflection 116 Parallax 102 92% 110 fps	MRender 94.2 Gravity 101 Splatting 93.9 79% 96.5 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 87.5% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD 128GB-$84 8,513 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 16GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.0.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 13 15 28 54 70 57 MB/s Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	21.3% Poor	Read 208 Write 6 Mixed 32 SusWrite 39.2 15% 71.2 MB/s	4K Read 13.9 4K Write 7 4K Mixed 8.1 35% 9.67 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 21.3% Great: 56%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 958GB 1,030 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 444GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 12 19 32 52 72 57 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	55.2% Above average	Read 377 Write 351 Mixed 228 SusWrite 40.6 56% 249 MB/s	4K Read 21.5 4K Write 63.5 4K Mixed 34.1 110% 39.7 MB/s	DQ Read 32.6 DQ Write 107 DQ Mixed 41 40% 60.1 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 55.2% Great: 104%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 70GB free Firmware: 12.01C01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 37 37 37 37 38 38 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	32.1% Below average	Read 74 Write 72 Mixed 52.5 SusWrite 37.3 44% 59 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1 177% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 32.1% Great: 69%
WD WD2500YS-01SHB1 251GB 1,993 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 18GB free Firmware: 20.06C06 SusWrite @10s intervals: 37 37 37 37 38 38 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	23.6% Poor	Read 44.3 Write 44.5 Mixed 36.2 SusWrite 37.2 30% 40.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.9 172% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 23.6% Great: 35%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLS8G3D1609ES2LX0. 859B CT102464BD160B.C16 16GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (17^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	31.2% Below average	MC Read 10.4 MC Write 10.7 MC Mixed 8.7 28% 9.93 GB/s	SC Read 9.8 SC Write 9.3 SC Mixed 9.4 27% 9.5 GB/s	Latency 69.2 58% 69.2 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 31.2% Great: 61%

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

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 76%

Battleship

Workstation 35%

Sail boat

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z77P-D3

CPU
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	179x
Core i5-3570KIntel $136Bench 68%, 185,516 samples	118x
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	80x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	56x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	50x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	38x

SSD
870 QVO 1TBSamsung $107Bench 95%, 80,665 samples	23x
MX300 525GBCrucial $150Bench 86%, 105,037 samples	18x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	18x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	23x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	12x
PSD34G160081 2x4GBPatriotBench 48%, 2,742 samples	11x

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Value: 71% - Very good

Total price: $521

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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