Gigabyte GA-Z77-D3H

Performance Results


Gaming 81% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 62% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	103% 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	50.2% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z77-D3H (all builds)
Memory	5.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20130812
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 06 '18 at 09:14
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing above expectations (82^nd 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 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	79.8% Very good	Memory 91.3 1-Core 101 2-Core 201 76% 131 Pts	4-Core 396 8-Core 396 53% 396 Pts	64-Core 395 24% 395 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 79.8% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% MSI(1462 C303) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 399.7 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Lighting 135 Reflection 144 Parallax 123 110% 134 fps	MRender 99.9 Gravity 126 Splatting 107 91% 111 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Mushkin Chronos 120GB-$70 862 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 44GB free (System drive) Firmware: 504A SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 92 91 91 89 91 MB/s Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	50.2% Above average	Read 146 Write 116 Mixed 140 SusWrite 91.6 28% 123 MB/s	4K Read 25.7 4K Write 63 4K Mixed 27.7 108% 38.8 MB/s	DQ Read 143 DQ Write 119 DQ Mixed 23.2 47% 95.1 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 50.2% Great: 84%
WD Green 1.5TB (2011)-$51 6,566 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 773GB free Firmware: 51.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 120 122 120 119 123 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	72.2% Very good	Read 131 Write 130 Mixed 105 SusWrite 121 90% 122 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.7 152% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 72.2% Great: 65%
WD Green 1.5TB (2011)-$51 6,566 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 202GB free Firmware: 51.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 93 97 112 113 113 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	60.2% Good	Read 106 Write 113 Mixed 86.8 SusWrite 103 76% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 150% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 60.2% Great: 65%
WD WD1001FAES-60Z2A0 1TB 11,642 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 639GB free Firmware: 05.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 110 110 109 110 110 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	69.5% Good	Read 132 Write 129 Mixed 96.5 SusWrite 110 86% 117 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.9 205% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 69.5% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 991770 (996770) 2x4GB 142 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	50.5% Above average	MC Read 18 MC Write 17.8 MC Mixed 15.7 49% 17.2 GB/s	SC Read 14.5 SC Write 16.3 SC Mixed 14.9 44% 15.2 GB/s	Latency 65.3 61% 65.3 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 50.5% Great: 51%

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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 41%

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Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 32%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z77-D3H

CPU
Core i5-3570KIntel $136Bench 68%, 185,516 samples	625x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	405x
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	251x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	136x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	124x
HD 4000 (Desktop 1.15 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 52,547 samples	103x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	58x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	47x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	47x

RAM
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	50x
Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 50%, 27,024 samples	45x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples	39x

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Total price: $332

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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