Gigabyte GA-Z77-DS3H

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (23rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 77 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 69.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Boot Drive	47.7% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (85%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z77-DS3H (all builds)
Memory	3.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120821
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Nov 12 '16 at 19:11
Run Duration	153 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	85%

PC Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3770K-$175 165,979 User benchmarks, average bench 72% Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3770K CPU @ 3.50GHz, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.9 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	69.4% Good	Memory 84.3 1-Core 96.2 2-Core 176 70% 119 Pts	4-Core 294 8-Core 477 47% 386 Pts	64-Core 513 32% 513 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 69.4% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4000 (Desktop 1.15 GHz)-$15 52,547 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 2GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 10.18.10.4358 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX100 500GB-$49 13,478 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 256GB free Firmware: MU02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 21 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 873 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 61 (A3) Unknown 100 100 30 (A4) Unknown 100 100 1104 (A5) Unknown 100 100 3 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 1 (A8) Unknown 100 100 2000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 2 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 26 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 226 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 7286 (F2) Unknown 100 100 75261 (F5) Unknown 100 100 17664	67.5% Good	Read 429 Write 371 Mixed 336 84% 379 MB/s	4K Read 26.6 4K Write 44.6 4K Mixed 17.3 86% 29.5 MB/s	DQ Read 29.8 DQ Write 68.5 DQ Mixed 19.3 23% 39.2 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 67.5% Great: 108%
Crucial M4 512GB-$74 4,600 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 118GB free (System drive) Firmware: 000F Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4643 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2747 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 99 99 53 (AE) Unknown 100 100 45 (B5) Unknown 100 100 14083221031787 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 151 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 99 99 1 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0	47.7% Average	Read 370 Write 252 Mixed 243 64% 289 MB/s	4K Read 17.9 4K Write 32.5 4K Mixed 7.88 54% 19.4 MB/s	DQ Read 17.8 DQ Write 65.2 DQ Mixed 8.13 16% 30.4 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 47.7% Great: 81%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$23 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 208GB free Firmware: KC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 5016 (03) Spinup time 99 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4112 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 37172531 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3526 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2749 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 59 504365086 (C2) HDA temperature 30 41 38654705694 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 32 30 5016 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -51157355458994 (F1) Unknown 100 253 692925757 (F2) Unknown 100 253 4092399428	55.1% Above average	Read 105 Write 87.3 Mixed 76 67% 89.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.36 86% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 55.1% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 73,650 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	46.9% Average	MC Read 17.1 MC Write 16.3 MC Mixed 14.8 46% 16.1 GB/s	SC Read 12.5 SC Write 14.7 SC Mixed 14.2 39% 13.8 GB/s	Latency 72.9 55% 72.9 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 46.9% Great: 62%

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Gaming 41%

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Desktop 76%

Battleship

Workstation 32%

Sail boat

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z77-DS3H - $280

CPU
Core i5-3570KIntel $136Bench 68%, 185,516 samples	506x
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 $80Bench 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 $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