ECS Z77H2-A3

Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	19.3% 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	64.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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 8 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	ECS Z77H2-A3 (all builds)
Memory	4.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 8
BIOS Date	20120305
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 07 '17 at 11:40
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing as expected (60^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-3550-$335 23,599 User benchmarks, average bench 69% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	74.3% Very good	Memory 90 1-Core 98 2-Core 193 74% 127 Pts	4-Core 338 8-Core 351 46% 345 Pts	64-Core 295 18% 295 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 74.3% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7850-$174 49,592 User benchmarks, average bench 19% XFX(1682 3260) 2GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 9.2.0.0 Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	19.3% Very poor	Lighting 22 Reflection 27.5 Parallax 30.2 18% 26.6 fps	MRender 23.8 Gravity 21.5 Splatting 32.5 22% 25.9 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 19.3% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 184GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 703 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 114 (B1) Unknown 99 99 5 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 57 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 59 (F1) Unknown 99 99 4091976744	64.2% Good	Read 268 Write 211 Mixed 217 52% 232 MB/s	4K Read 38.6 4K Write 67.5 4K Mixed 22.7 123% 42.9 MB/s	DQ Read 37.2 DQ Write 160 DQ Mixed 22.4 40% 73.4 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 64.2% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 102 100 4567776 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 7 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 23203 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 7 (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 70 504823838 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 5 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 15 (C2) HDA temperature 30 40 98784247838 (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 -88880053223424 (F1) Unknown 100 253 96005625 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1918856	111% Outstanding	Read 198 Write 189 Mixed 177 141% 188 MB/s	4K Read 0.81 4K Write 1.78 4K Mixed 0.23 92% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C8 2x4GB 2,902 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	58.7% Above average	MC Read 21.4 MC Write 21.2 MC Mixed 19 59% 20.5 GB/s	SC Read 15.9 SC Write 16.6 SC Mixed 17.7 48% 16.7 GB/s	Latency 67.2 60% 67.2 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 58.7% Great: 63%

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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 13%

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Desktop 72%

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Workstation 11%

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Motherboard: ECS Z77H2-A3

CPU
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	8x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	3x
Core i5-3350PIntel $60Bench 65%, 21,413 samples	2x

GPU
GeForce GTX 560 SENvidiaBench 11%, 1,809 samples	4x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	3x
GTX 550-TiNvidia $250Bench 9%, 54,392 samples	2x

SSD
SSD Plus 120GBSanDisk $42Bench 58%, 87,912 samples	5x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	2x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $37Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	1x

RAM
M2F4G64CB8HG5N-CG 4x4GBNanyaBench 48%, 550 samples	5x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	2x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	1x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $217

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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