Intel DQ77MK

Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 64% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 71.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	111% 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	44.2% 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 8.1 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.

System	INTEL_ DQ77MK__
Motherboard	Intel DQ77MK (all builds)
Memory	4.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20170519
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Jan 06 '18 at 00:19
Run Duration	170 Seconds
Run User	DNK-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing above expectations (61^st 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% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	71.4% Very good	Memory 86.3 1-Core 100 2-Core 194 74% 127 Pts	4-Core 306 8-Core 454 47% 380 Pts	64-Core 458 28% 458 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 71.4% Great: 76%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3367) ≥ 4GB; MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Armor OC CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.71 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Lighting 148 Reflection 153 Parallax 132 121% 144 fps	MRender 114 Gravity 141 Splatting 113 100% 123 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$28 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 94GB free Firmware: U21010RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (09) Power-on hours count 105 100 361 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1137 (A6) Unknown 100 100 308 (A7) Unknown 100 100 1 (A8) Unknown 100 100 360 (A9) Unknown 100 100 37 (AA) Unknown 100 100 1 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 341 (AE) Unknown 100 100 307 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 12 (C2) HDA temperature 72 100 249108103196 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 11 (E8) Unknown 100 100 99 (E9) Unknown 100 100 81245 (F1) Unknown 253 253 6681 (F2) Unknown 253 253 18613
Poor: 35% Great: 86%
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$28 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 94GB free Firmware: U21010RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 141 100 141 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 893 (A6) Unknown 100 100 101 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 152 (A9) Unknown 100 100 43 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 132 (AE) Unknown 100 100 212 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 72 100 231928234012 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 4 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 32361 (F1) Unknown 253 253 3768 (F2) Unknown 253 253 5321
Poor: 35% Great: 86%
Intel 520 Series 180GB-$140 14,258 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 57GB free (System drive) Firmware: LF1i Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 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 (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 54262616826652 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1551 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 352 (B7) Unknown 100 100 2 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 352 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 363748 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 62 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 363748 (F2) Unknown 100 100 614496 (F9) Unknown 100 100 10543	44.2% Average	Read 264 Write 178 Mixed 214 48% 218 MB/s	4K Read 21.2 4K Write 48.2 4K Mixed 11.8 73% 27.1 MB/s	DQ Read 21.1 DQ Write 51 DQ Mixed 11 16% 27.7 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 44.2% Great: 88%
Seagate ST9640320AS 640GB-$270 5,562 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 198GB free Firmware: 0001SDM1 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 100 210736623 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 220 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 66 60 4299403113 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1583 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 218 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 23 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 76 57 420216856 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 2 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 5 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 4195 (C2) HDA temperature 24 43 38654705688 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 49 46 210736623 (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 -114241835105608 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2248079715 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3297882351 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	46.1% Average	Read 79.9 Write 80.9 Mixed 71.2 58% 77.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 0.82 4K Mixed 0.44 86% 0.59 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 46.1% Great: 49%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905403-518.A00LF 2x8GB 1,132 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	55.3% Above average	MC Read 20.4 MC Write 19.8 MC Mixed 17.3 55% 19.2 GB/s	SC Read 15.1 SC Write 16.6 SC Mixed 18.3 48% 16.7 GB/s	Latency 71 56% 71 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 55.3% 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 40%

Jet ski

Desktop 76%

Battleship

Workstation 33%

Sail boat

Motherboard: Intel DQ77MK

CPU
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	7x
Core i5-3470Intel $59Bench 63%, 223,595 samples	4x
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	3x

GPU
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	3x
GTX 770Nvidia $279Bench 34%, 116,895 samples	3x
GTX 660Nvidia $170Bench 20%, 123,956 samples	2x

SSD
Ultimate SU800 1TBAdata $112Bench 104%, 26,139 samples	3x
SSDNow V300 60GBKingston $76Bench 48%, 24,219 samples	2x
840 Evo mSATA 500GBSamsungBench 95%, 727 samples	2x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 4x8GBKingstonBench 58%, 8,730 samples	3x
CMX16GX3M2A1600C11 029E CMZ16GX3M2A1600C10 029E CMZ16GX3M2A1600C10 24GBUnknownBench 42%, 7 samples	3x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	2x

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Value: 67% - Good

Total price: $539

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