Gigabyte GA-Z77-DS3H

Performance Results


Gaming 13% Tree trunk	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 62.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	21.9% 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	48% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	6GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 6GB 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 (52%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z77-DS3H (all builds)
Memory	3.5 GB free of 6 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120919
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 29 '18 at 21:16
Run Duration	224 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	52%

PC Performing as expected (59^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-2100-$49 63,701 User benchmarks, average bench 51% Intel(R) Core(TM) i3-2100 CPU @ 3.10GHz, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	62.1% Good	Memory 88.8 1-Core 80.2 2-Core 132 63% 100 Pts	4-Core 208 8-Core 208 28% 208 Pts	64-Core 206 13% 206 Pts
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 62.1% Great: 61%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 660-$170 123,956 User benchmarks, average bench 20% EVGA(3842 2662) 2GB CLim: 1280 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	21.9% Poor	Lighting 25.6 Reflection 24.8 Parallax 31.5 21% 27.3 fps	MRender 32.8 Gravity 29.7 Splatting 26 24% 29.5 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 21.9% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Z400s 128GB-$109 10,807 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 42GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z2333000 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 65 100 321 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 443 (A6) Unknown 100 100 55 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 107 (A9) Unknown 100 100 122 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 87 (AE) Unknown 100 100 14 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 61 100 223338299431 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 801 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 7443 (F1) Unknown 253 253 2902 (F2) Unknown 253 253 3825	48% Average	Read 366 Write 168 Mixed 199 54% 245 MB/s	4K Read 20.5 4K Write 73.8 4K Mixed 2.38 73% 32.2 MB/s	DQ Read 27.2 DQ Write 116 DQ Mixed 4.35 23% 49.2 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 48% Great: 71%
Seagate ST1000DM003-1CH1 320GB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 298GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 1816 (03) Spinup time 142 139 3866 (04) Start/Stop count 89 89 11463 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 20 20 58753 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 421 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 276 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 11186 (C2) HDA temperature 120 92 23 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 5 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 5 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 5	62.7% Good	Read 108 Write 110 Mixed 33.1 61% 83.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 1.73 4K Mixed 0.46 110% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 62.7% Great: 63%
Samsung SP2504C 250GB-$29 14,402 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 23GB free Firmware: VT100-50 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 253 100 0 (03) Spinup time 253 253 6272 (04) Start/Stop count 83 83 17680 (05) Reallocated sector count 253 253 0 (07) Seek error rate 253 253 0 (08) Seek timer performance 253 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 21026 (0A) Spinup retry count 253 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 253 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 92 92 8108 (BB) vendor-specific 67 67 524322 (BE) vendor-specific 178 76 20 (C2) HDA temperature 178 76 20 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 78629 (C4) Reallocation count 253 253 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 253 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 253 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 253 253 0	28.6% Poor	Read 43.3 Write 56.4 Mixed 37.7 34% 45.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.37 4K Write 0.96 4K Mixed 0.4 78% 0.58 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 28.6% Great: 38%
SanDisk Ultra USB 3.0 16GB-$7 19,339 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 4GB free, PID 5581 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	12.9% Very poor	Read 33 Write 21.3 Mixed 16 27% 23.4 MB/s	4K Read 4.25 4K Write 0.82 4K Mixed 0.57 63% 1.88 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 12.9% Great: 35%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C9D3/2GX 029E CMX4GX3M2A1600C9 KHX1600C9D3/2GX 6GB 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 2048, 2048, 2048 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	38.1% Below average	MC Read 12.5 MC Write 12 MC Mixed 12.3 35% 12.3 GB/s	SC Read 11.6 SC Write 12.8 SC Mixed 13.9 36% 12.8 GB/s	Latency 68.7 58% 68.7 ns

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Gaming 41%

Speed boat

Desktop 76%

Battleship

Workstation 32%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z77-DS3H - $280

CPU
Core i5-3570KIntel $136Bench 68%, 185,516 samples	509x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	371x
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	280x

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 $76Bench 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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $515	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16