Gigabyte GA-Z77-D3H

Performance Results


Gaming 12% Tree trunk	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 79.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	9.3% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	44% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

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

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z77-D3H (all builds)
Memory	8.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120821
Uptime	2.3 Days
Run Date	Dec 13 '19 at 20:40
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-3570K-$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, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	79.2% Very good	Memory 91 1-Core 102 2-Core 207 77% 133 Pts	4-Core 393 8-Core 375 52% 384 Pts	64-Core 384 24% 384 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 79.2% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7750 22,655 User benchmarks, average bench 8% Gigabyte(1458 2551) 1GB CLim: 880 MHz, MLim: 1125 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 19.9.3 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	9.3% Terrible	Lighting 10.3 Reflection 15 Parallax 13.7 8% 13 fps	MRender 12.4 Gravity 9.6 Splatting 17.3 11% 13.1 fps
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 9.3% Great: 9%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M4 256GB-$218 17,938 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 50GB free (System drive) Firmware: 04MH SusWrite @10s intervals: 195 130 91 102 134 112 MB/s Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	44% Average	Read 245 Write 190 Mixed 199 SusWrite 128 43% 190 MB/s	4K Read 17 4K Write 38 4K Mixed 12.9 62% 22.6 MB/s	DQ Read 168 DQ Write 185 DQ Mixed 23.3 60% 126 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 44% Great: 74%
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 32GB free Firmware: 505CUA SusWrite @10s intervals: 201 189 192 209 205 208 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	58.3% Above average	Read 236 Write 212 Mixed 202 SusWrite 201 48% 213 MB/s	4K Read 23.5 4K Write 40 4K Mixed 26.9 91% 30.1 MB/s	DQ Read 192 DQ Write 178 DQ Mixed 141 118% 170 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 58.3% Great: 85%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 4TB-$230 19,674 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2TB free Firmware: CC44 SusWrite @10s intervals: 173 175 173 174 174 173 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	94.7% Outstanding	Read 155 Write 148 Mixed 60.3 SusWrite 174 98% 134 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 5.1 4K Mixed 2.3 400% 2.87 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 94.7% Great: 94%
SAMSUNG HD501LJ 500GB 113 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 64GB free, PID 00a2 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 37 37 37 37 37 38 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	15.6% Very poor	Read 33.4 Write 20.6 Mixed 21.6 SusWrite 37.2 38% 28.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.7 53% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 15.6% Great: 18%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMV4GX3M1A1333C9 029E CML8GX3M2A1600C9 029E CMV4GX3M1A1333C9 029E CML8GX3M2A1600C9 16GB 12 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	52% Above average	MC Read 17.9 MC Write 18.6 MC Mixed 16.2 50% 17.6 GB/s	SC Read 14.2 SC Write 17.7 SC Mixed 17.7 47% 16.5 GB/s	Latency 65.7 61% 65.7 ns
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 52% Great: 51%

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Gaming 41%

Speed boat

Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 32%

Sail boat

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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Value: 80% - Excellent

Total price: $332

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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