Gigabyte GA-Z77-DS3H

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 33% Sail boat	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 26% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	40.5% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z77-DS3H (all builds)
Memory	9.7 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131113
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	May 18 '21 at 14:15
Run Duration	108 Seconds
Run User	CHE-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (46^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	79.5% Very good	Memory 88.3 1-Core 106 2-Core 212 78% 135 Pts	4-Core 405 8-Core 424 55% 415 Pts	64-Core 423 26% 423 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 79.5% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Asus(1043 8664) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 466.27 Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	40.5% Average	Lighting 59.6 Reflection 64.8 Parallax 58.3 49% 60.9 fps	MRender 44.2 Gravity 59.2 Splatting 0.2 25% 34.5 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 40.5% Great: 54%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 294GB free (System drive) Firmware: 17.01H17 SusWrite @10s intervals: 69 82 67 72 101 119 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	58.2% Above average	Read 118 Write 86.5 Mixed 65.8 SusWrite 85 65% 88.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 58.2% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C9D3/4GX KHX1600C9D3/4GX Hynix HMT425U6AFR6C-PB Hynix HMT425U6AFR6C-PB 12GB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 2048, 2048 MB Performing below potential (25^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	60.2% Good	MC Read 22.4 MC Write 22.2 MC Mixed 17.9 60% 20.8 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 18.8 SC Mixed 19.2 54% 18.7 GB/s	Latency 69.2 58% 69.2 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 60.2% Great: 74%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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Gaming 41%

Speed boat

Desktop 76%

Battleship

Workstation 32%

Sail boat

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 $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 $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16