Gigabyte GA-Z77-DS3H

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 5% Tree trunk	Desktop 61% Destroyer	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 64.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	4.93% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (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	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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 11 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z77-DS3H (all builds)
Memory	3.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20120919
Uptime	3.3 Days
Run Date	Nov 18 '17 at 20:30
Run Duration	383 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-2120-$45 77,810 User benchmarks, average bench 51% Intel(R) Core(TM) i3-2120 CPU @ 3.30GHz, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	64.3% Good	Memory 91.1 1-Core 86.3 2-Core 156 68% 111 Pts	4-Core 220 8-Core 220 30% 220 Pts	64-Core 217 13% 217 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 64.3% Great: 61%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 630 60,212 User benchmarks, average bench 4% Zotac(19DA 8231) ≥ 4GB Ram: 4GB, Driver: 301.42 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	4.93% Terrible	Lighting 4.57 Reflection 5.35 Parallax 3.38 4% 4.43 fps	MRender 5.14 Gravity 19.9 Splatting 3.39 7% 9.47 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.93% Great: 5%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Hitachi HDS725050KLA360 500GB-$40 5,497 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 99GB free (System drive) Firmware: K2AOA60A Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 160 160 204 (03) Spinup time 103 103 55879336610 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 939 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 8 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 134 134 32 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 72089 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 919 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1023 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1023 (C2) HDA temperature 122 122 279173922861 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 9 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 253 1	21.4% Poor	Read 39.3 Write 35 Mixed 20.6 23% 31.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 1.47 4K Mixed 0.34 90% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 21.4% Great: 34%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$80 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 37GB free Firmware: CC32 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 103 99 6057448 (03) Spinup time 93 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7893 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 127473174 (09) Power-on hours count 29 28 62418 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1355 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 2 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 53 605290523 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 525 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 8257 (C2) HDA temperature 27 47 64424509467 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 13 6 6057448 (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 -85066122239888 (F1) Unknown 100 253 4228787788 (F2) Unknown 100 253 809698916	36.4% Below average	Read 66.8 Write 58.2 Mixed 39.3 41% 54.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 6.31 4K Mixed 0.35 174% 2.37 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 36.4% Great: 75%
WL3000GSA6472C 3TB 46 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 37GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 338 (03) Spinup time 150 142 9475 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 10730 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 55 55 33518 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1289 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 722 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 129 129 215068 (C2) HDA temperature 126 85 26 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 2	31.1% Below average	Read 57 Write 51.2 Mixed 18.3 31% 42.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.59 4K Mixed 0.16 65% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 31.1% Great: 81%
Seagate Backup+ Hub BK 6TB 1,144 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 5.5TB free, PID ab38 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	64.5% Good	Read 148 Write 104 Mixed 47.5 114% 100 MB/s	4K Read 10.7 4K Write 5.77 4K Mixed 0.6 256% 5.68 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 64.5% Great: 72%
General USB Flash Disk 16GB 7,914 User benchmarks, average bench 8% 12GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	5.31% Terrible	Read 18.8 Write 5.13 Mixed 7.37 11% 10.4 MB/s	4K Read 6.16 4K Write 0.004 4K Mixed 0.004 23% 2.06 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 5.31% Great: 15%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair XMS3 DDR3 1333 C9 2x4GB 2,092 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	52% Above average	MC Read 18.1 MC Write 18.6 MC Mixed 16.6 51% 17.8 GB/s	SC Read 14.1 SC Write 16.1 SC Mixed 16.3 44% 15.5 GB/s	Latency 65.6 61% 65.6 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 52% Great: 54%

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Gaming 41%

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Desktop 76%

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Workstation 32%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z77-DS3H - $280

CPU
Core i5-3570KIntel $50Bench 68%, 185,516 samples	516x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	374x
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	121x
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	49x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	45x

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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