Gigabyte GA-Q77M-D2H

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	65.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Q77M-D2H (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20121220
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 16 '18 at 12:03
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3770K-$175 165,979 User benchmarks, average bench 72% Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3770K CPU @ 3.50GHz, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.9 GHz Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	77% Very good	Memory 86.5 1-Core 103 2-Core 200 75% 130 Pts	4-Core 368 8-Core 503 55% 436 Pts	64-Core 509 32% 509 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 77% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 3973) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 398.82 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 64.8 Reflection 64.6 Parallax 59 53% 62.8 fps	Gravity 59.6 Splatting 54.3 50% 57 fps
Poor: 43% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB-$100 46,066 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 28GB free (System drive) Firmware: 506ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 149 177 168 158 167 175 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	65.2% Good	Read 301 Write 140 Mixed 208 SusWrite 166 45% 204 MB/s	4K Read 26 4K Write 56.4 4K Mixed 31.8 110% 38.1 MB/s	DQ Read 210 DQ Write 192 DQ Mixed 129 116% 177 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 65.2% Great: 87%
Seagate Barracuda 500GB (2016)-$24 16,451 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 154GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 179 172 171 176 177 179 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 188 Write 114 Mixed 70.3 SusWrite 176 100% 137 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 500GB (2016)-$24 16,451 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 124GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 198 198 198 203 202 202 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 180 Write 41.3 Mixed 70.5 SusWrite 200 90% 123 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5403-429.A00LF 2x8GB 93 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	50.4% Above average	MC Read 18.2 MC Write 17.4 MC Mixed 15.8 49% 17.1 GB/s	SC Read 14.4 SC Write 17.2 SC Mixed 16.1 45% 15.9 GB/s	Latency 70.9 56% 70.9 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 50.4% Great: 74%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 6%

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Desktop 59%

Gunboat

Workstation 6%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Q77M-D2H

CPU
Core i5-3470Intel $59Bench 63%, 223,595 samples	34x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	34x
Core i5-3570SIntelBench 70%, 3,597 samples	16x

GPU
HD 2500 (Desktop 1.05 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 146,665 samples	25x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	12x
GTX 1650Nvidia $155Bench 43%, 259,091 samples	11x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	6x
SSD 240GBBench 75%, 38,401 samples	5x
Raid 0 Volume 480GBIntelBench 105%, 11,256 samples	4x

RAM
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	5x
KHX1866C10D3/8G KHX1600C10D3/8G 16GBKingstonBench 55%, 2,146 samples	4x
Atermiter9.A01LF Kingston 9905403-001.B00LF 16GBUnknownBench 51%, 4 samples	4x

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Value: 73% - Very good

Total price: $87

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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 $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16