Gigabyte GA-Z77M-D3H

Performance Results


Gaming 14% Tree trunk	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 81.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	10.5% 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	31.3% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z77M-D3H (all builds)
Memory	5.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120220
Uptime	1.2 Days
Run Date	Aug 21 '18 at 22:27
Run Duration	127 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (79^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, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	81.1% Excellent	Memory 96.4 1-Core 109 2-Core 218 82% 141 Pts	4-Core 357 8-Core 520 55% 438 Pts	64-Core 524 32% 524 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 81.1% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 650-$112 69,673 User benchmarks, average bench 8% Asus(1043 8427) 1GB CLim: 1265 MHz, MLim: 1300 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 398.82 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	10.5% Very poor	Lighting 11.7 Reflection 11 Parallax 13.7 10% 12.1 fps	MRender 15.6 Gravity 14 Splatting 15.4 12% 15 fps
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 10.5% Great: 9%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk PLUS 120 GB 120GB 14,313 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 63GB free (System drive) Firmware: UE3600RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 82 67 74 56 74 MB/s Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	31.3% Below average	Read 215 Write 131 Mixed 90.9 SusWrite 72 28% 127 MB/s	4K Read 14.8 4K Write 20.6 4K Mixed 17.1 55% 17.5 MB/s	DQ Read 19.6 DQ Write 24.8 DQ Mixed 21.2 16% 21.9 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 31.3% Great: 55%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$23 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 466GB free Firmware: KC44 SusWrite @10s intervals: 133 132 132 134 134 134 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	76.5% Very good	Read 134 Write 132 Mixed 55.2 SusWrite 133 83% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.9 151% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 76.5% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 73,650 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	63.5% Good	MC Read 23 MC Write 21.8 MC Mixed 20 62% 21.6 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 19.3 SC Mixed 19.9 55% 19.1 GB/s	Latency 52.7 76% 52.7 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 63.5% Great: 62%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming 24%

Surfboard

Desktop 75%

Battleship

Workstation 20%

Surfboard

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z77M-D3H - $145

CPU
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	206x
Core i5-3570KIntel $136Bench 68%, 185,516 samples	140x
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	72x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	71x
HD 2500 (Desktop 1.05 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 146,665 samples	53x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	45x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	41x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	25x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	24x

RAM
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	26x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples	23x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	11x

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Value: 72% - Very good

Total price: $529

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 $178	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) $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