Gigabyte GA-Z77-DS3H

Performance Results


Gaming 78% Battleship	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 59% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 77.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	100% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	50% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z77-DS3H (all builds)
Memory	5.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131113
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Sep 25 '18 at 10:21
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing as expected (50^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-3470-$59 223,595 User benchmarks, average bench 63% Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-3470 CPU @ 3.20GHz, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.85 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	77.9% Very good	Memory 91.8 1-Core 98.8 2-Core 197 75% 129 Pts	4-Core 373 8-Core 358 49% 365 Pts	64-Core 368 23% 368 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 77.9% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% MSI(1462 C303) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.1 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	Lighting 129 Reflection 138 Parallax 119 105% 129 fps	MRender 97.5 Gravity 126 Splatting 106 90% 110 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba HG6 256GB 4,588 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 55GB free (System drive) Firmware: JURA0101 SusWrite @10s intervals: 163 205 173 206 151 211 MB/s Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	50% Average	Read 221 Write 201 Mixed 203 SusWrite 185 46% 203 MB/s	4K Read 20 4K Write 41.7 4K Mixed 27.4 88% 29.7 MB/s	DQ Read 24.6 DQ Write 79.3 DQ Mixed 33.6 31% 45.8 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 50% Great: 109%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 76GB free Firmware: CC4C SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 113 114 114 115 131 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	70.4% Very good	Read 129 Write 150 Mixed 78.3 SusWrite 117 87% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.7 136% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 70.4% Great: 112%
WD Elements 1078 1.5TB 333 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 357GB free, PID 1078 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 36 35 37 36 36 36 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	19.2% Very poor	Read 37.3 Write 33.8 Mixed 26.1 SusWrite 36.1 45% 33.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 90% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 19.2% Great: 42%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 78,181 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	53.7% Above average	MC Read 19.2 MC Write 19 MC Mixed 16.8 52% 18.3 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 17.1 SC Mixed 16.6 46% 16.2 GB/s	Latency 64.4 62% 64.4 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 53.7% 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 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	506x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	371x
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	279x

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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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