Gigabyte GA-Z77X-D3H

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 79.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
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	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 8 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.

Very high background CPU (52%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z77X-D3H (all builds)
Memory	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1768 x 992 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20121024
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 03 '17 at 05:05
Run Duration	192 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	52%

PC Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-3570 104,858 User benchmarks, average bench 65% Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-3570 CPU @ 3.40GHz, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	79.5% Very good	Memory 91.9 1-Core 96.5 2-Core 191 74% 126 Pts	4-Core 388 8-Core 395 52% 391 Pts	64-Core 393 24% 393 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 79.5% Great: 75%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 660-$170 123,956 User benchmarks, average bench 20% Gigabyte(1458 3635) 3GB CLim: 1254 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 376.19 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 18% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Seagate ST310005 28AS 1TB 6,973 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 529GB free (System drive) Firmware: HP35 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 107299232 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4529 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 28 (07) Seek error rate 82 60 17908205203 (09) Power-on hours count 73 73 23897 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2250 (B4) Unknown 100 100 4294967295 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 97 73015623706 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 53 555745313 (C2) HDA temperature 33 47 47244640289 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 48 27 107299232 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 28 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	52% Above average	Read 106 Write 75.1 Mixed 93.9 69% 91.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 1.11 4K Mixed 0.35 76% 0.62 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 52% Great: 69%
Seagate BUP BK 4TB 970 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 1.5TB free, PID ab28 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	62.1% Good	Read 82.9 Write 90.8 Mixed 8.38 71% 60.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 9.79 4K Mixed 0.43 351% 3.67 MB/s	DQ Read 0.83 DQ Write 9.07 DQ Mixed 0.44 326% 3.45 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 62.1% Great: 57%
HitachiG ST 1TB 711 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 685GB free, PID 1014 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	23.6% Poor	Read 52.5 Write 58.2 Mixed 6.01 46% 38.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.25 4K Write 1.06 4K Mixed 0.15 42% 0.49 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 23.6% Great: 41%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Patriot PSD38G16002 2x8GB 6,044 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	59.6% Above average	MC Read 21.6 MC Write 22.4 MC Mixed 19 60% 21 GB/s	SC Read 14.7 SC Write 16.7 SC Mixed 16.8 46% 16.1 GB/s	Latency 64.3 62% 64.3 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 59.6% Great: 61%

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Gaming 41%

Speed boat

Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 32%

Sail boat

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z77X-D3H - $333

CPU
Core i5-3570KIntel $136Bench 68%, 185,516 samples	521x
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	435x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	287x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	115x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	103x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	92x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	66x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	57x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	31x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	44x
Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 50%, 23,732 samples	43x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 34,385 samples	38x

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Value: 80% - Excellent

Total price: $665

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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