Gigabyte GA-Z77-HD3

Performance Results


Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 14% 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 83.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	13.5% 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	95.1% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z77-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	5.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20121024
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 28 '17 at 14:10
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	HUN-User
Background CPU	0%

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 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 3.9 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	83.6% Excellent	Memory 95.4 1-Core 109 2-Core 217 81% 140 Pts	4-Core 416 8-Core 416 56% 416 Pts	64-Core 416 26% 416 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 83.6% Great: 75%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 6850 31,600 User benchmarks, average bench 12% Asus(1043 03B4) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.301.1901.0 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	13.5% Very poor	Lighting 17.8 Reflection 13.9 Parallax 14.9 14% 15.5 fps	MRender 11.9 Gravity 11.7 Splatting 17.7 12% 13.7 fps
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 13.5% Great: 13%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 120GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 849 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 256 (B1) Unknown 99 99 6 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 61 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 99 99 3905915100	95.1% Outstanding	Read 512 Write 417 Mixed 358 95% 429 MB/s	4K Read 35.2 4K Write 54 4K Mixed 37.8 130% 42.3 MB/s	DQ Read 191 DQ Write 199 DQ Mixed 110 106% 167 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 95.1% Great: 124%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 486GB free Firmware: 1AJ100E4 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 5090 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 74 72 8166 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4733 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 14328 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 1 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3722 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 131 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 46 236223725598 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 12 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 1 1 58580 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 232 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 1 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 4840	61.7% Good	Read 89.9 Write 125 Mixed 71.7 71% 95.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 2.59 4K Mixed 0.44 125% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 61.7% Great: 75%
Samsung HD321KJ 320GB-$42 12,070 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 298GB free Firmware: CP100-12 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 253 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 5440 (04) Start/Stop count 86 86 14163 (05) Reallocated sector count 253 253 0 (07) Seek error rate 253 253 0 (08) Seek timer performance 253 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 10598 (0A) Spinup retry count 253 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 253 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4050 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 179061 (BB) vendor-specific 253 253 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 65 (BE) vendor-specific 77 51 23 (C2) HDA temperature 157 88 27 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 179061 (C4) Reallocation count 253 253 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 253 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 253 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 253 253 0	46.6% Average	Read 78.2 Write 84.1 Mixed 78 60% 80.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 1.53 4K Mixed 0.41 101% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 46.6% Great: 43%

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 @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	60% Above average	MC Read 21.9 MC Write 21.3 MC Mixed 18.2 58% 20.5 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 18.8 SC Mixed 17.7 51% 17.9 GB/s	Latency 55.9 72% 55.9 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 60% Great: 62%

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Gaming 33%

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Desktop 75%

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Workstation 27%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z77-HD3

CPU
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	88x
Core i5-3570KIntel $136Bench 68%, 185,516 samples	62x
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	54x

GPU
GTX 1650Nvidia $155Bench 43%, 259,091 samples	25x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	22x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	18x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	22x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	10x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	8x

RAM
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	9x
Atermiter 0080 Atermiter 059B 99P5471-016.A00LF 24GBUnknownBench 50%, 9 samples	7x
4x4GBUnknownBench 43%, 106,178 samples	6x

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Value: 64% - Good

Total price: $480

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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