Gigabyte GA-Z77X-D3H

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 79.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	52.9% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z77X-D3H (all builds)
Memory	13.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121024
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 30 '17 at 19:40
Run Duration	238 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-3570K-$136 185,516 User benchmarks, average bench 68% Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-3570K CPU @ 3.40GHz, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	79.4% Very good	Memory 90.4 1-Core 104 2-Core 204 77% 133 Pts	4-Core 395 8-Core 402 53% 398 Pts	64-Core 399 25% 399 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 79.4% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4000 (Desktop 1.15 GHz)-$15 52,547 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 2GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 10.18.10.4252 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 250GB-$251 41,998 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 123GB free Firmware: DXT0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	26% Poor	Read 92.7 Write 59.9 Mixed 72.4 17% 75 MB/s	4K Read 19.2 4K Write 27.8 4K Mixed 11.2 58% 19.4 MB/s	DQ Read 24 DQ Write 39.4 DQ Mixed 11.7 14% 25 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 26% Great: 85%
Crucial M500 mSATA 120GB-$398 916 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 73GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU03 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (33^rd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 1 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 218 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2906 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 99 99 47 (AE) Unknown 100 100 170 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1990 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 62 50 219042676774 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 16 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 99 99 1 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 4423315728 (F7) Unknown 100 100 140519277 (F8) Unknown 100 100 223815036	52.9% Above average	Read 268 Write 131 Mixed 171 42% 190 MB/s	4K Read 21 4K Write 48.1 4K Mixed 23.4 87% 30.8 MB/s	DQ Read 205 DQ Write 129 DQ Mixed 41.1 65% 125 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 52.9% Great: 73%
WD Red 2TB (2012)-$82 64,359 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 1TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 181 162 5933 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6848 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 8287 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1644 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 628 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 6219 (C2) HDA temperature 120 109 30 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	73.3% Very good	Read 124 Write 131 Mixed 128 96% 128 MB/s	4K Read 0.93 4K Write 2.42 4K Mixed 0.28 114% 1.21 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 73.3% Great: 86%
Seagate ST3000DM003-1F216N 3TB 4,050 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 1TB free Firmware: CC54 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 232403512 (03) Spinup time 94 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1134 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 699960 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 1935 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 754 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 63 488243229 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 17 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 7680 (C2) HDA temperature 29 40 68719476765 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 33552284517122 (F1) Unknown 100 253 4877317945 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1905064624	68.7% Good	Read 131 Write 108 Mixed 119 90% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 1.48 4K Mixed 0.18 77% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 68.7% Great: 99%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 559GB free Firmware: CC4B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 97 238887672 (03) Spinup time 92 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4304 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 70 60 11758038 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 8700 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4218 (B7) Unknown 98 98 2 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 474 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295032833 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 70 41 309742862366 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 993 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 75 75 51221 (C2) HDA temperature 30 59 60129542174 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 48 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 48 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 43 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 1778116464016 (F1) Unknown 100 253 -126593442453748 (F2) Unknown 100 253 -115300640987505	88.9% Excellent	Read 161 Write 149 Mixed 124 108% 145 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.28 78% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 88.9% Great: 113%
WD Green 2TB (2010)-$100 5,498 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 355GB free Firmware: 51.0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 253 172 1116 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8877 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 12537 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2268 (C0) Power-off retract count 198 198 1889 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 143 143 173583 (C2) HDA temperature 120 103 30 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	46% Average	Read 93 Write 67.6 Mixed 80.1 60% 80.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 0.37 4K Mixed 0.22 53% 0.37 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 46% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 20,667 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	50.7% Above average	MC Read 17.4 MC Write 18.1 MC Mixed 15.6 49% 17 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 17.7 SC Mixed 16.6 47% 16.4 GB/s	Latency 66.7 60% 66.7 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 50.7% Great: 77%

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Gaming 41%

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Desktop 77%

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Workstation 32%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z77X-D3H - $333

CPU
Core i5-3570KIntel $136Bench 68%, 185,516 samples	522x
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	116x
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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Total price: $665

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