Gigabyte GA-Z77X-D3H

Performance Results


Gaming 15% Tree trunk	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	15.9% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	83.2% 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	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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Very high background CPU (99%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z77X-D3H (all builds)
Memory	10.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20140106
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	May 04 '17 at 13:23
Run Duration	441 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	99%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2600K-$319 147,533 User benchmarks, average bench 71% Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-2600K CPU @ 3.40GHz, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	75.6% Very good	Memory 91.7 1-Core 93.1 2-Core 178 72% 121 Pts	4-Core 324 8-Core 459 49% 392 Pts	64-Core 468 29% 468 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 75.6% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 750-$120 66,662 User benchmarks, average bench 15% Gigabyte(1458 3642) 2GB CLim: 1333 MHz, MLim: 1252 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 378.49 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	15.9% Very poor	Lighting 19.6 Reflection 15.2 Parallax 16.5 16% 17.1 fps	MRender 22.5 Gravity 19.4 Splatting 16.5 16% 19.5 fps
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 15.9% Great: 16%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Bp4e mSATA SSD 480GB 43 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 41GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM12.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1112 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 674 (A8) Unknown 100 100 93 (AA) Unknown 96 96 25769804241 (AD) Unknown 100 100 524326 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 241 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850984990 (DA) Unknown 100 100 47 (E7) Temperature 100 100 92 (F1) Unknown 100 100 4080	83.2% Excellent	Read 521 Write 498 Mixed 495 113% 505 MB/s	4K Read 30 4K Write 77.4 4K Mixed 13.5 104% 40.3 MB/s	DQ Read 28.9 DQ Write 74.7 DQ Mixed 13.1 21% 38.9 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 83.2% Great: 85%
WD WD5000AVDS-63U7B1 500GB 24,608 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 89GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 4 (03) Spinup time 189 185 3508 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1412 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 76 76 18190 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1044 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 232 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1179 (C2) HDA temperature 105 90 38 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 6 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 346 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	45.9% Average	Read 78 Write 81.9 Mixed 74.9 59% 78.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.35 4K Write 1.02 4K Mixed 0.2 56% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 45.9% Great: 52%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 51GB free Firmware: JC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 110 99 27171288 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4699 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 88 60 683904657 (09) Power-on hours count 66 66 30298 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3899 (B7) Unknown 1 1 393 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 1 8590131533 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 61 42 185339936807 (C2) HDA temperature 39 58 51539607591 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 38 23 27171288 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 58 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 953482780672 (F1) Unknown 100 253 72393003 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2539343495	55.3% Above average	Read 108 Write 84.3 Mixed 76.5 67% 89.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.79 4K Write 1.28 4K Mixed 0.46 107% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 55.3% Great: 68%
Seagate ST3200827AS 200GB-$128 2,755 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 31GB free Firmware: 3.AHH Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 85 183541022 (03) Spinup time 99 98 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4525 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 89 60 905685524 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 16925 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4339 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 57 45 723386411 (C2) HDA temperature 43 55 38654705707 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 55 46 180712809 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 108 13809 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	28.1% Poor	Read 49.3 Write 48.3 Mixed 45.9 36% 47.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1.15 4K Mixed 0.35 83% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 28.1% Great: 36%
Generic Flash Disk 67GB 306 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 49GB free, PID 7777 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	3.9% Terrible	Read 14.9 Write 2.91 Mixed 4.33 7% 7.38 MB/s	4K Read 4.65 4K Write 0.002 4K Mixed 0.003 17% 1.55 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 3.9% Great: 9%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5471-054.A00LF 2x8GB 9,823 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	31.4% Below average	MC Read 10.5 MC Write 9.4 MC Mixed 9.2 28% 9.7 GB/s	SC Read 9.4 SC Write 11.1 SC Mixed 10.5 30% 10.3 GB/s	Latency 64.7 62% 64.7 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 31.4% 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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Total price: $665

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $131	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