Gigabyte GA-Z77X-D3H

Performance Results


Gaming 56% Gunboat	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 44% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 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 83.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	63.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	84.2% 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	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.

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Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z77X-D3H (all builds)
Memory	6.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1280 x 720 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121024
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 23 '17 at 22:34
Run Duration	153 Seconds
Run User	NZL-User
Background CPU	21%

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PC Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-3570K-$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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	83.8% Excellent	Memory 95.8 1-Core 106 2-Core 211 80% 137 Pts	4-Core 414 8-Core 421 56% 418 Pts	64-Core 423 26% 423 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 83.8% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 8C94) CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	63.1% Good	Lighting 79.9 Reflection 78.4 Parallax 66.6 65% 75 fps	MRender 71.8 Gravity 71.7 Splatting 73.3 59% 72.3 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 63.1% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Apacer AS330 120GB 735 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 53GB free (System drive) Firmware: AP122PD0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4654 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 490 (A3) Unknown 100 100 55 (A4) Unknown 100 100 20 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 24 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850984990 (E7) Temperature 100 100 80 (F1) Unknown 100 100 8443642654	84.2% Excellent	Read 521 Write 471 Mixed 496 111% 496 MB/s	4K Read 24.9 4K Write 50 4K Mixed 14.3 83% 29.8 MB/s	DQ Read 272 DQ Write 200 DQ Mixed 65.8 95% 179 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 84.2% Great: 96%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 401GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 4842 (03) Spinup time 173 166 2333 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6975 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 1 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 76 76 17537 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1993 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 163 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 6811 (C2) HDA temperature 122 105 21 (C4) Reallocation count 199 199 1 (C5) Current pending sector count 198 197 488 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 198 198 468 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 171 171 11892	82.2% Excellent	Read 183 Write 104 Mixed 18.9 74% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 2.25 4K Mixed 0.31 97% 1.02 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 82.2% Great: 108%
WD Blue 320GB (2008)-$39 64,707 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 280GB free Firmware: 01.03A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 152 151 3383 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5496 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 76 76 17572 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4604 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 1107 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5496 (C2) HDA temperature 120 101 23 (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 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 0 (F1) Unknown 100 253 0 (F2) Unknown 100 253 0	61.7% Good	Read 108 Write 106 Mixed 89.4 76% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 2.13 4K Mixed 0.38 109% 1.06 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 61.7% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 4x2GB 503 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 4 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	63.5% Good	MC Read 22.3 MC Write 22.9 MC Mixed 20.4 62% 21.9 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 18.2 SC Mixed 19.8 52% 18.4 GB/s	Latency 54.6 73% 54.6 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 63.5% Great: 64%

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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	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 $295	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 $40	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