Gigabyte GA-Z77P-D3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 8%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 69%
Battle cruiser
Workstation
Workstation 7%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 75.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics8.04% 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 DriveThe 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough 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.
High background CPU (24%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardGigabyte GA-Z77P-D3  (all builds)
Memory11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 8.1
BIOS Date20120531
Uptime7.6 Days
Run DateJun 24 '17 at 04:41
Run Duration89 Seconds
Run User THA-User
Background CPU 24%

 PC Performing above expectations (71st percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-3570
Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-3570 CPU @ 3.40GHz, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
75.7% Very good
Memory 90
1-Core 100
2-Core 199
75% 130 Pts
4-Core 359
8-Core 342
47% 351 Pts
64-Core 361
22% 361 Pts
Poor: 50%
This bench: 75.7%
Great: 75%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 640
Gigabyte(1458 353E) 2GB
CLim: 1045 MHz, MLim: 450 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 368.81
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
8.04% Terrible
Lighting 9.6
Reflection 8.85
Parallax 9.78
8% 9.41 fps
MRender 9.1
Gravity 9.03
Splatting 12.1
8% 10.1 fps
Poor: 5%
This bench: 8.04%
Great: 7%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$20
279GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 15.01H15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing as expected (52nd percentile)
55% Above average
Read 95.1
Write 96.6
Mixed 31.7
54% 74.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.34
4K Write 1.25
4K Mixed 0.19
58% 0.59 MB/s
Poor: 24%
This bench: 55%
Great: 69%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB
4 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz
Performing below potential (33rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
50% Average
MC Read 17.2
MC Write 17.9
MC Mixed 15.9
48% 17 GB/s
SC Read 14
SC Write 15.4
SC Mixed 16.1
43% 15.2 GB/s
Latency 67.2
60% 67.2 ns
Poor: 43%
This bench: 50%
Great: 76%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Typical GA-Z77P-D3 Builds (Compare 768 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 42%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 76%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 35%
Sail boat

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z77P-D3

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 70% - Very good Total price: $527
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