Gigabyte GA-Z77-D3H

Performance Results


Gaming 60% Gunboat	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 46% Yacht


PC Status	Overall 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.
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 82%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	70.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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-Z77-D3H (all builds)
Memory	13.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140106
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 05 '17 at 06:59
Run Duration	191 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st 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 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	82% Excellent	Memory 95.4 1-Core 104 2-Core 204 79% 135 Pts	4-Core 399 8-Core 392 53% 395 Pts	64-Core 384 24% 384 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 82% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% EVGA(3842 3988) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1557 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 382.53 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	70.1% Very good	Lighting 91.6 Reflection 89.2 Parallax 78.8 75% 86.5 fps	MRender 78.2 Gravity 79.1 Splatting 69.6 61% 75.6 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 70.1% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow SNV Series 64GB 1,596 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 19GB free (System drive) Firmware: C091126a Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 10115 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2703 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 36 100 171800526884 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 34379071510 (AD) Unknown 100 100 31208032510255
Poor: 7% Great: 28%
Patriot Blast 120GB 4,348 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 14GB free Firmware: SAFM12.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (2^nd 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 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2833 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 712 (A8) Unknown 100 100 4810 (AA) Unknown 100 100 62 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1114170 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 156 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850984990 (DA) Unknown 100 100 2405 (E7) Temperature 100 100 99 (F1) Unknown 100 100 3368	36.7% Below average	Read 227 Write 155 Mixed 156 40% 179 MB/s	4K Read 20 4K Write 29 4K Mixed 8.68 57% 19.2 MB/s	DQ Read 26.1 DQ Write 52.5 DQ Mixed 10.4 16% 29.6 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 36.7% Great: 95%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 595GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 150 141 11458 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1113 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2421 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 534 (10) Unknown 2 198 40501651295 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 99 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1013 (C2) HDA temperature 119 96 33 (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	86.6% Excellent	Read 156 Write 145 Mixed 114 104% 139 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 2.76 4K Mixed 0.25 101% 1.18 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 86.6% Great: 112%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 417GB free Firmware: 18.01H18 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 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 140 139 3966 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 240 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 64 64 26831 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 224 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 54 572391458 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 94 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 158 (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	66.1% Good	Read 116 Write 114 Mixed 27 62% 85.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 1.86 4K Mixed 0.35 104% 0.98 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 66.1% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMX8GX3M2A1600C9 029E CMX8GX3M2A1600C9 Kingston KHX1600C9D3/4GX Kingston KHX1600C9D3/4GX 16GB 21 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	61.6% Good	MC Read 21.4 MC Write 22.3 MC Mixed 19.7 60% 21.1 GB/s	SC Read 17.2 SC Write 17.6 SC Mixed 19.5 52% 18.1 GB/s	Latency 55.8 72% 55.8 ns
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 61.6% Great: 62%

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Gaming 41%

Speed boat

Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 32%

Sail boat

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z77-D3H

CPU
Core i5-3570KIntel $136Bench 68%, 185,516 samples	625x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	405x
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	251x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	136x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	124x
HD 4000 (Desktop 1.15 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 52,547 samples	103x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	58x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	47x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	47x

RAM
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	50x
Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 50%, 27,024 samples	45x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples	39x

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Value: 80% - Excellent

Total price: $332

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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