Gigabyte GA-Z77X-D3H

Performance Results


Gaming 24% Surfboard	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 20% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	26.7% 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	39.4% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (29%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z77X-D3H (all builds)
Memory	11 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120710
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 21 '17 at 10:44
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	NZL-User
Background CPU	29%

PC Performing as expected (40^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3770-$297 278,207 User benchmarks, average bench 69% Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3770 CPU @ 3.40GHz, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.9 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	73.8% Very good	Memory 90.1 1-Core 102 2-Core 200 76% 131 Pts	4-Core 311 8-Core 509 50% 410 Pts	64-Core 506 31% 506 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 73.8% Great: 76%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 660-Ti-$362 42,960 User benchmarks, average bench 26% EVGA(3842 3662) 2GB CLim: 1241 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 376.53 Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	26.7% Poor	Lighting 31.9 Reflection 32.8 Parallax 39.2 26% 34.6 fps	MRender 40.2 Gravity 37.3 Splatting 27.7 28% 35.1 fps
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 26.7% Great: 29%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Ct480bx2 0 480GB 366 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 404GB free Firmware: MU01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 425 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 249 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 44 (A3) Unknown 100 100 585 (94) Unknown 100 100 37922 (95) Unknown 100 100 555 (96) Unknown 100 100 384 (97) Unknown 100 100 535 (A4) Unknown 100 100 14175 (A5) Unknown 100 100 29 (A6) Unknown 100 100 2 (A7) Unknown 100 100 11 (A9) Unknown 100 100 99 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 4 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 36413271441432 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 104990 (F2) Unknown 100 100 83392 (F5) Unknown 100 100 167442 (F6) Unknown 100 100 151688 (F7) Unknown 100 100 0	58.6% Above average	Read 334 Write 248 Mixed 289 64% 290 MB/s	4K Read 22.2 4K Write 44.7 4K Mixed 18.5 81% 28.5 MB/s	DQ Read 134 DQ Write 125 DQ Mixed 18.4 44% 92.5 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 58.6% Great: 111%
SanDisk Extreme 120GB-$160 11,787 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 34GB free (System drive) Firmware: R201 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 105 105 10139584 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 41893111011891 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2691 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 33 (B1) Unknown 0 0 4 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 25 37 42952097817 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 10139584 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 10139584 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 10139584 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 5524 (EA) Unknown 0 0 4764 (F1) Unknown 0 0 4764 (F2) Unknown 0 0 7110	39.4% Below average	Read 411 Write 98.9 Mixed 131 46% 214 MB/s	4K Read 21.1 4K Write 11.7 4K Mixed 8.56 49% 13.8 MB/s	DQ Read 83.7 DQ Write 34.6 DQ Mixed 21.5 26% 46.6 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 39.4% Great: 81%
Seagate ST31000340NS 1TB-$95 7,250 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 36GB free Firmware: G005 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 78 63 67203860 (03) Spinup time 99 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3356 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 108671972385 (09) Power-on hours count 73 73 24007 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 5 (0C) Power cycle count 98 37 2735 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 87 87 13 (BC) Unknown 100 100 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 75 51 420610073 (C2) HDA temperature 25 49 38654705689 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 33 21 67203860 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 86 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 86 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	33.6% Below average	Read 59.1 Write 57.9 Mixed 63.8 46% 60.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.38 4K Mixed 0.37 85% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 33.6% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 9,944 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	49.9% Average	MC Read 17.6 MC Write 17.5 MC Mixed 15.8 48% 17 GB/s	SC Read 13.8 SC Write 15.9 SC Mixed 15.6 43% 15.1 GB/s	Latency 67 60% 67 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 49.9% Great: 70%

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Gaming 41%

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Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 32%

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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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Value: 80% - Excellent

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