Gigabyte GA-Z77-DS3H

Performance Results


Gaming 21% Surfboard	Desktop 63% Destroyer	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (24th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 76 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 54.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	31.4% 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	43.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Very high background CPU (52%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z77-DS3H (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	5760 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20120919
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 23 '18 at 00:20
Run Duration	435 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	52%

PC Performing below expectations (24^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 Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	54.7% Above average	Memory 51.8 1-Core 90.8 2-Core 168 57% 103 Pts	4-Core 328 8-Core 355 45% 342 Pts	64-Core 294 18% 294 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 54.7% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Gigabyte(1458 36B0) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1481 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing below potential (28^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	31.4% Below average	Lighting 40.9 Reflection 38.8 Parallax 34.6 33% 38.1 fps	MRender 34.5 Gravity 35.5 Splatting 31.6 28% 33.9 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 31.4% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
KingFast 120GB 1,476 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 101GB free Firmware: 20150121 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (20^th 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 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 166 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1889 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 114 (A2) Unknown 100 100 1 (A3) Unknown 100 100 7 (A4) Unknown 100 100 7784 (A5) Unknown 100 100 25 (A6) Unknown 100 100 5 (A7) Unknown 100 100 7 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 41 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 40 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 17 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 22494 (F2) Unknown 100 100 22331	37.9% Below average	Read 207 Write 142 Mixed 166 38% 172 MB/s	4K Read 17.2 4K Write 51.6 4K Mixed 2.86 57% 23.9 MB/s	DQ Read 113 DQ Write 129 DQ Mixed 14.5 40% 85.5 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 37.9% Great: 83%
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 44GB free (System drive) Firmware: 580ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 26893451 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 12103217855090 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2750 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 71 (B1) Unknown 0 0 97 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 29 39 60132098077 (C2) HDA temperature 29 39 60132098077 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 26893451 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 26893451 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 26893451 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 94 94 1 (E9) Unknown 0 0 29040 (EA) Unknown 0 0 13626 (F1) Unknown 0 0 13626 (F2) Unknown 0 0 12178	43.7% Average	Read 366 Write 147 Mixed 199 52% 237 MB/s	4K Read 7.66 4K Write 59.2 4K Mixed 7.04 52% 24.6 MB/s	DQ Read 73.4 DQ Write 158 DQ Mixed 37.5 51% 89.5 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 43.7% Great: 85%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 630GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 172 168 2366 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3281 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 76 76 17589 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3260 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 106 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3174 (C2) HDA temperature 111 103 32 (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	75.7% Very good	Read 133 Write 130 Mixed 116 95% 127 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.34 4K Mixed 0.28 104% 1.11 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 75.7% Great: 109%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 526GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 167 4341 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2759 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 14872 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2740 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 162 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 118 118 248045 (C2) HDA temperature 116 107 31 (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 34 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	56.7% Above average	Read 95.6 Write 102 Mixed 87.5 71% 94.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 2.04 4K Mixed 0.23 79% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 56.7% Great: 84%
SanDisk Cruzer Force 32GB 4,096 User benchmarks, average bench 11% 29GB free, PID 557d Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	7.7% Terrible	Read 21.9 Write 5.48 Mixed 13.6 15% 13.7 MB/s	4K Read 3.36 4K Write 0.83 4K Mixed 1.25 83% 1.81 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 7.7% Great: 18%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 28,461 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	49.6% Average	MC Read 19 MC Write 19.3 MC Mixed 17.1 53% 18.5 GB/s	SC Read 12.5 SC Write 12.9 SC Mixed 13 37% 12.8 GB/s	Latency 154 26% 154 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 49.6% Great: 76%

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Desktop 76%

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Workstation 32%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z77-DS3H - $280

CPU
Core i5-3570KIntel $136Bench 68%, 185,516 samples	506x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	371x
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	279x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	140x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	120x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	104x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	63x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	48x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	44x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	56x
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	56x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples	41x

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Value: 89% - Excellent

Total price: $560

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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 $45	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