Gigabyte GA-Z77-DS3H

Performance Results


Gaming 6% Tree trunk	Desktop 69% Battle cruiser	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (23rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 77 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 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 76.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	3.2% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	66.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z77-DS3H (all builds)
Memory	3.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120919
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 13 '18 at 03:51
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3770K-$175 165,979 User benchmarks, average bench 72% Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3770K CPU @ 3.50GHz, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.9 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	76.3% Very good	Memory 91.9 1-Core 106 2-Core 192 76% 130 Pts	4-Core 328 8-Core 503 52% 416 Pts	64-Core 525 32% 525 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 76.3% Great: 83%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 4000 (Desktop 1.15 GHz)-$15 52,547 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 2GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 10.18.10.4358 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	3.2% Terrible	Lighting 3.57 Reflection 5 Parallax 2.69 3% 3.75 fps	MRender 3.48 Gravity 2.23 Splatting 7.04 4% 4.25 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.2% Great: 3%
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 3281) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 398.36 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 76.9 Reflection 74.2 Parallax 63.3 63% 71.5 fps	Splatting 69.4 71% 69.4 fps
Poor: 51% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 61GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 228 98 112 103 114 152 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	66.4% Good	Read 386 Write 366 Mixed 326 SusWrite 134 68% 303 MB/s	4K Read 29.2 4K Write 61.2 4K Mixed 38.2 126% 42.9 MB/s	DQ Read 42.9 DQ Write 112 DQ Mixed 58.1 50% 70.9 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 66.4% Great: 124%
OCZ Trion 150 960GB-$190 3,375 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 365GB free Firmware: SAFZ12.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 132 134 128 127 131 135 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	57.2% Above average	Read 398 Write 371 Mixed 243 SusWrite 131 64% 286 MB/s	4K Read 25.2 4K Write 46.7 4K Mixed 27.8 98% 33.2 MB/s	DQ Read 30.1 DQ Write 95.9 DQ Mixed 39.5 37% 55.2 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 57.2% Great: 103%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 33GB free Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 132 134 128 126 134 137 MB/s Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	56.2% Above average	Read 222 Write 212 Mixed 202 SusWrite 132 43% 192 MB/s	4K Read 27.4 4K Write 55.1 4K Mixed 36.1 117% 39.5 MB/s	DQ Read 35.7 DQ Write 80.3 DQ Mixed 47.6 39% 54.5 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 56.2% Great: 134%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 2,560 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	25.4% Poor	MC Read 8.2 MC Write 6.5 MC Mixed 8.9 22% 7.87 GB/s	SC Read 7.9 SC Write 6.3 SC Mixed 4.6 18% 6.27 GB/s	Latency 64.2 62% 64.2 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 25.4% Great: 62%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming 41%

Speed boat

Desktop 76%

Battleship

Workstation 32%

Sail boat

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 $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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