Gigabyte GA-Z77-DS3H

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 26% Raft	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 20% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 87.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	29.2% 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	The 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.
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.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z77-DS3H (all builds)
Memory	11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben,
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20120919
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 21 '18 at 10:15
Run Duration	133 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing above expectations (68^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 4.2 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	87.2% Excellent	Memory 93.9 1-Core 115 2-Core 233 84% 148 Pts	4-Core 465 8-Core 464 62% 465 Pts	64-Core 461 28% 461 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 87.2% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 660-Ti-$362 42,960 User benchmarks, average bench 26% POV(1ACC 662A) 2GB CLim: 1352 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 411.63 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	29.2% Poor	Lighting 34.8 Reflection 36.8 Parallax 45.7 28% 39.1 fps	MRender 47 Gravity 38.5 Splatting 31 31% 38.8 fps
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 29.2% Great: 29%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Hitachi HDS721010DLE630 1TB-$150 19,279 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 98GB free (System drive) Firmware: MS2O SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 77 60 44 20 18 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	42% Average	Read 90.2 Write 65 Mixed 39.5 SusWrite 55.8 46% 62.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.4 99% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 42% Great: 99%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 250GB-$33 44,469 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 22GB free Firmware: CC47 SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 106 107 108 107 108 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	60.3% Good	Read 103 Write 101 Mixed 62.9 SusWrite 107 69% 93.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 1 171% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 60.3% Great: 68%
WD Red 2TB (2012)-$82 64,359 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 296GB free Firmware: 80.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 135 132 136 136 135 137 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	66.9% Good	Read 97.8 Write 93.1 Mixed 67.1 SusWrite 135 72% 98.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1 183% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 66.9% Great: 86%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CM3X4GAD1600C9A4 029E CMX8GX3M1A1600C11 029E CM3X4GAD1600C9A4 16GB 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	46.7% Average	MC Read 16.5 MC Write 16.9 MC Mixed 12.6 44% 15.3 GB/s	SC Read 14.4 SC Write 16.3 SC Mixed 14.1 43% 14.9 GB/s	Latency 60 67% 60 ns

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Gaming 41%

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Desktop 76%

Battleship

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 $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 $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