Gigabyte GA-Z77X-UP5 TH-CF

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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 78%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	73% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
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, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z77X-UP5 TH-CF (all builds)
Memory	29.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120903
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 13 '18 at 02:04
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing as expected (45^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3770K-$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 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	78% Very good	Memory 88.1 1-Core 107 2-Core 211 78% 135 Pts	4-Core 369 8-Core 517 56% 443 Pts	64-Core 512 32% 512 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 78% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 760-$209 161,132 User benchmarks, average bench 26% EVGA(3842 2765) 2GB CLim: 1293 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 398.36 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 24% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Series 500GB 7,390 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 53GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXT07B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 291 311 269 292 266 298 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	73% Very good	Read 411 Write 185 Mixed 145 SusWrite 288 57% 257 MB/s	4K Read 22.3 4K Write 47.5 4K Mixed 22.7 88% 30.8 MB/s	DQ Read 364 DQ Write 184 DQ Mixed 63.4 103% 204 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 73% Great: 89%
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 18GB free Firmware: EXT0AB0Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 494 Write 396 Mixed 356 92% 415 MB/s	4K Read 34 4K Write 57.8 4K Mixed 43.6 138% 45.1 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 351 DQ Mixed 166 180% 300 MB/s
Poor: 63% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 84GB free Firmware: CC47 SusWrite @10s intervals: 181 141 186 145 174 160 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	74.8% Very good	Read 96.5 Write 61.5 Mixed 66 SusWrite 164 71% 97.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 138% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 74.8% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x8GB 3,744 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (24^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	48.6% Average	MC Read 17.2 MC Write 16.9 MC Mixed 15.2 47% 16.4 GB/s	SC Read 14.1 SC Write 16 SC Mixed 15.6 44% 15.2 GB/s	Latency 69.4 58% 69.4 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 48.6% Great: 85%

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Desktop 79%

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Workstation 49%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z77X-UP5 TH-CF

CPU
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	104x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	33x
Core i5-3570KIntel $136Bench 68%, 185,516 samples	23x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	11x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	10x
GTX 670Nvidia $435Bench 28%, 47,610 samples	8x

SSD
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	7x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	5x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	5x

RAM
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 4x8GBCorsairBench 55%, 6,625 samples	13x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 4x8GBCorsairBench 51%, 3,072 samples	12x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 54%, 43,127 samples	12x

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Value: 86% - Excellent

Total price: $437

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 $179	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