Gigabyte GA-Z77X-D3H

Performance Results


Gaming 55% Yacht	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 40% Speed boat


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 good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 61.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	85.8% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	95.2% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

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

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z77X-D3H (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121024
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 17 '18 at 09:10
Run Duration	170 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	52%

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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 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, turbo 2.55 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	61.3% Good	Memory 84.8 1-Core 88.2 2-Core 145 65% 106 Pts	4-Core 222 8-Core 215 29% 219 Pts	64-Core 205 13% 205 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 61.3% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 85A0) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 416.94 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	85.8% Excellent	Lighting 107 Reflection 119 Parallax 100 88% 109 fps	MRender 98.1 Gravity 99.4 Splatting 103 82% 100 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 85.8% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Vertex 4 256GB-$400 12,355 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 54GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.5 SusWrite @10s intervals: 404 405 400 408 402 407 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	95.2% Outstanding	Read 363 Write 410 Mixed 250 SusWrite 404 80% 357 MB/s	4K Read 29.2 4K Write 83.5 4K Mixed 36.1 135% 49.6 MB/s	DQ Read 342 DQ Write 316 DQ Mixed 319 242% 326 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 95.2% Great: 106%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 25GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 46 47 49 48 48 47 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	25.2% Poor	Read 40.5 Write 43.2 Mixed 28.2 SusWrite 47.3 29% 39.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.3 4K Mixed 0.3 68% 0.43 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 25.2% Great: 59%
Hitachi HDT721010SLA360 1TB-$497 27,212 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 23GB free Firmware: ST6OA3AA SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 76 74 78 76 81 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	45.4% Average	Read 80.7 Write 77.5 Mixed 43.8 SusWrite 77.4 51% 69.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.9 161% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 45.4% Great: 61%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 287GB free Firmware: CC4C SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 111 117 110 116 112 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	65.5% Good	Read 117 Write 63 Mixed 71 SusWrite 111 67% 90.6 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.7 132% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 65.5% Great: 114%
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C 1TB-$40 97,793 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 28GB free Firmware: JP4OA3MA SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 97 100 97 96 95 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	56.7% Above average	Read 100 Write 94.8 Mixed 54.2 SusWrite 97.5 64% 86.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.8 144% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 56.7% Great: 74%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5403-465.A00LF 2x8GB 151 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	51.6% Above average	MC Read 18.2 MC Write 18.9 MC Mixed 16.5 51% 17.9 GB/s	SC Read 15.2 SC Write 15.3 SC Mixed 14.6 43% 15 GB/s	Latency 72.1 56% 72.1 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 51.6% Great: 53%

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

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Gaming 41%

Speed boat

Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 32%

Sail boat

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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Total price: $665

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