Gigabyte GA-Z77-HD4

Performance Results


Gaming 77% Battleship	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 64% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 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. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	104% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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	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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z77-HD4 (all builds)
Memory	29.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20121024
Uptime	5.8 Days
Run Date	Dec 07 '18 at 20:10
Run Duration	173 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3770-$297 278,207 User benchmarks, average bench 69% Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3770 CPU @ 3.40GHz, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.9 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	75.1% Very good	Memory 90.4 1-Core 104 2-Core 193 76% 129 Pts	4-Core 324 8-Core 508 51% 416 Pts	64-Core 520 32% 520 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 75.1% Great: 76%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 859B) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 416.81 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	104% Outstanding	Lighting 135 Reflection 150 Parallax 130 110% 138 fps	MRender 114 Gravity 129 Splatting 106 94% 116 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 480GB-$40 16,752 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 131GB free Firmware: Z32070RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 135 121 115 116 127 140 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	42.5% Average	Read 323 Write 301 Mixed 20 SusWrite 126 43% 192 MB/s	4K Read 15.1 4K Write 51.7 4K Mixed 12 66% 26.3 MB/s	DQ Read 15.2 DQ Write 99.1 DQ Mixed 14.4 24% 42.9 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 42.5% Great: 76%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 57GB free Firmware: 506ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 89 89 86 88 85 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	40% Average	Read 130 Write 108 Mixed 119 SusWrite 87.3 25% 111 MB/s	4K Read 21.2 4K Write 45.4 4K Mixed 24.5 88% 30.4 MB/s	DQ Read 24.1 DQ Write 84.8 DQ Mixed 29.5 30% 46.1 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 40% Great: 73%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 338GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC38 SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 93 115 116 118 121 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	65.4% Good	Read 119 Write 122 Mixed 57 SusWrite 108 74% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 1.1 181% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 65.4% Great: 70%
Seagate BUP 1TB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 931GB free Firmware: 0108 SusWrite @10s intervals: 30 30 30 30 30 30 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	19.5% Very poor	Read 33.2 Write 28.8 Mixed 30.3 SusWrite 29.9 23% 30.6 MB/s	4K Read 7.8 4K Write 7.8 4K Mixed 7.8 1,336% 7.8 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 19.5% Great: 59%
Hitachi HUS724030ALE641 3TB 13,833 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 1TB free Firmware: MJ8OA5F0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 100 98 100 100 101 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	50.8% Above average	Read 77 Write 96.8 Mixed 50.2 SusWrite 99.9 59% 81 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 142% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 50.8% Great: 89%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C10 4x8GB 1,104 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	49.7% Average	MC Read 17.7 MC Write 17.1 MC Mixed 15.4 48% 16.7 GB/s	SC Read 13.9 SC Write 17.1 SC Mixed 16 45% 15.7 GB/s	Latency 66.6 60% 66.6 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 49.7% Great: 62%

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

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Typical GA-Z77-HD4 Builds (Compare 32 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 53%

Yacht

Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 41%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z77-HD4

CPU
Core i5-3570KIntel $136Bench 68%, 185,516 samples	8x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	8x
Core i5-3570IntelBench 65%, 104,858 samples	5x

GPU
GTX 1660-TiNvidia $143Bench 76%, 318,562 samples	4x
GTX 750-TiNvidia $92Bench 17%, 309,423 samples	3x
GTX 780-TiNvidia $410Bench 53%, 30,815 samples	2x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	3x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	2x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	2x

RAM
RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 49%, 28,220 samples	4x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples	3x
99U5471-040.A00LF 2x8GBKingstonBench 48%, 1,305 samples	2x

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Value: 87% - Excellent

Total price: $359

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16