Gigabyte GA-Z77-DS3H

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (32nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 68 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 81%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	37% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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.

Very high background CPU (70%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z77-DS3H (all builds)
Memory	2.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120821
Uptime	17.8 Days
Run Date	Jan 11 '19 at 13:37
Run Duration	195 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	70%

PC Performing below expectations (32^nd 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 way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	81% Excellent	Memory 89.8 1-Core 105 2-Core 209 78% 135 Pts	4-Core 398 8-Core 516 58% 457 Pts	64-Core 513 32% 513 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 81% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
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 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M4 512GB-$74 4,600 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 42GB free (System drive) Firmware: 000F SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 63 38 63 51 64 MB/s Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	37% Below average	Read 339 Write 210 Mixed 246 SusWrite 67.4 48% 216 MB/s	4K Read 4.3 4K Write 40.9 4K Mixed 20 54% 21.7 MB/s	DQ Read 22.1 DQ Write 59.2 DQ Mixed 18.7 21% 33.3 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 37% Great: 81%
Crucial BX100 500GB-$49 13,478 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 235GB free Firmware: MU02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 71 73 73 71 72 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	55.4% Above average	Read 399 Write 323 Mixed 288 SusWrite 72 60% 271 MB/s	4K Read 24.3 4K Write 53.1 4K Mixed 29.9 103% 35.8 MB/s	DQ Read 29.5 DQ Write 104 DQ Mixed 42.6 40% 58.5 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 55.4% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$24 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 202GB free Firmware: KC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 71 71 70 71 71 72 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	50.3% Above average	Read 104 Write 99.5 Mixed 47.7 SusWrite 70.9 59% 80.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.7 126% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 50.3% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 73,650 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (36^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	46.9% Average	MC Read 17.5 MC Write 15.6 MC Mixed 14.1 45% 15.7 GB/s	SC Read 12.5 SC Write 16.4 SC Mixed 15.2 42% 14.7 GB/s	Latency 67.5 59% 67.5 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 46.9% 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 $273	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 $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