Gigabyte GA-Z77X-UD5H

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 79.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	64.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

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

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z77X-UD5H (all builds)
Memory	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120822
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 25 '19 at 12:45
Run Duration	191 Seconds
Run User	IDN-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing above expectations (80^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 4.4 GHz, turbo 5.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	79.9% Very good	Memory 98.3 1-Core 120 2-Core 222 85% 147 Pts	4-Core 334 8-Core 491 51% 412 Pts	64-Core 490 30% 490 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 79.9% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% MSI(1462 3170) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 417.71 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	64.5% Good	Lighting 82.1 Reflection 84.7 Parallax 75.1 67% 80.6 fps	MRender 79.5 Gravity 75.2 Splatting 67.5 60% 74.1 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 64.5% Great: 66%

Drives	Sequential	Random 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$76 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 149GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT0 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete	Read 4,324 Write 48.5 Mixed 96.3 310% 1,490 MB/s	4K Read 304 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 6 469% 104 MB/s
Poor: 74% Great: 129%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 221GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete	Read 112 Write 109 Mixed 109 83% 110 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 0.9 192% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 44% Great: 85%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$78 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 335GB free Firmware: CC32 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete	Read 126 Write 113 Mixed 30.2 65% 89.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 6.7 4K Mixed 0.5 209% 2.63 MB/s
Poor: 38% Great: 75%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 634GB free Firmware: 05.0 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete	Read 4,016 Write 39 Mixed 61 982% 1,372 MB/s	4K Read 275 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 1.7 11,663% 92.6 MB/s
Poor: 44% Great: 85%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$38 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 291GB free Firmware: CC27 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete	Read 4,383 Write 38.3 Mixed 66.5 1,071% 1,496 MB/s	4K Read 319 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 2.3 13,571% 108 MB/s
Poor: 51% Great: 114%
Hitachi HDS722020ALA330 2TB-$71 17,356 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 697GB free Firmware: JKAOA3MA Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete	Read 4356 Write 44.5 Mixed 88 1,072% 1,496 MB/s	4K Read 314 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 2.4 13,364% 106 MB/s
Poor: 35% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 2x8GB 24,592 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	76.2% Very good	MC Read 26 MC Write 29.2 MC Mixed 23.7 75% 26.3 GB/s	SC Read 20.6 SC Write 21.3 SC Mixed 22.6 62% 21.5 GB/s	Latency 44.6 90% 44.6 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 76.2% Great: 88%

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Gaming 39%

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Desktop 79%

Battleship

Workstation 32%

Sail boat

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z77X-UD5H - $380

CPU
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	574x
Core i5-3570KIntel $136Bench 68%, 185,516 samples	248x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	215x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	79x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	75x
HD 4000 (Desktop 1.15 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 52,547 samples	73x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	49x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	43x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	38x

RAM
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 54%, 43,127 samples	35x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 20,667 samples	30x
Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 50%, 23,732 samples	26x

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Value: 61% - Good

Total price: $845

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16