Gigabyte GA-Z77X-D3H

Performance Results


Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 15% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 80%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	14.8% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	92.3% 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.

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Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z77X-D3H (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130724
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 10 '19 at 16:13
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	LVA-User
Background CPU	25%

PC Performing above expectations (70^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-$50 185,516 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 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	80% Excellent	Memory 93 1-Core 103 2-Core 177 74% 125 Pts	4-Core 387 8-Core 397 52% 392 Pts	64-Core 398 25% 398 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 80% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7770 38,053 User benchmarks, average bench 12% Asus(1043 0429) 1GB CLim: 1070 MHz, MLim: 1150 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 17.7 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	14.8% Very poor	Lighting 18.6 Reflection 17.6 Parallax 23.6 15% 19.9 fps	MRender 14.3 Gravity 17 Splatting 19.5 14% 16.9 fps
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 14.8% Great: 14%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$72 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 118GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 352 232 255 256 257 257 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	92.3% Outstanding	Read 473 Write 452 Mixed 353 SusWrite 268 87% 387 MB/s	4K Read 33.4 4K Write 54.7 4K Mixed 39.6 130% 42.6 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 354 DQ Mixed 226 208% 320 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 92.3% Great: 118%
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 100GB free Firmware: EXT0BB0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 289 136 136 113 85 97 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	84.9% Excellent	Read 479 Write 336 Mixed 332 SusWrite 143 72% 322 MB/s	4K Read 34 4K Write 55.7 4K Mixed 38.8 131% 42.8 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 355 DQ Mixed 165 180% 301 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 84.9% Great: 108%
WD WD30EZRS-00J99B0 3TB 2,807 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 3TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 128 128 127 130 131 129 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	76.4% Very good	Read 137 Write 130 Mixed 86.7 SusWrite 129 89% 121 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 166% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 76.4% Great: 72%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$37 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 403GB free Firmware: CC25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 136 135 135 137 137 137 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	77.5% Very good	Read 134 Write 100 Mixed 63.3 SusWrite 136 79% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 154% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 77.5% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CT51264BA160BJ.M8F 859B CT51264BA160BJ.C8F 859B CT51264BA160BJ.M8F 859B CT51264BA160BJ.C8F 16GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	59.5% Above average	MC Read 21.2 MC Write 22.4 MC Mixed 18.4 59% 20.7 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 17.6 SC Mixed 18.2 49% 17.1 GB/s	Latency 62 64% 62 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 59.5% Great: 60%

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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 $50Bench 68%, 185,516 samples	531x
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	439x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	290x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	117x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	104x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	93x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	66x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	57x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $137Bench 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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