Gigabyte GA-Z77X-UD5H

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 11% Tree trunk	Desktop 42% Speed boat	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (27th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 73 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 relatively low single core score, this CPU can handle email, light web browsing and basic audio/video playback, but it will struggle to handle CPU intensive tasks. Finally, with a gaming score of 30.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	36.8% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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	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 (35%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z77X-UD5H (all builds)
Memory	9.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120822
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 11 '19 at 17:26
Run Duration	254 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	35%

PC Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-3225-$325 3,345 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Intel(R) Core(TM) i3-3225 CPU @ 3.30GHz, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	30.4% Below average	Memory 30.9 1-Core 51.4 2-Core 119 36% 67.1 Pts	4-Core 172 8-Core 174 23% 173 Pts	64-Core 133 8% 133 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 30.4% Great: 66%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% EVGA(3842 3969) CLim: 1544 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	36.8% Below average	Lighting 48.3 Reflection 45.1 Parallax 44.4 39% 45.9 fps	MRender 38.2 Gravity 41.7 Splatting 37.2 32% 39.1 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 36.8% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 133GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 34 42 40 39 34 44 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	23.4% Poor	Read 42.7 Write 41.5 Mixed 36 SusWrite 38.9 30% 39.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.2 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.2 45% 0.4 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 23.4% Great: 108%
Seagate Expansion+ Desk 3TB 672 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2TB free Firmware: 0604 SusWrite @10s intervals: 128 104 127 141 134 151 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	65.8% Good	Read 98.5 Write 72.3 Mixed 65.7 SusWrite 131 68% 91.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 132% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 65.8% Great: 111%
WD My Passport 0820 2TB 18,744 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 623GB free, PID 0820 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 24 24 26 26 24 27 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	13.8% Very poor	Read 31.2 Write 26.5 Mixed 24 SusWrite 25.3 36% 26.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.7 66% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 13.8% Great: 42%
WD My Passport 259D 4TB 1,267 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 498GB free, PID 259d Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 63 59 62 61 57 64 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	27.2% Poor	Read 71 Write 70.7 Mixed 49.5 SusWrite 60.9 85% 63 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.1 44% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 27.2% Great: 42%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMZ8GX3M1A1600C10 029E CMZ16GX3M2A1600C10 16GB 80 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	25.6% Poor	MC Read 9.7 MC Write 9.4 MC Mixed 9.3 27% 9.47 GB/s	SC Read 6.8 SC Write 5.9 SC Mixed 6.4 18% 6.37 GB/s	Latency 249 16% 249 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 25.6% Great: 63%

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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 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	570x
Core i5-3570KIntel $136Bench 68%, 185,516 samples	248x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	212x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	77x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	74x
HD 4000 (Desktop 1.15 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 52,547 samples	73x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	48x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	41x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 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	29x
Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 50%, 23,732 samples	26x

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Value: 59% - Above average

Total price: $864

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	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) $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