Gigabyte GA-Z77X-D3H

Performance Results


Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 84%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	15.5% 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	208% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z77X-D3H (all builds)
Memory	13.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140106
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 17 '19 at 12:39
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	MYS-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing above expectations (74^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 4.5 GHz, turbo 5.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	84% Excellent	Memory 94.9 1-Core 123 2-Core 245 87% 154 Pts	4-Core 395 8-Core 585 61% 490 Pts	64-Core 615 38% 615 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 84% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GT 1030 185,384 User benchmarks, average bench 14% Zotac(19DA 1486) 2GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 399.24 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	15.5% Very poor	Lighting 19.4 Reflection 14.8 Parallax 18 16% 17.4 fps	MRender 16.2 Gravity 18.4 Splatting 19.7 15% 18.1 fps
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 15.5% Great: 15%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba THNSN5512GPU7 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB 14,022 User benchmarks, average bench 160% 391GB free (System drive) Firmware: 57XA4104 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 899 1083 767 1227 1342 1306 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	208% Outstanding	Read 1,310 Write 1,028 Mixed 890 SusWrite 1,104 243% 1,083 MB/s	4K Read 33.2 4K Write 127 4K Mixed 41.7 171% 67.3 MB/s	DQ Read 898 DQ Write 724 DQ Mixed 726 567% 783 MB/s
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 208% Great: 235%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$39 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 554GB free Firmware: 01.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 59 65 46 47 44 44 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	29% Poor	Read 50.2 Write 56 Mixed 33.7 SusWrite 51 35% 47.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.2 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.3 56% 0.43 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 29% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C9D3/4GX 9905403-198.A00LF 9905403-198.A00LF KHX1600C9D3/4GX 16GB 33 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	60% Above average	MC Read 21.2 MC Write 20.6 MC Mixed 18.8 58% 20.2 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 20.3 SC Mixed 20 55% 19.3 GB/s	Latency 57.5 70% 57.5 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 60% 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 77%

Battleship

Workstation 32%

Sail boat

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z77X-D3H - $333

CPU
Core i5-3570KIntel $30Bench 68%, 185,516 samples	529x
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 $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	66x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	57x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 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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Value: 86% - Excellent

Total price: $555

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $29	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