Gigabyte GA-Z77M-D3H

Performance Results


Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (39th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 61 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 82.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	3.43% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	71.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

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. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z77M-D3H (all builds)
Memory	6.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120919
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 19 '19 at 14:21
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-3550-$335 23,599 User benchmarks, average bench 69% Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-3550 CPU @ 3.30GHz, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	82.4% Excellent	Memory 92.9 1-Core 103 2-Core 212 78% 136 Pts	4-Core 417 8-Core 410 56% 414 Pts	64-Core 411 25% 411 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 82.4% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 730 164,888 User benchmarks, average bench 5% MSI(1462 8A9F) 2GB CLim: 700 MHz, MLim: 405 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	3.43% Terrible	Lighting 4.2 Reflection 4.62 Parallax 3.72 3% 4.18 fps	MRender 5.86 Gravity 4.33 Splatting 3.04 3% 4.41 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.43% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
TOSHIBA-TR200 240GB 36,832 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 188GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFA12.4 SusWrite @10s intervals: 380 105 105 104 106 102 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	71.3% Very good	Read 352 Write 121 Mixed 305 SusWrite 150 52% 232 MB/s	4K Read 29.8 4K Write 55.6 4K Mixed 31.7 115% 39 MB/s	DQ Read 266 DQ Write 300 DQ Mixed 202 174% 256 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 71.3% Great: 90%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$24 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 97GB free Firmware: KC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 79 79 79 80 81 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	47.5% Average	Read 86 Write 89 Mixed 50.6 SusWrite 79.6 56% 76.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.7 119% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 47.5% Great: 88%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 691GB free Firmware: CC44 SusWrite @10s intervals: 159 157 159 159 159 161 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	89.4% Excellent	Read 153 Write 122 Mixed 73.5 SusWrite 159 93% 127 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.8 138% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 89.4% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905403-153.A00LF Transcend JM1333KLN-2G 9905403-153.A00LF Transcend JM1333KLN-2G 8GB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 2048, 2048, 2048, 2048 MB Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	53.8% Above average	MC Read 18.5 MC Write 19.4 MC Mixed 16.7 52% 18.2 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 17.7 SC Mixed 17.7 48% 16.8 GB/s	Latency 62.2 64% 62.2 ns
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 53.8% Great: 60%

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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 24%

Surfboard

Desktop 75%

Battleship

Workstation 20%

Surfboard

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z77M-D3H - $145

CPU
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	206x
Core i5-3570KIntel $136Bench 68%, 185,516 samples	141x
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	72x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	72x
HD 2500 (Desktop 1.05 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 146,665 samples	53x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	45x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	41x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	25x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $75Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	24x

RAM
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	26x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples	23x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	11x

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Value: 72% - Very good

Total price: $529

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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 $163	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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16