Gigabyte GA-Z77X-UP5 TH-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 33% Sail boat	Desktop 64% Destroyer	Workstation 28% Raft


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 an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 53.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	60% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	52.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z77X-UP5 TH-CF (all builds)
Memory	15.3 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120903
Uptime	1.6 Days
Run Date	May 22 '19 at 18:56
Run Duration	184 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	21%

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 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 3.9 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	53.8% Above average	Memory 61.7 1-Core 88 2-Core 161 59% 104 Pts	4-Core 248 8-Core 376 39% 312 Pts	64-Core 452 28% 452 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 53.8% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Asus(1043 8518) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1495 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 430.64 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	60% Good	Lighting 76.4 Reflection 75.5 Parallax 75.2 62% 75.7 fps	MRender 73 Gravity 70.4 Splatting 63.1 56% 68.8 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 60% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Extreme 480GB-$300 1,286 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 61GB free (System drive) Firmware: R201 SusWrite @10s intervals: 200 177 130 128 123 122 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	52.7% Above average	Read 412 Write 237 Mixed 240 SusWrite 147 58% 259 MB/s	4K Read 21.8 4K Write 14.6 4K Mixed 18.5 64% 18.3 MB/s	DQ Read 230 DQ Write 102 DQ Mixed 128 105% 154 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 52.7% Great: 66%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 125GB free Firmware: JC4B SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 85 87 88 85 88 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	49% Average	Read 84.5 Write 70.5 Mixed 47.8 SusWrite 86.3 53% 72.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.9 157% 1 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 49% Great: 68%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 107GB free Firmware: JC4B SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 84 87 87 84 86 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	49.8% Average	Read 87.7 Write 89.2 Mixed 59.8 SusWrite 85.5 59% 80.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 1 176% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 49.8% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 3x8GB 95 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 3 of 4 slots used 24GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	24.1% Poor	MC Read 9 MC Write 8.4 MC Mixed 8 24% 8.47 GB/s	SC Read 6 SC Write 4.7 SC Mixed 5.5 15% 5.4 GB/s	Latency 123 33% 123 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 24.1% Great: 57%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Desktop 79%

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Workstation 49%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z77X-UP5 TH-CF

CPU
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	104x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	33x
Core i5-3570KIntel $136Bench 68%, 185,516 samples	23x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	11x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	10x
GTX 670Nvidia $435Bench 28%, 47,610 samples	8x

SSD
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	7x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	5x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	5x

RAM
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 4x8GBCorsairBench 55%, 6,625 samples	13x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 4x8GBCorsairBench 51%, 3,072 samples	12x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 54%, 43,127 samples	12x

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Value: 86% - Excellent

Total price: $437

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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