Gigabyte GA-Z77M-D3H

Performance Results


Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (32nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 68 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 76.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	8.96% 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	48.4% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 (13%). 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-Z77M-D3H (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120919
Uptime	12.2 Days
Run Date	Jun 11 '19 at 14:29
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2600K-$319 147,533 User benchmarks, average bench 71% Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-2600K CPU @ 3.40GHz, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	76.7% Very good	Memory 91.4 1-Core 100 2-Core 195 75% 129 Pts	4-Core 338 8-Core 472 51% 405 Pts	64-Core 474 29% 474 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 76.7% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R7 250E 10,952 User benchmarks, average bench 8% Sapphire(174B E213) 1GB CLim: 800 MHz, MLim: 1125 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 17.10.1 Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	8.96% Terrible	Lighting 10.1 Reflection 13.6 Parallax 13.8 8% 12.5 fps	MRender 11.5 Gravity 9.07 Splatting 16.2 10% 12.3 fps
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 8.96% Great: 10%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M500 120GB-$75 15,430 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 14GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 134 54 54 53 53 53 MB/s Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	48.4% Average	Read 242 Write 142 Mixed 168 SusWrite 66.8 34% 155 MB/s	4K Read 20.1 4K Write 47.2 4K Mixed 25 88% 30.8 MB/s	DQ Read 207 DQ Write 130 DQ Mixed 115 100% 151 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 48.4% Great: 77%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 5GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 63 61 55 60 54 54 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	36.2% Below average	Read 68 Write 62.8 Mixed 54 SusWrite 57.8 45% 60.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.7 131% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 36.2% Great: 83%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 38GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 95 93 94 95 94 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	44% Average	Read 58.3 Write 55.5 Mixed 42.1 SusWrite 94.4 46% 62.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.9 178% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 44% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 10,062 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	28.7% Poor	MC Read 9.2 MC Write 8.6 MC Mixed 8.2 25% 8.67 GB/s	SC Read 9.4 SC Write 10.1 SC Mixed 9 27% 9.5 GB/s	Latency 65.1 61% 65.1 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 28.7% 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 24%

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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	140x
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 $80Bench 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 $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