Gigabyte GA-Z77X-UP5 TH-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 115% UFO	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 95% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	129% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	95.7% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z77X-UP5 TH-CF (all builds)
Memory	9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140515
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Aug 03 '19 at 23:02
Run Duration	137 Seconds
Run User	CRI-User
Background CPU	20%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3770K-$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 4.9 GHz, turbo 6.85 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	89.4% Excellent	Memory 97.5 1-Core 135 2-Core 258 92% 163 Pts	4-Core 441 8-Core 621 67% 531 Pts	64-Core 640 40% 640 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 89.4% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Zotac(19DA 1471) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2800 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 431.60 Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	129% Outstanding	Lighting 179 Reflection 198 Parallax 201 146% 193 fps	MRender 124 Gravity 187 Splatting 123 117% 145 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 129% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$125 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 146GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 458 454 450 453 453 454 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	95.7% Outstanding	Read 462 Write 417 Mixed 366 SusWrite 453 96% 425 MB/s	4K Read 31.6 4K Write 75.2 4K Mixed 37.3 136% 48 MB/s	DQ Read 250 DQ Write 98.3 DQ Mixed 137 111% 162 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 95.7% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$32 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 357GB free Firmware: JC4B SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 90 90 91 95 96 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	49.5% Average	Read 80 Write 85.5 Mixed 57.7 SusWrite 92.5 58% 78.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.9 151% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 49.5% Great: 68%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$106 133,734 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 547GB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 162 161 158 155 166 164 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	86.9% Excellent	Read 141 Write 104 Mixed 24.5 SusWrite 161 78% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 5.3 4K Mixed 1.6 313% 2.6 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 86.9% Great: 110%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 40,596 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	74.1% Very good	MC Read 24.7 MC Write 28.1 MC Mixed 23.3 72% 25.4 GB/s	SC Read 21.2 SC Write 23.2 SC Mixed 23.1 64% 22.5 GB/s	Latency 48.4 83% 48.4 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 74.1% Great: 85%

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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	105x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	34x
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 $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	7x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 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: 84% - Excellent

Total price: $447

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $239	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $139	Nvidia RTX 4070 $515	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	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