Gigabyte GA-Z77X-UP4 TH

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 70% Battle cruiser	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 76.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	9.24% 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.
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.

Very high background CPU (44%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z77X-UP4 TH (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120823
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 17 '19 at 01:24
Run Duration	127 Seconds
Run User	SRB-User
Background CPU	44%

PC Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3770-$297 278,207 User benchmarks, average bench 69% Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3770 CPU @ 3.40GHz, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.9 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	76.1% Very good	Memory 90.8 1-Core 104 2-Core 196 76% 130 Pts	4-Core 332 8-Core 514 52% 423 Pts	64-Core 515 32% 515 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 76.1% Great: 76%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 650-$112 69,673 User benchmarks, average bench 8% Gigabyte(1458 3553) 1GB CLim: 1110 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 431.60 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	9.24% Terrible	Lighting 10.3 Reflection 9.81 Parallax 12.1 8% 10.7 fps	MRender 13.8 Gravity 12.6 Splatting 13.6 11% 13.3 fps
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 9.24% Great: 9%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 240GB-$40 53,931 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 10GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41320RL Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 424 Write 215 Mixed 183 60% 274 MB/s	4K Read 22.1 4K Write 62.1 4K Mixed 34.1 110% 39.4 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 249 DQ Mixed 205 182% 278 MB/s
Poor: 58% Great: 101%
HGST Travelstar 5K1000 2.5" 1TB 129,581 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 415GB free Firmware: JA0OA700 SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 77 77 77 77 77 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	43.2% Average	Read 74.1 Write 75.7 Mixed 29.1 SusWrite 76.3 46% 63.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.6 115% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 43.2% Great: 57%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1866C10D3/4G KHX2400C11D3/4GX KHX1866C10D3/4G KHX2400C11D3/4GX 16GB 58 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	49.9% Average	MC Read 17.6 MC Write 17.4 MC Mixed 15.4 48% 16.8 GB/s	SC Read 13.9 SC Write 17.4 SC Mixed 15.8 45% 15.7 GB/s	Latency 66 61% 66 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 49.9% Great: 71%

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Gaming 44%

Speed boat

Desktop 79%

Battleship

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z77X-UP4 TH

CPU
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	87x
Core i5-3570KIntel $136Bench 68%, 185,516 samples	42x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	32x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	18x
HD 4000 (Desktop 1.15 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 52,547 samples	13x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	11x

SSD
870 QVO 1TBSamsung $113Bench 95%, 80,665 samples	11x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	7x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	6x

RAM
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 54%, 43,127 samples	9x
RipjawsX DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 51%, 9,944 samples	6x
RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 49%, 28,220 samples	5x

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Value: 77% - Very good

Total price: $405

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $185	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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