Gigabyte GA-Z77X-D3H

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	50.1% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Very high background CPU (47%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z77X-D3H (all builds)
Memory	5.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120323
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Oct 28 '16 at 20:22
Run Duration	174 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	47%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-3570K-$136 185,516 User benchmarks, average bench 68% Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-3570K CPU @ 3.40GHz, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	79.2% Very good	Memory 88.5 1-Core 102 2-Core 200 75% 130 Pts	4-Core 404 8-Core 405 54% 404 Pts	64-Core 390 24% 390 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 79.2% Great: 79%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Vertex 3 120GB-$42 25,948 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 83GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 90 90 224685797 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 57 57 18391049999166 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 279 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 26 (B1) Unknown 0 0 5 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 224685797 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 224685797 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 224685797 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 98 98 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 34947 (EA) Unknown 0 0 24981 (F1) Unknown 0 0 24981 (F2) Unknown 0 0 29146	50.1% Above average	Read 260 Write 141 Mixed 183 43% 195 MB/s	4K Read 24.1 4K Write 41.3 4K Mixed 16.8 80% 27.4 MB/s	DQ Read 181 DQ Write 147 DQ Mixed 46.8 67% 125 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 50.1% Great: 82%
Samsung Spinpoint F2 1TB-$60 32,476 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 1TB free Firmware: 1AG01118 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 72 72 9100 (04) Start/Stop count 79 79 21254 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 19129 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 255 (0C) Power cycle count 90 90 9882 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 49 555089951 (C2) HDA temperature 70 47 622198814 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 2885211 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	56.6% Above average	Read 96.3 Write 101 Mixed 106 76% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.48 4K Mixed 0.42 95% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 56.6% Great: 58%
Seagate ST2000NM0011 2TB-$60 4,076 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 1.5TB free Firmware: SN02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 83 63 215358950 (03) Spinup time 92 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 8185 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 60 60 4296028045 (09) Power-on hours count 70 70 26428 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 149 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 8590065666 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 51 622264351 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 33 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 9946 (C2) HDA temperature 31 49 64424509471 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 119 99 215358950 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	69.2% Good	Read 125 Write 116 Mixed 119 90% 120 MB/s	4K Read 0.92 4K Write 2.02 4K Mixed 0.68 151% 1.21 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 69.2% Great: 86%
WD Blue 500GB (2007)-$80 10,362 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 458GB free Firmware: 01.0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 157 149 5150 (04) Start/Stop count 86 86 14565 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 19 19 59393 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 91 91 9573 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 518 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 196 196 14563 (C2) HDA temperature 107 87 40 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 1 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 1	51.3% Above average	Read 87.3 Write 91.2 Mixed 82.4 65% 87 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 1.73 4K Mixed 0.44 109% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 51.3% Great: 51%
Vb0250ea VER 250GB 90 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 233GB free Firmware: 8104 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	54.8% Above average	Read 101 Write 89.8 Mixed 86.4 69% 92.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 1.82 4K Mixed 0.59 128% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 54.8% Great: 56%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 2x4GB 1,099 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB 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	29.5% Poor	MC Read 9.3 MC Write 9.6 MC Mixed 8.5 26% 9.13 GB/s	SC Read 9.4 SC Write 9.9 SC Mixed 9.6 28% 9.63 GB/s	Latency 69 58% 69 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 29.5% Great: 63%

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Gaming 41%

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Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 32%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z77X-D3H - $333

CPU
Core i5-3570KIntel $136Bench 68%, 185,516 samples	522x
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	435x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	287x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	116x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	103x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	92x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	66x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	57x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	31x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	44x
Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 50%, 23,732 samples	43x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 34,385 samples	38x

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Value: 80% - Excellent

Total price: $665

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	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