Gigabyte GA-Z77-DS3H

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 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 85.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	51.9% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). 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. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z77-DS3H (all builds)
Memory	4 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131113
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 07 '19 at 23:17
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing as expected (43^rd 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 4.3 GHz, turbo 5.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	85.9% Excellent	Memory 93.1 1-Core 120 2-Core 215 83% 143 Pts	4-Core 456 8-Core 450 61% 453 Pts	64-Core 432 27% 432 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 85.9% Great: 79%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 120GB-$76 9,139 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 20GB free (System drive) Firmware: X31000RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 78 64 54 45 39 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	51.9% Above average	Read 331 Write 209 Mixed 150 SusWrite 64.6 42% 189 MB/s	4K Read 24.2 4K Write 60.1 4K Mixed 29.1 106% 37.8 MB/s	DQ Read 30.1 DQ Write 58.7 DQ Mixed 32.8 28% 40.5 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 51.9% Great: 93%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 100GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 81 82 82 77 83 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	49.9% Average	Read 91.7 Write 110 Mixed 56.7 SusWrite 81.8 62% 84.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1.1 196% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 49.9% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown AM2U139C2P1-B00S 04CB AM2U139C2P1-B00S 04CB 04CB 8GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 2048, 2048, 2048, 2048 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	52% Above average	MC Read 17.8 MC Write 18.3 MC Mixed 16.1 50% 17.4 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 18.3 SC Mixed 16.6 47% 16.6 GB/s	Latency 61.8 65% 61.8 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 52% Great: 52%

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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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Typical GA-Z77-DS3H Builds (Compare 1,943 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 41%

Speed boat

Desktop 76%

Battleship

Workstation 32%

Sail boat

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z77-DS3H - $280

CPU
Core i5-3570KIntel $136Bench 68%, 185,516 samples	512x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	371x
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	280x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	140x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	120x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	104x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	63x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	48x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	44x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	56x
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	56x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples	41x

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Value: 89% - Excellent

Total price: $560

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	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