Gigabyte GA-Z77X-D3H

Performance Results


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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 79.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	3.71% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	61.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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 (47%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z77X-D3H (all builds)
Memory	6.8 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120822
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 12 '19 at 21:25
Run Duration	166 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	47%

PC Performing as expected (57^th 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 (97^th percentile)	79.6% Very good	Memory 91.9 1-Core 102 2-Core 201 76% 132 Pts	4-Core 392 8-Core 380 52% 386 Pts	64-Core 385 24% 385 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 79.6% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 710 187,161 User benchmarks, average bench 3% MSI(1462 8C93) 2GB CLim: 954 MHz, MLim: 400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 430.64 Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	3.71% Terrible	Lighting 4.37 Reflection 4.31 Parallax 4.06 4% 4.25 fps	MRender 4.1 Gravity 3.9 Splatting 6.17 4% 4.72 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.71% Great: 4%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ ARC 100 240GB-$120 11,799 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 125GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 226 233 232 214 234 233 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	61.1% Good	Read 241 Write 232 Mixed 209 SusWrite 229 51% 228 MB/s	4K Read 20.5 4K Write 51.1 4K Mixed 27 93% 32.9 MB/s	DQ Read 202 DQ Write 191 DQ Mixed 182 141% 192 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 61.1% Great: 101%
Seagate ST3160023AS 160GB-$24 4,798 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 128GB free Firmware: 8.05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 51 52 48 52 52 52 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	28.3% Poor	Read 47.2 Write 50.7 Mixed 35.7 SusWrite 50.9 34% 46.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.9 155% 1 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 28.3% Great: 32%
WD WD3200JB-00KFA0 320GB 343 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 273GB free Firmware: 08.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 31 32 31 31 32 31 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	26.5% Poor	Read 60.2 Write 54 Mixed 40.5 SusWrite 31.4 34% 46.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 180% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 26.5% Great: 35%
Seagate ST3160023AS 1TB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 90GB free Firmware: JP4OA39C SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 83 79 82 87 81 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples		Read 80.8 Write 87 Mixed 45.2 SusWrite 82.3 54% 73.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.8 136% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 46% Great: 83%
WD WD1600JB-00GVC0 160GB 1,016 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 80GB free Firmware: 08.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 30 32 31 31 32 32 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	25.3% Poor	Read 56.2 Write 58.5 Mixed 29 SusWrite 31.3 32% 43.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.9 162% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 25.3% Great: 32%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMX8GX3M2A1333C9 029E CM3X2G1333C9D 029E CMX8GX3M2A1333C9 029E CM3X2G1333C9D 12GB 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 2048, 4096, 2048 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	51.9% Above average	MC Read 18 MC Write 18.7 MC Mixed 16.1 50% 17.6 GB/s	SC Read 14.7 SC Write 16.9 SC Mixed 16.2 46% 15.9 GB/s	Latency 64.3 62% 64.3 ns

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Gaming 41%

Speed boat

Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 32%

Sail boat

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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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 $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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