Gigabyte GA-Z77-HD3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 6% Tree trunk	Desktop 68% Battle cruiser	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 78.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	3.84% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z77-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121024
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 12 '19 at 11:33
Run Duration	174 Seconds
Run User	BGR-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd 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 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	78.6% Very good	Memory 92.6 1-Core 104 2-Core 190 76% 129 Pts	4-Core 350 8-Core 515 54% 432 Pts	64-Core 516 32% 516 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 78.6% Great: 76%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 710 187,161 User benchmarks, average bench 3% MSI(1462 8C93) 1GB CLim: 954 MHz, MLim: 450 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 441.12 Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	3.84% Terrible	Lighting 4.53 Reflection 4.38 Parallax 4.38 4% 4.43 fps	MRender 4.57 Gravity 3.9 Splatting 6.17 4% 4.88 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.84% Great: 4%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Vertex 4 256GB-$400 12,355 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 6GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.5.1 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 278 Write 320 Mixed 226 61% 274 MB/s	4K Read 22.2 4K Write 68.8 4K Mixed 28.2 106% 39.7 MB/s	DQ Read 31.5 DQ Write 122 DQ Mixed 37.4 40% 63.5 MB/s
Poor: 68% Great: 106%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 882GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 103 103 102 103 103 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	76.6% Very good	Read 166 Write 148 Mixed 72 SusWrite 102 89% 122 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.7 129% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 76.6% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 507GB free Firmware: CC38 SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 103 103 102 103 103 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	62.9% Good	Read 118 Write 106 Mixed 55 SusWrite 102 70% 95 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 1 180% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 62.9% Great: 68%
JetFlash Transcend 16GB 14,782 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 11GB free, PID 6387 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 21 17 22 21 20 21 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	9.72% Terrible	Read 23.2 Write 19 Mixed 12 SusWrite 20.4 24% 18.6 MB/s	4K Read 8.1 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 30% 2.7 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 9.72% Great: 33%
Seagate FA GoFlex Desk 2TB 2,298 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 302GB free, PID 50a1 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 89 90 90 90 86 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	33.6% Below average	Read 87.7 Write 77.5 Mixed 30 SusWrite 89.2 94% 71.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.4 30% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 33.6% Great: 49%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CL9-10-9 D3-1866 2x8GB 571 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	57.3% Above average	MC Read 21.3 MC Write 19.9 MC Mixed 17.5 56% 19.6 GB/s	SC Read 16.9 SC Write 18.2 SC Mixed 17.9 50% 17.7 GB/s	Latency 62.9 64% 62.9 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 57.3% Great: 73%

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Gaming 33%

Sail boat

Desktop 75%

Battleship

Workstation 27%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z77-HD3

CPU
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	88x
Core i5-3570KIntel $136Bench 68%, 185,516 samples	62x
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	54x

GPU
GTX 1650Nvidia $155Bench 43%, 259,091 samples	25x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	22x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	18x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	22x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	10x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	8x

RAM
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	9x
Atermiter 0080 Atermiter 059B 99P5471-016.A00LF 24GBUnknownBench 50%, 9 samples	7x
4x4GBUnknownBench 43%, 106,178 samples	6x

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Value: 64% - Good

Total price: $480

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $184	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) $30	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