Gigabyte GA-Z77-D3H

Performance Results


Gaming 11% Tree trunk	Desktop 70% Battle cruiser	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	7.15% 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.
Boot Drive	51.1% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 (71%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z77-D3H (all builds)
Memory	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131114
Uptime	1.9 Days
Run Date	Dec 28 '19 at 19:51
Run Duration	167 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	71%

PC Performing as expected (60^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-3570 104,858 User benchmarks, average bench 65% Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-3570 CPU @ 3.40GHz, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	76.2% Very good	Memory 84 1-Core 101 2-Core 181 71% 122 Pts	4-Core 396 8-Core 394 53% 395 Pts	64-Core 395 24% 395 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 76.2% Great: 75%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 640 34,519 User benchmarks, average bench 6% EVGA(3842 2643) 2GB CLim: 901 MHz, MLim: 445 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 436.48 Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	7.15% Terrible	Lighting 8.17 Reflection 7.77 Parallax 8.78 7% 8.24 fps	MRender 8.62 Gravity 10 Splatting 10.7 8% 9.76 fps
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 7.15% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY SSD2SC240G1CS1754D117-820 240GB 5,703 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 163GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS111101 SusWrite @10s intervals: 54 58 58 60 54 49 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	51.1% Above average	Read 344 Write 276 Mixed 234 SusWrite 55.5 51% 227 MB/s	4K Read 19.7 4K Write 65.8 4K Mixed 27.9 100% 37.8 MB/s	DQ Read 23 DQ Write 105 DQ Mixed 33.8 35% 53.8 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 51.1% Great: 87%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 341GB free Firmware: 19.01H19 SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 109 118 119 117 117 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	64% Good	Read 107 Write 107 Mixed 64.5 SusWrite 116 72% 98.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 151% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 64% Great: 69%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 3TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 93 96 98 99 99 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	58.4% Above average	Read 108 Write 87.5 Mixed 56.2 SusWrite 95.1 64% 86.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 197% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 58.4% Great: 101%
Hitachi HDS725050KLA360 500GB-$40 5,497 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 444GB free Firmware: K2AOA11A SusWrite @10s intervals: 59 59 60 60 60 59 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	26.3% Poor	Read 31.2 Write 28.3 Mixed 24.7 SusWrite 59.7 26% 36 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.8 157% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 26.3% Great: 34%
WD My Book 1230 4TB 14,665 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 3TB free, PID 1230 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 132 134 139 138 138 136 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	57.7% Above average	Read 139 Write 144 Mixed 82.3 SusWrite 136 169% 125 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 122% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 57.7% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown Dark-1600 04EF Dark-1600 Kingston KHX1600C9D3/4GX Kingston KHX1600C9D3/4GX 16GB 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	51.5% Above average	MC Read 18.3 MC Write 18.5 MC Mixed 16.1 50% 17.6 GB/s	SC Read 14.7 SC Write 17.4 SC Mixed 16.3 46% 16.1 GB/s	Latency 73.4 54% 73.4 ns

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 41%

Speed boat

Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 32%

Sail boat

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z77-D3H

CPU
Core i5-3570KIntel $136Bench 68%, 185,516 samples	625x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	405x
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	250x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	136x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	124x
HD 4000 (Desktop 1.15 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 52,547 samples	103x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	58x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	47x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	47x

RAM
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	50x
Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 50%, 27,024 samples	45x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples	39x

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Value: 80% - Excellent

Total price: $332

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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