Gigabyte GA-Z77X-UP7

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 60% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 81%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	91.4% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (22%). 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, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z77X-UP7 (all builds)
Memory	28.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121122
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 04 '20 at 08:10
Run Duration	132 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	22%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3770K-$175 165,979 User benchmarks, average bench 72% Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3770K CPU @ 3.50GHz, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.9 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	81% Excellent	Memory 97.2 1-Core 108 2-Core 213 81% 140 Pts	4-Core 351 8-Core 544 55% 448 Pts	64-Core 540 33% 540 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 81% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4998) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1582 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 441.66 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	91.4% Outstanding	Lighting 118 Reflection 123 Parallax 110 96% 117 fps	MRender 100 Gravity 107 Splatting 97.1 83% 102 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 91.4% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$115 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 134GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 39 42 42 42 42 42 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 71% Great: 124%
WD Red 1TB (2012)-$62 37,583 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 416GB free Firmware: 01.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 121 122 123 124 123 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	70.9% Very good	Read 124 Write 115 Mixed 57.7 SusWrite 122 77% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 0.8 176% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 70.9% Great: 87%
Seagate Barracuda 500GB (2016)-$32 16,451 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 341GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 125 121 126 124 125 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	90.7% Outstanding	Read 192 Write 176 Mixed 72.5 SusWrite 124 103% 141 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.9 161% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 90.7% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR3 2400 C11 4x8GB 210 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	74.1% Very good	MC Read 24.3 MC Write 28.6 MC Mixed 25 74% 26 GB/s	SC Read 19.7 SC Write 19.7 SC Mixed 21 58% 20.1 GB/s	Latency 49.5 81% 49.5 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 74.1% Great: 89%

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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-Z77X-UP7 Builds (Compare 89 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 26%

Raft

Desktop 79%

Battleship

Workstation 22%

Surfboard

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z77X-UP7

CPU
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	59x
Core i5-3570IntelBench 65%, 104,858 samples	5x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	5x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	7x
HD 2000 (Desktop 1.1 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 150,891 samples	7x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	5x

SSD
Savage 120GBHyperX $80Bench 86%, 7,194 samples	17x
Z400s 128GBSanDisk $109Bench 61%, 10,807 samples	5x
WDS500G2B0A 500GBWDCBench 98%, 24,830 samples	5x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	17x
CMD16GX3M2A1866C9 Samsung M378B5173BH0-CK0 029E CMD16GX3M2A1866C9 Samsung M378B1G73EB0-CK0 28GBUnknownBench 32%, 7 samples	7x
HyperX DDR3 2133 C11 4x4GBKingstonBench 63%, 2,772 samples	3x

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Value: 70% - Good

Total price: $314

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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