Gigabyte GA-Z77M-D3H

Performance Results


Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (36th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 64 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 74.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	20% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	97.4% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z77M-D3H (all builds)
Memory	1.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120821
Uptime	9.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 05 '20 at 22:05
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing below expectations (36^th 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 (88^th percentile)	74.1% Very good	Memory 90.7 1-Core 98 2-Core 168 71% 119 Pts	4-Core 312 8-Core 499 50% 405 Pts	64-Core 496 31% 496 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 74.1% Great: 76%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 660-$170 123,956 User benchmarks, average bench 20% Palit(1569 11C0) 2GB CLim: 1202 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 432.0 Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	20% Poor	Lighting 22.9 Reflection 23.5 Parallax 28.9 19% 25.1 fps	MRender 32.2 Gravity 27.8 Splatting 24.6 23% 28.2 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 20% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 325GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 389 352 296 287 297 292 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	97.4% Outstanding	Read 463 Write 424 Mixed 354 SusWrite 319 88% 390 MB/s	4K Read 32.1 4K Write 66.1 4K Mixed 42.4 138% 46.9 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 349 DQ Mixed 364 274% 366 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 97.4% Great: 134%
WD Red 2TB (2012)-$82 64,359 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 131GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 72 76 75 74 76 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	41.5% Average	Read 69.7 Write 80 Mixed 57.2 SusWrite 74.4 52% 70.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 178% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 41.5% Great: 86%
Seagate Barracuda 8TB (2017)-$87 42,465 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 8GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 80 85 85 83 81 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	39.3% Below average	Read 53.7 Write 62.7 Mixed 64.5 SusWrite 81.7 49% 65.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 5.4 4K Mixed 0.5 193% 2.27 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 39.3% Great: 90%
Seagate Barracuda 8TB (2017)-$87 42,465 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 3TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 135 140 142 141 145 142 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	63.6% Good	Read 79.5 Write 115 Mixed 77 SusWrite 141 76% 103 MB/s	4K Read 1.6 4K Write 4.7 4K Mixed 0.7 232% 2.33 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 63.6% Great: 90%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Transcend JM1333KLH-4G 2x4GB 476 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (32^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	44.5% Average	MC Read 16.8 MC Write 14.3 MC Mixed 13.5 42% 14.9 GB/s	SC Read 13.3 SC Write 14.8 SC Mixed 12.4 39% 13.5 GB/s	Latency 66.3 60% 66.3 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 44.5% Great: 51%

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

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Gaming 24%

Surfboard

Desktop 75%

Battleship

Workstation 20%

Surfboard

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z77M-D3H - $145

CPU
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	206x
Core i5-3570KIntel $136Bench 68%, 185,516 samples	140x
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	72x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	72x
HD 2500 (Desktop 1.05 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 146,665 samples	53x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	45x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	41x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	25x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	24x

RAM
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	26x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples	23x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	11x

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Value: 72% - Very good

Total price: $529

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