Gigabyte GA-Z77-DS3H

Performance Results


Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 55% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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 80.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	89% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	66.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	20GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 20GB 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). 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, 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, 3 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z77-DS3H (all builds)
Memory	15.4 GB free of 20 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120919
Uptime	2.2 Days
Run Date	May 22 '20 at 02:55
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	13%

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PC Performing as expected (48^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-3470-$59 223,595 User benchmarks, average bench 63% Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-3470 CPU @ 3.20GHz, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	80.6% Excellent	Memory 92.9 1-Core 104 2-Core 206 78% 134 Pts	4-Core 395 8-Core 398 53% 397 Pts	64-Core 392 24% 392 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 80.6% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% MSI(1462 3755) CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 445.87 Performing below potential (43^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	89% Excellent	Lighting 113 Reflection 109 Parallax 105 92% 109 fps	MRender 138 Gravity 98.1 Splatting 80.8 84% 106 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 89% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 105GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 227 199 180 167 165 166 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	66.4% Good	Read 382 Write 361 Mixed 323 SusWrite 184 70% 312 MB/s	4K Read 28.2 4K Write 51.8 4K Mixed 36.4 117% 38.8 MB/s	DQ Read 38.8 DQ Write 106 DQ Mixed 36.2 38% 60.4 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 66.4% Great: 129%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1TB free Firmware: HP33 SusWrite @10s intervals: 189 188 186 189 189 188 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 177 Write 178 Mixed 75.8 SusWrite 188 113% 155 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378B1G73BH0-CK0 830B NT4GC64B8HG0NF-DI Micron 8JTF51264AZ-1G6E1 830B NT4GC64B8HG0NF-DI 20GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (17^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	52.1% Above average	MC Read 18 MC Write 18.9 MC Mixed 15.7 50% 17.5 GB/s	SC Read 15.2 SC Write 16.9 SC Mixed 16.9 47% 16.3 GB/s	Latency 62.4 64% 62.4 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 52.1% Great: 62%

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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 76%

Battleship

Workstation 32%

Sail boat

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z77-DS3H - $280

CPU
Core i5-3570KIntel $136Bench 68%, 185,516 samples	508x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	371x
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	279x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	140x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	120x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	104x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	63x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	48x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	44x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	56x
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	56x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples	41x

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Value: 89% - Excellent

Total price: $560

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16