Gigabyte GA-Z77X-UP4 TH

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 21% Surfboard	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 85.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	21.7% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z77X-UP4 TH (all builds)
Memory	11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120712
Uptime	1.8 Days
Run Date	Jun 05 '20 at 21:55
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-3570K-$136 185,516 User benchmarks, average bench 68% Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-3570K CPU @ 3.40GHz, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 5.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	85.9% Excellent	Memory 94.6 1-Core 117 2-Core 235 85% 149 Pts	4-Core 447 8-Core 447 60% 447 Pts	64-Core 459 28% 459 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 85.9% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 660-$170 123,956 User benchmarks, average bench 20% EVGA(3842 2662) 2GB CLim: 1280 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 446.14 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	21.7% Poor	Lighting 25.1 Reflection 25 Parallax 31.5 20% 27.2 fps	MRender 34.2 Gravity 29.5 Splatting 26.1 24% 30 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 21.7% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 299GB free (System drive) Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 98 98 118 120 123 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	65.4% Good	Read 121 Write 119 Mixed 112 SusWrite 106 85% 115 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 214% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 65.4% Great: 76%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 238GB free Firmware: CC47 SusWrite @10s intervals: 145 143 154 154 157 156 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	85.8% Excellent	Read 148 Write 111 Mixed 73 SusWrite 152 88% 121 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.9 163% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 85.8% Great: 112%
WD My Passport 0820 1TB 16,483 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 201GB free, PID 0820 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 27 25 28 29 29 29 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	12.5% Very poor	Read 30.8 Write 25 Mixed 19.3 SusWrite 27.7 34% 25.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.6 43% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 12.5% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 43,127 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	62.1% Good	MC Read 21.7 MC Write 22.6 MC Mixed 19.9 61% 21.4 GB/s	SC Read 16.7 SC Write 19.6 SC Mixed 18.6 52% 18.3 GB/s	Latency 58.3 69% 58.3 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 62.1% Great: 63%

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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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Gaming 44%

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Desktop 79%

Battleship

Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z77X-UP4 TH

CPU
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	87x
Core i5-3570KIntel $136Bench 68%, 185,516 samples	42x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	32x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	18x
HD 4000 (Desktop 1.15 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 52,547 samples	13x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	11x

SSD
870 QVO 1TBSamsung $107Bench 95%, 80,665 samples	11x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	7x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	6x

RAM
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 54%, 43,127 samples	9x
RipjawsX DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 51%, 9,944 samples	6x
RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 49%, 28,220 samples	5x

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Value: 78% - Very good

Total price: $398

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	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) $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