Gigabyte GA-Z77-DS3H

Performance Results


Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 52% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 81.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	79.1% 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	41.9% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z77-DS3H (all builds)
Memory	13.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20131113
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 09 '20 at 02:11
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (62^nd 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 3.8 GHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	81.2% Excellent	Memory 95.2 1-Core 102 2-Core 203 78% 133 Pts	4-Core 389 8-Core 399 52% 394 Pts	64-Core 396 24% 396 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 81.2% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$233 428,800 User benchmarks, average bench 71% Asus(1043 8756) CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 446.14 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	79.1% Very good	Lighting 99.8 Reflection 88.8 Parallax 85.3 81% 91.3 fps	MRender 123 Gravity 81.9 Splatting 77.3 75% 94.2 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 79.1% Great: 76%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Agility 3 120GB-$102 38,562 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 10GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.22 SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 73 77 83 81 81 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	41.9% Average	Read 110 Write 132 Mixed 132 SusWrite 78.5 26% 113 MB/s	4K Read 19.1 4K Write 61.5 4K Mixed 26.5 95% 35.7 MB/s	DQ Read 25.9 DQ Write 119 DQ Mixed 27.4 34% 57.3 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 41.9% Great: 61%
WDC WDS500G2B0A-00SM50 500GB 97,462 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 414GB free Firmware: 401000WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 293 371 350 381 380 378 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	77.2% Very good	Read 402 Write 402 Mixed 275 SusWrite 359 81% 360 MB/s	4K Read 29.4 4K Write 73.7 4K Mixed 27.9 119% 43.7 MB/s	DQ Read 34 DQ Write 105 DQ Mixed 41.9 40% 60.2 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 77.2% Great: 111%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$24 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 375GB free Firmware: KC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 80 79 84 84 82 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	59.3% Above average	Read 125 Write 122 Mixed 53.3 SusWrite 81.6 70% 95.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.8 138% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 59.3% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1866C11D3/4G KHX1866C11D3/4G KHX1866C10D3/4G KHX1866C10D3/4G 16GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 1867, 1867, 1867, 1867 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	69.1% Good	MC Read 25.2 MC Write 26.1 MC Mixed 21.5 69% 24.3 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 18 SC Mixed 20.6 55% 19.1 GB/s	Latency 56.6 71% 56.6 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 69.1% Great: 69%

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

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Gaming 41%

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Desktop 76%

Battleship

Workstation 32%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z77-DS3H - $280

CPU
Core i5-3570KIntel $136Bench 68%, 185,516 samples	506x
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 $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