Gigabyte GA-Z77-HD3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 3% Tree trunk	Desktop 47% Yacht	Workstation 3% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 52.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	1.66% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (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.

High background CPU (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z77-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	10.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121024
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 02 '20 at 14:03
Run Duration	275 Seconds
Run User	SRB-User
Background CPU	22%

PC Performing as expected (55^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-3240 37,789 User benchmarks, average bench 55% Intel(R) Core(TM) i3-3240 CPU @ 3.40GHz, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	52.3% Above average	Memory 67.8 1-Core 78.1 2-Core 117 54% 87.7 Pts	4-Core 214 8-Core 215 29% 215 Pts	64-Core 225 14% 225 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 52.3% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 2500 (Desktop 1.05 GHz) 146,665 User benchmarks, average bench 1% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 2GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 10.18.10.4252 Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	1.66% Terrible	Lighting 1.7 Reflection 1.73 Parallax 1.31 1% 1.58 fps	MRender 3.33 Gravity 1.03 Splatting 3.39 2% 2.59 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 1.66% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Toshiba DT01ACA050 500GB-$25 163,843 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 412GB free (System drive) Firmware: MS1OA750 SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 74 73 63 74 75 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	52.7% Above average	Read 111 Write 117 Mixed 30 SusWrite 72.8 60% 82.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.6 123% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 52.7% Great: 103%
Seagate ST3250410AS 250GB-$95 20,246 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 80GB free Firmware: 3.AAC SusWrite @10s intervals: 80 79 81 73 76 82 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	42.8% Average	Read 70.8 Write 49.1 Mixed 37.5 SusWrite 78.4 43% 58.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.7 111% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 42.8% Great: 54%
WD WD1200JD-00HBC0 120GB 1,007 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 112GB free Firmware: 08.02D08 SusWrite @10s intervals: 53 56 56 51 57 57 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	32.1% Below average	Read 56.7 Write 60 Mixed 32 SusWrite 54.9 37% 50.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.9 154% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 32.1% Great: 32%
ITE Disk Array 0 250GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 59GB free Firmware: 20.0 Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples		Read 51.2 Mixed 36.2 33% 43.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.9 154% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 25% Great: 30%
Hitachi HTS545050A7E680 500GB 66,048 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 352GB free Firmware: GR2OA3E0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 86 89 80 88 91 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	53.9% Above average	Read 100 Write 98.8 Mixed 39 SusWrite 87.3 59% 81.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.5 102% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 53.9% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5471-054.A00LF 2x8GB 9,823 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (29^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	50% Above average	MC Read 17.9 MC Write 19.6 MC Mixed 17.3 52% 18.3 GB/s	SC Read 12.1 SC Write 13 SC Mixed 13.1 36% 12.7 GB/s	Latency 107 38% 107 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 50% Great: 61%

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

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Gaming 33%

Sail boat

Desktop 75%

Battleship

Workstation 27%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z77-HD3

CPU
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	88x
Core i5-3570KIntel $136Bench 68%, 185,516 samples	62x
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	54x

GPU
GTX 1650Nvidia $155Bench 43%, 259,091 samples	25x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	22x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	18x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	22x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	10x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	8x

RAM
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	9x
Atermiter 0080 Atermiter 059B 99P5471-016.A00LF 24GBUnknownBench 50%, 9 samples	7x
4x4GBUnknownBench 43%, 106,178 samples	6x

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Value: 64% - Good

Total price: $480

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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