Gigabyte GA-Z77M-D3H

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 60% Destroyer	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 47% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	77% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

Very high background CPU (35%). 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, 3 years ago, 3 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z77M-D3H (all builds)
Memory	9.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120919
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Sep 20 '20 at 12:09
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	35%

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PC Performing above expectations (67^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 (93^rd percentile)	76.9% Very good	Memory 93.5 1-Core 114 2-Core 223 82% 143 Pts	4-Core 343 8-Core 383 48% 363 Pts	64-Core 400 25% 400 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 76.9% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3307) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.20 Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	77% Very good	Lighting 94.3 Reflection 105 Parallax 90.1 77% 96.5 fps	MRender 91.5 Gravity 93.6 Splatting 97 77% 94.1 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 77% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 240GB-$40 53,931 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 3GB free (System drive) Firmware: X31200RL Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 430 Write 384 Mixed 215 76% 343 MB/s	4K Read 26.5 4K Write 69.6 4K Mixed 32.1 118% 42.7 MB/s	DQ Read 30.9 DQ Write 110 DQ Mixed 42.1 40% 61.1 MB/s
Poor: 58% Great: 101%
OCZ ARC 100 240GB-$120 11,799 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 7GB free Firmware: 1.01 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 366 Write 399 Mixed 242 75% 336 MB/s	4K Read 26.2 4K Write 70.8 4K Mixed 32.7 119% 43.2 MB/s	DQ Read 30 DQ Write 112 DQ Mixed 37.4 38% 60 MB/s
Poor: 65% Great: 101%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 510GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 155 159 159 160 161 158 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	89.6% Excellent	Read 153 Write 147 Mixed 78.9 SusWrite 159 98% 134 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1.1 222% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 89.6% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 40,596 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	75% Very good	MC Read 25.4 MC Write 30.8 MC Mixed 24.3 77% 26.8 GB/s	SC Read 20.2 SC Write 20.4 SC Mixed 20.2 58% 20.3 GB/s	Latency 60.9 66% 60.9 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 75% Great: 85%

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

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Gaming 24%

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Desktop 75%

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Workstation 20%

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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