Gigabyte GA-Z77X-UP7

Performance Results


Gaming 27% Raft	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 23% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (38th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 62 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 70.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	32.4% 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	63.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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 (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z77X-UP7 (all builds)
Memory	27.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120830
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 27 '20 at 02:06
Run Duration	168 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3770K-$175 165,979 User benchmarks, average bench 72% Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3770K CPU @ 3.50GHz, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.9 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	70.7% Very good	Memory 85.9 1-Core 92.6 2-Core 165 68% 115 Pts	4-Core 299 8-Core 504 49% 402 Pts	64-Core 508 31% 508 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 70.7% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 680-$360 38,995 User benchmarks, average bench 32% Asus(1043 842E) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1202 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 456.38 Performing below potential (71^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	32.4% Below average	Lighting 38.5 Reflection 37.7 Parallax 49.1 31% 41.8 fps	MRender 50.2 Gravity 44 Splatting 35 34% 43.1 fps
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 32.4% Great: 35%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 330 Series 120GB-$188 11,188 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 26GB free (System drive) Firmware: 300i SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 112 116 114 109 111 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	63.5% Good	Read 400 Write 132 Mixed 179 SusWrite 114 45% 206 MB/s	4K Read 26.4 4K Write 57.6 4K Mixed 29 108% 37.7 MB/s	DQ Read 198 DQ Write 136 DQ Mixed 144 114% 159 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 63.5% Great: 80%
Hitachi HDS5C3020ALA632 2TB-$270 9,828 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 184GB free Firmware: ML6OAA10 SusWrite @10s intervals: 62 62 60 63 63 63 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	38% Below average	Read 70.1 Write 74.6 Mixed 41.6 SusWrite 62.1 46% 62.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 140% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 38% Great: 73%
WD WD5000AACS-00ZUB0 500GB 19,716 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 397GB free Firmware: 01.01B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 38 38 39 39 39 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	23% Poor	Read 40.8 Write 41.5 Mixed 33.2 SusWrite 38.6 28% 38.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.7 140% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 23% Great: 49%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC4B SusWrite @10s intervals: 198 201 190 196 199 201 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 196 Write 128 Mixed 81.7 SusWrite 197 110% 151 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.9 159% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 197GB free Firmware: CC4B SusWrite @10s intervals: 135 136 135 135 130 135 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	72.4% Very good	Read 118 Write 123 Mixed 69.7 SusWrite 134 82% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.7 124% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 72.4% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR3 1600 C9 4x8GB 377 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (20^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	49% Average	MC Read 17.2 MC Write 17 MC Mixed 15.4 47% 16.5 GB/s	SC Read 14.5 SC Write 17 SC Mixed 15.8 45% 15.8 GB/s	Latency 71.3 56% 71.3 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 49% Great: 97%

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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 26%

Raft

Desktop 79%

Battleship

Workstation 22%

Surfboard

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z77X-UP7

CPU
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	59x
Core i5-3570IntelBench 65%, 104,858 samples	5x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	5x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	7x
HD 2000 (Desktop 1.1 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 150,891 samples	7x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	5x

SSD
Savage 120GBHyperX $80Bench 86%, 7,194 samples	17x
Z400s 128GBSanDisk $109Bench 61%, 10,807 samples	5x
WDS500G2B0A 500GBWDCBench 98%, 24,830 samples	5x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	17x
CMD16GX3M2A1866C9 Samsung M378B5173BH0-CK0 029E CMD16GX3M2A1866C9 Samsung M378B1G73EB0-CK0 28GBUnknownBench 32%, 7 samples	7x
HyperX DDR3 2133 C11 4x4GBKingstonBench 63%, 2,772 samples	3x

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Value: 70% - Good

Total price: $314

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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