Gigabyte GA-Z77X-UP5 TH-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 69% Battle cruiser	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 83.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	79.9% 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	66.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait 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 (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z77X-UP5 TH-CF (all builds)
Memory	4.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140515
Uptime	11.4 Days
Run Date	Jan 16 '21 at 10:44
Run Duration	182 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	12%

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PC Performing as expected (58^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 4 GHz, turbo 4.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	83.6% Excellent	Memory 96.4 1-Core 110 2-Core 205 80% 137 Pts	4-Core 385 8-Core 541 58% 463 Pts	64-Core 548 34% 548 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 83.6% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 5173) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 460.89 Performing below potential (58^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	79.9% Very good	Lighting 98.2 Reflection 109 Parallax 97.4 80% 101 fps	MRender 92.8 Gravity 98.4 Splatting 99 80% 96.7 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 79.9% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 180GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 235 243 191 141 132 130 MB/s Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	66.6% Good	Read 255 Write 242 Mixed 231 SusWrite 179 51% 227 MB/s	4K Read 28.8 4K Write 53.1 4K Mixed 35.7 118% 39.2 MB/s	DQ Read 204 DQ Write 191 DQ Mixed 198 148% 198 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 66.6% Great: 134%
WD WD4005FZBX-00K5WB0 4TB 14,138 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 3.5TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 235 235 236 236 233 240 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	138% Outstanding	Read 243 Write 236 Mixed 111 SusWrite 236 151% 206 MB/s	4K Read 1.7 4K Write 7 4K Mixed 1.8 400% 3.5 MB/s
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 138% Great: 136%
WD My Book 1230 3TB 7,778 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 83GB free, PID 1230 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 60 61 61 61 61 61 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	28.4% Poor	Read 64.8 Write 66.7 Mixed 56.3 SusWrite 60.7 85% 62.1 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 92% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 28.4% Great: 59%
WD easystore 25FA 4TB 7,384 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 3TB free, PID 25fa Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 100 100 101 100 101 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	40.2% Average	Read 67.3 Write 106 Mixed 73.5 SusWrite 100 123% 86.6 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 0.8 124% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 40.2% Great: 63%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 9,944 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	67% Good	MC Read 24.2 MC Write 23.9 MC Mixed 21.2 66% 23.1 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 19.2 SC Mixed 20.3 56% 19.4 GB/s	Latency 52.7 76% 52.7 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 67% Great: 70%

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Typical GA-Z77X-UP5 TH-CF Builds (Compare 167 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 60%

Gunboat

Desktop 79%

Battleship

Workstation 49%

Yacht

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z77X-UP5 TH-CF

CPU
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	104x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	33x
Core i5-3570KIntel $136Bench 68%, 185,516 samples	23x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	11x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	10x
GTX 670Nvidia $435Bench 28%, 47,610 samples	8x

SSD
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	7x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	5x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	5x

RAM
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 4x8GBCorsairBench 55%, 6,625 samples	13x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 4x8GBCorsairBench 51%, 3,072 samples	12x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 54%, 43,127 samples	12x

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Value: 86% - Excellent

Total price: $437

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