Gigabyte GA-Z77X-D3H

Performance Results


Gaming 5% Tree trunk	Desktop 62% Destroyer	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (30th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 70 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 67.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	3.32% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	60.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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 (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z77X-D3H (all builds)
Memory	17.1 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130724
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 01 '21 at 21:47
Run Duration	166 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing below expectations (30^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 below expectations (24^th percentile)	67.6% Good	Memory 74.6 1-Core 105 2-Core 186 70% 122 Pts	4-Core 327 8-Core 502 51% 414 Pts	64-Core 498 31% 498 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 67.6% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4000 (Desktop 1.15 GHz)-$15 52,547 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 2GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 10.18.10.4252 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	3.32% Terrible	Lighting 4.1 Reflection 1.9 Parallax 2.9 3% 2.97 fps	MRender 4.4 Gravity 2.4 Splatting 4.9 3% 3.9 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.32% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Transcend SSD370S 512GB-$209 3,350 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 245GB free (System drive) Firmware: O0919A SusWrite @10s intervals: 141 151 149 145 148 152 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	60.6% Good	Read 334 Write 232 Mixed 229 SusWrite 148 53% 236 MB/s	4K Read 25.5 4K Write 42.7 4K Mixed 31.1 101% 33.1 MB/s	DQ Read 166 DQ Write 130 DQ Mixed 132 103% 143 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 60.6% Great: 111%
WD Green 4TB (2013)-$136 31,988 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 295GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 115 115 116 118 117 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	61.9% Good	Read 99.3 Write 67.9 Mixed 74.5 SusWrite 116 66% 89.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1 188% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 61.9% Great: 87%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 3TB 8,194 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 257GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 25 28 28 30 27 29 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	62.7% Good	Read 191 Write 108 Mixed 68.4 SusWrite 27.9 73% 98.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.3 61% 0.47 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 62.7% Great: 112%
WD Green 4TB (2013)-$136 31,988 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 120 122 123 121 121 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	52.5% Above average	Read 63.2 Write 64.1 Mixed 49 SusWrite 119 54% 73.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.9 171% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 52.5% Great: 87%
WD Green 4TB (2013)-$136 31,988 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 839GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 138 137 139 138 138 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	74.8% Very good	Read 124 Write 119 Mixed 69.5 SusWrite 136 82% 112 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 197% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 74.8% Great: 87%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5403-124.A00LF 3x8GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 3 of 4 slots used 24GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	28.9% Poor	MC Read 9.4 MC Write 8.9 MC Mixed 9.4 26% 9.23 GB/s	SC Read 9.2 SC Write 10.1 SC Mixed 10.7 29% 10 GB/s	Latency 91.1 44% 91.1 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 28.9% Great: 63%

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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 41%

Speed boat

Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 32%

Sail boat

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z77X-D3H - $333

CPU
Core i5-3570KIntel $136Bench 68%, 185,516 samples	521x
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	435x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	287x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	115x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	103x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	92x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	66x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	57x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $129Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	31x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	44x
Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 50%, 23,732 samples	43x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 34,385 samples	38x

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Total price: $665

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