Gigabyte GA-Z77-D3H

Performance Results


Gaming 99% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 75% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 76.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	131% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	47.8% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z77-D3H (all builds)
Memory	11.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131114
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Mar 27 '21 at 17:22
Run Duration	231 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing as expected (44^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 3.8 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	76.8% Very good	Memory 86.3 1-Core 103 2-Core 184 73% 124 Pts	4-Core 391 8-Core 385 52% 388 Pts	64-Core 380 24% 380 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 76.8% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 3602) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 457.51 Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	131% Outstanding	Lighting 182 Reflection 181 Parallax 186 148% 183 fps	MRender 136 Gravity 188 Splatting 124 120% 149 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 131% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 598GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 75 92 91 90 93 MB/s Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	47.8% Average	Read 218 Write 208 Mixed 198 SusWrite 87.1 40% 178 MB/s	4K Read 24.5 4K Write 41.3 4K Mixed 31.2 99% 32.3 MB/s	DQ Read 34.9 DQ Write 81.6 DQ Mixed 46.8 39% 54.4 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 47.8% Great: 133%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 55GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 125 124 127 117 97 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	65.4% Good	Read 364 Write 346 Mixed 306 SusWrite 115 63% 283 MB/s	4K Read 30.3 4K Write 62.6 4K Mixed 39 129% 44 MB/s	DQ Read 41.6 DQ Write 112 DQ Mixed 57.4 49% 70.3 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 65.4% Great: 134%
WD Black 4TB (2013)-$178 20,205 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 197GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 78 93 91 91 93 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	64.4% Good	Read 135 Write 124 Mixed 80.6 SusWrite 88.7 79% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1.2 220% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 64.4% Great: 98%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 241GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 125 124 127 117 97 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	56.3% Above average	Read 80.3 Write 33.1 Mixed 52 SusWrite 115 52% 70.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1.1 200% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 56.3% Great: 75%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 319GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 105 107 108 110 106 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	58.4% Above average	Read 96.3 Write 31.1 Mixed 61.9 SusWrite 107 55% 74 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.1 206% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 58.4% Great: 75%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC4H SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 168 182 186 183 181 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 51% Great: 114%
USB SanDisk 3.2Gen1 123GB 4,404 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 115GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 54 50 35 36 35 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	38.1% Below average	Read 134 Write 67.8 Mixed 64.9 SusWrite 41.7 92% 77.2 MB/s	4K Read 5.3 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 3 214% 3.67 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 38.1% Great: 44%
Samsung Type-C 64GB 727 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 60GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 17 18 18 19 19 19 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	29.9% Poor	Read 32 Write 20.5 Mixed 23.2 SusWrite 18.3 30% 23.5 MB/s	4K Read 4.2 4K Write 6.6 4K Mixed 1.9 305% 4.23 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 29.9% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5403-067.A00LF 4x4GB 157 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	51.7% Above average	MC Read 18 MC Write 18.8 MC Mixed 16.2 50% 17.7 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 17 SC Mixed 16.4 46% 16.1 GB/s	Latency 71 56% 71 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 51.7% Great: 61%

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Gaming 41%

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Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 32%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z77-D3H

CPU
Core i5-3570KIntel $136Bench 68%, 185,516 samples	625x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	405x
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	250x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	136x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	124x
HD 4000 (Desktop 1.15 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 52,547 samples	103x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	58x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	47x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	47x

RAM
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	50x
Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 50%, 27,024 samples	45x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples	39x

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Total price: $332

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