Gigabyte GA-Z77X-D3H

Performance Results


Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 51% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (35th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 65 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	90.7% 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	52% 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 (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z77X-D3H (all builds)
Memory	10.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140106
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 24 '17 at 11:49
Run Duration	190 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	14%

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PC Performing below expectations (35^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 above expectations (76^th percentile)	72.3% Very good	Memory 78.6 1-Core 99.6 2-Core 195 71% 124 Pts	4-Core 382 8-Core 381 51% 381 Pts	64-Core 379 24% 379 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 72.3% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Nvidia(10DE 119D) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2052 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	90.7% Outstanding	Lighting 116 Reflection 117 Parallax 110 95% 115 fps	MRender 99.7 Gravity 103 Splatting 102 83% 102 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 90.7% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M4 256GB-$218 17,938 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 72GB free (System drive) Firmware: 070H Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 9193 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3262 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 96 96 139 (AE) Unknown 100 100 202 (B5) Unknown 100 100 12717440108817 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 81 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 96 96 4 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0	52% Above average	Read 475 Write 247 Mixed 301 75% 341 MB/s	4K Read 16.5 4K Write 35.9 4K Mixed 5.02 50% 19.2 MB/s	DQ Read 111 DQ Write 55.9 DQ Mixed 5.64 25% 57.6 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 52% Great: 74%
SanDisk Extreme Pro 480GB-$199 9,250 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 59GB free Firmware: X21200RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 5562 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1913 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 63 (A8) Unknown 100 100 63 (A9) Unknown 100 100 918 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 10 (AE) Unknown 100 100 62 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 65 57 244814250019 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (D4) Unknown 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 33 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 5717 (F1) Unknown 253 253 4064 (F2) Unknown 253 253 2718 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	71.8% Very good	Read 502 Write 469 Mixed 454 106% 475 MB/s	4K Read 23.6 4K Write 39.6 4K Mixed 13 73% 25.4 MB/s	DQ Read 27.3 DQ Write 45.5 DQ Mixed 15.4 18% 29.4 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 71.8% Great: 114%
Hitachi HDN 724030ALE640 3TB 108 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 764GB free Firmware: MJ8O Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 136 136 82 (03) Spinup time 127 127 42981851628 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 4490 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 121 121 34 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6077 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2088 (C0) Power-off retract count 97 97 4510 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 4510 (C2) HDA temperature 122 122 261994053681 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	42.5% Average	Read 54.9 Write 93.1 Mixed 124 70% 90.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.27 4K Write 1.82 4K Mixed 0.18 65% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 42.5% Great: 86%
Hitachi HDN 724030ALE640 3TB 108 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 764GB free Firmware: MJ8O Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 135 135 84 (03) Spinup time 130 130 38686163424 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 4375 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 119 119 35 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5940 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2086 (C0) Power-off retract count 97 97 4399 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 4399 (C2) HDA temperature 125 125 270583988272 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	42.7% Average	Read 56.8 Write 91.9 Mixed 70.8 55% 73.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.13 58% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 42.7% Great: 86%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 12,350 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (25^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	47.9% Average	MC Read 17.1 MC Write 17.1 MC Mixed 15.1 47% 16.4 GB/s	SC Read 13.7 SC Write 16.2 SC Mixed 16 44% 15.3 GB/s	Latency 83.2 48% 83.2 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 47.9% Great: 64%

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

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Gaming 41%

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Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 32%

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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 $130Bench 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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Value: 80% - Excellent

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) $30	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