Gigabyte GA-Z77M-D3H

Performance Results


Gaming 4% Tree trunk	Desktop 65% Battle cruiser	Workstation 4% Tree trunk


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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	1.06% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	36.9% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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.

High background CPU (30%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z77M-D3H (all builds)
Memory	10.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131231
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Jul 02 '21 at 16:32
Run Duration	214 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	30%

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 i7-2600-$197 185,630 User benchmarks, average bench 67% Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-2600 CPU @ 3.40GHz, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	74.7% Very good	Memory 92 1-Core 96.7 2-Core 182 73% 124 Pts	4-Core 311 8-Core 458 48% 384 Pts	64-Core 456 28% 456 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 74.7% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 5450 66,079 User benchmarks, average bench 1% XFX(1682 304A) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.200.1062.1004 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	1.06% Terrible	Lighting 1.2 Reflection 1.9 Parallax 1.6 1% 1.57 fps	MRender 2 Gravity 0.5 Splatting 1.9 1% 1.47 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 1.06% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Green 120GB (2018)-$59 69,933 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 50GB free (System drive) Firmware: UE510000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 195 42 4.7 16 104 61 MB/s Performing below potential (19^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	36.9% Below average	Read 244 Write 199 Mixed 151 SusWrite 70.4 37% 166 MB/s	4K Read 17.4 4K Write 27.9 4K Mixed 15.8 61% 20.4 MB/s	DQ Read 115 DQ Write 67.6 DQ Mixed 41.1 44% 74.6 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 36.9% Great: 53%
WD Blue 250GB (2008)-$80 11,055 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 13GB free Firmware: 12.01B02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 62 68 54 67 63 68 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	32% Below average	Read 47.2 Write 41.8 Mixed 39.2 SusWrite 63.7 36% 48 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.7 142% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 32% Great: 61%
Hitachi HUS724030ALA640 3TB 2,302 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 264GB free Firmware: MF8OAC50 SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 98 98 97 99 99 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	55.6% Above average	Read 95.3 Write 97.5 Mixed 51.8 SusWrite 97.9 63% 85.6 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 187% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 55.6% Great: 94%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 303GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 106 107 108 108 108 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	63.2% Good	Read 113 Write 111 Mixed 70.7 SusWrite 107 74% 100 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 147% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 63.2% Great: 69%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 262GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 72 74 77 78 78 84 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	37% Below average	Read 51.8 Write 74.1 Mixed 32.7 SusWrite 77.1 43% 58.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.4 89% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 37% Great: 83%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5471-054.A00LF 2x8GB 9,823 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	31.3% Below average	MC Read 10.1 MC Write 9.3 MC Mixed 9.3 27% 9.57 GB/s	SC Read 10.2 SC Write 11.4 SC Mixed 10.3 30% 10.6 GB/s	Latency 64.1 62% 64.1 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 31.3% Great: 61%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	9	7	60	20"	1280 720	SAM0599 SyncMaster

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Gaming 24%

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Desktop 75%

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Workstation 20%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z77M-D3H - $145

CPU
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	206x
Core i5-3570KIntel $136Bench 68%, 185,516 samples	140x
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	72x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	71x
HD 2500 (Desktop 1.05 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 146,665 samples	53x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	45x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	41x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	25x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	24x

RAM
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	26x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples	23x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	11x

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Total price: $529

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	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