ECS Z77H2-AX

Performance Results


Gaming 88% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 72% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (37th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 63 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 71%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	124% 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	56.6% 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.

Run History

8 months ago, 7 months ago, 7 months ago, 7 months ago.

Motherboard	ECS Z77H2-AX (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121025
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 09 '23 at 09:48
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	MDA-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing below expectations (37^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% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	71% Very good	Memory 82 1-Core 96 2-Core 172 69% 117 Pts	4-Core 325 8-Core 485 50% 405 Pts	64-Core 502 31% 502 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 71% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85EA) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 536.99 Performing below potential (55^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	124% Outstanding	Lighting 168 Reflection 274 Parallax 195 137% 212 fps	MRender 132 Gravity 181 Splatting 122 117% 145 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Transcend SSD370S 128GB-$70 10,510 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 10GB free (System drive) Firmware: N1126KB SusWrite @10s intervals: 132 119 155 106 71 62 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	56.6% Above average	Read 404 Write 153 Mixed 190 SusWrite 107 47% 214 MB/s	4K Read 22.4 4K Write 53.2 4K Mixed 29.3 100% 35 MB/s	DQ Read 27.8 DQ Write 98 DQ Mixed 37.4 36% 54.4 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 56.6% Great: 90%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 298GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 122 123 123 124 121 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	71% Very good	Read 125 Write 115 Mixed 72.2 SusWrite 122 80% 109 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1.1 221% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 71% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378B1G73QH0-CK0 2x8GB 6,401 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	56.3% Above average	MC Read 20.4 MC Write 20.8 MC Mixed 18.1 56% 19.8 GB/s	SC Read 17 SC Write 16.8 SC Mixed 15.5 47% 16.4 GB/s	Latency 76.9 52% 76.9 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 56.3% 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: 0P 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	71	59	165	27"	1920 1080	AUS2720 VG278

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Typical Z77H2-AX Builds (Compare 37 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 28%

Raft

Desktop 78%

Battleship

Workstation 23%

Surfboard

Motherboard: ECS Z77H2-AX

CPU
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	28x
Core i5-3470Intel $59Bench 63%, 223,595 samples	6x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	3x

GPU
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	19x
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	5x
GTX 1070-TiNvidia $299Bench 94%, 412,133 samples	3x

SSD
SSD370S 128GBTranscend $70Bench 74%, 10,510 samples	10x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	6x
Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBWD $68Bench 204%, 97,624 samples	4x

RAM
M378B1G73QH0-CK0 2x8GBSamsungBench 54%, 6,401 samples	19x
TS512MLK64V6H 2x4GBTranscendBench 51%, 483 samples	3x
TS512MLK64V6H Samsung M378B5173QH0-CK0 TS512MLK64V6H Samsung M378B1G73QH0-CK0 20GBTranscendBench 54%, 3 samples	3x

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Value: 51% - Above average

Total price: $443

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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 $40	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