ECS Z77H2-AX

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 99% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 82% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 72.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	143% 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.
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.

Very high background CPU (35%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	ECS Z77H2-AX (all builds)
Memory	12.7 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	Sep 11 '23 at 17:52
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	MDA-User
Background CPU	35%

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PC Performing as expected (54^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 (49^th percentile)	72.3% Very good	Memory 83 1-Core 102 2-Core 196 73% 127 Pts	4-Core 332 8-Core 509 52% 420 Pts	64-Core 517 32% 517 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 72.3% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3070-$500 619,642 User benchmarks, average bench 148% MSI(1462 3908) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 537.13 Performing below potential (25^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	143% Outstanding	Lighting 207 Reflection 196 Parallax 205 169% 203 fps	MRender 182 Gravity 149 Splatting 132 124% 154 fps
Poor: 135% ↑ This bench: 143% Great: 158%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Transcend SSD370S 128GB-$70 10,510 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 7GB free (System drive) Firmware: N1126KB Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 337 Write 159 Mixed 192 50% 229 MB/s	4K Read 19.6 4K Write 49.2 4K Mixed 26.1 89% 31.6 MB/s	DQ Read 216 DQ Write 158 DQ Mixed 134 115% 169 MB/s
Poor: 54% Great: 90%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 341GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 129 131 131 131 129 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	84% Excellent	Read 162 Write 140 Mixed 79.8 SusWrite 130 94% 128 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1.1 211% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 84% 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 way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	60.3% Good	MC Read 22.2 MC Write 22 MC Mixed 19.1 60% 21.1 GB/s	SC Read 17.6 SC Write 19.3 SC Mixed 18.4 53% 18.4 GB/s	Latency 75.1 53% 75.1 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 60.3% 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"	1280 720	AUS2720 VG278

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

Gaming 28%

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Desktop 78%

Battleship

Workstation 23%

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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 $500Bench 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 $239	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $139	Nvidia RTX 4070 $515	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16