Gigabyte GA-Z77-DS3H

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 46% Yacht	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 36% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 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 72.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	66.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z77-DS3H (all builds)
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120821
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 13 '23 at 18:16
Run Duration	129 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	19%

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PC Performing as expected (41^st percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3770-$297 278,207 User benchmarks, average bench 69% Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3770 CPU @ 3.40GHz, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.9 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	72.8% Very good	Memory 88.3 1-Core 98 2-Core 171 71% 119 Pts	4-Core 310 8-Core 459 48% 385 Pts	64-Core 474 29% 474 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 72.8% Great: 76%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-$200 230,793 User benchmarks, average bench 68% Nvidia(10DE 1324) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2115 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 537.42 Performing below potential (40^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	66.9% Good	Lighting 87.5 Reflection 87.5 Parallax 75.8 71% 83.6 fps	MRender 65.7 Gravity 78.2 Splatting 69.7 58% 71.2 fps
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 66.9% Great: 73%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 320 Series 160GB-$149 13,029 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 0GB free Firmware: 4PC10362 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 214 Write 160 Mixed 138 38% 171 MB/s	4K Read 18.4 4K Write 35 4K Mixed 22 75% 25.1 MB/s	DQ Read 20.4 DQ Write 48.1 DQ Mixed 23.7 21% 30.7 MB/s
Poor: 30% Great: 51%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 172GB free (System drive) Firmware: JC4B SusWrite @10s intervals: 35 59 69 86 96 97 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	50.8% Above average	Read 104 Write 97.4 Mixed 56.5 SusWrite 73.6 61% 82.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.8 140% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 50.8% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMZ8GX3M1A1600C10 Kingston 99U5471-054.A00LF 16GB 37 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	32.1% Below average	MC Read 11.1 MC Write 10.2 MC Mixed 9.1 29% 10.1 GB/s	SC Read 9.5 SC Write 12 SC Mixed 10.2 30% 10.6 GB/s	Latency 71.1 56% 71.1 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 32.1% 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	60	24"	1280 720	BNQ7F4F ZOWIE RL LCD

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Gaming 41%

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Desktop 76%

Battleship

Workstation 32%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z77-DS3H - $280

CPU
Core i5-3570KIntel $30Bench 68%, 185,516 samples	514x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	372x
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	280x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	140x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	120x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	104x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	63x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	49x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	44x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	56x
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	56x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples	41x

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Value: 101% - Outstanding

Total price: $454

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	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