Gigabyte GA-Z77-DS3H

Performance Results


Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 51% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	83.9% 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	63.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z77-DS3H (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131113
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	May 04 '24 at 20:14
Run Duration	116 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing above expectations (68^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-$50 185,516 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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	77.2% Very good	Memory 89.4 1-Core 99.1 2-Core 199 75% 129 Pts	4-Core 376 8-Core 377 50% 377 Pts	64-Core 377 23% 377 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 77.2% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$278 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8599) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 551.76 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	83.9% Excellent	Lighting 104 Reflection 113 Parallax 104 85% 107 fps	MRender 94.4 Gravity 103 Splatting 101 82% 99.4 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 83.9% Great: 88%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 870 QVO 1TB-$104 80,665 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 295GB free (System drive) Firmware: SVQ02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 220 271 76 73 72 75 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	63.4% Good	Read 380 Write 353 Mixed 314 SusWrite 131 66% 295 MB/s	4K Read 26.4 4K Write 62.6 4K Mixed 35.1 118% 41.4 MB/s	DQ Read 37.9 DQ Write 112 DQ Mixed 52.6 47% 67.3 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 63.4% Great: 128%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair XMS3 DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 4,223 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	58.5% Above average	MC Read 20.4 MC Write 21.5 MC Mixed 18.6 58% 20.2 GB/s	SC Read 17.5 SC Write 17.9 SC Mixed 18.4 51% 17.9 GB/s	Latency 66.3 60% 66.3 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 58.5% Great: 64%

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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	70	58	144	24.1"	1920 1017	SAM0F90 LC24RG50

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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 $50Bench 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	45x

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: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $474

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	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 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	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