Gigabyte GA-Z77X-D3H

Performance Results


Gaming 71% Battleship	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 59% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	83% 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	78.6% 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.

Run History

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Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z77X-D3H (all builds)
Memory	13.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121024
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 17 '18 at 07:50
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing above expectations (76^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% Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3770K CPU @ 3.50GHz, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.4 GHz, turbo 5.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	84.1% Excellent	Memory 96 1-Core 122 2-Core 244 87% 154 Pts	4-Core 390 8-Core 582 60% 486 Pts	64-Core 577 36% 577 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 84.1% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Nvidia(10DE 1151) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1592 MHz, MLim: 1952 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing below potential (80^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	83% Excellent	Lighting 104 Reflection 116 Parallax 105 85% 108 fps	MRender 99.3 Gravity 98.2 Splatting 93.4 79% 97 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 83% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$30 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 85GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z22000RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 18 100 786 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 630 (A6) Unknown 100 100 2 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 37 (A9) Unknown 100 100 49 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 24 (AE) Unknown 100 100 24 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 60 100 219043332136 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 4929 (F1) Unknown 253 253 3361 (F2) Unknown 253 253 2768	78.6% Very good	Read 500 Write 363 Mixed 418 95% 427 MB/s	4K Read 26.1 4K Write 87 4K Mixed 4.09 91% 39 MB/s	DQ Read 225 DQ Write 304 DQ Mixed 22.2 84% 184 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 78.6% Great: 86%
SanDisk Ultra Plus 128GB-$75 16,709 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 14GB free Firmware: X2316RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 17072 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1884 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 18 (A8) Unknown 100 100 92 (A9) Unknown 100 100 146 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 14 (AE) Unknown 100 100 103 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 70 120 515396599838 (D4) Unknown 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 46 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 1886 (F1) Unknown 253 253 1504 (F2) Unknown 253 253 3041 (F3) Unknown 100 100 0	72.4% Very good	Read 416 Write 234 Mixed 236 65% 295 MB/s	4K Read 26.8 4K Write 72.8 4K Mixed 19.1 104% 39.6 MB/s	DQ Read 316 DQ Write 180 DQ Mixed 47.2 89% 181 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 72.4% Great: 91%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$60 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 1.5TB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 139 139 72 (03) Spinup time 131 131 21493842210 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 673 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6064 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 673 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 776 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 776 (C2) HDA temperature 176 176 193274249250 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	101% Outstanding	Read 175 Write 176 Mixed 158 128% 170 MB/s	4K Read 1.11 4K Write 1.86 4K Mixed 0.22 104% 1.06 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 108%
Hitachi HDS721010DLE630 1TB-$150 19,279 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 266GB free Firmware: MS2OA610 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 1 (02) Throughput performance 141 141 74 (03) Spinup time 127 127 12896698550 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 4088 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 115 115 34 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 25441 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2833 (C0) Power-off retract count 97 97 4503 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 4503 (C2) HDA temperature 187 187 197569019936 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	80.3% Excellent	Read 144 Write 136 Mixed 130 103% 137 MB/s	4K Read 0.34 4K Write 1.47 4K Mixed 0.12 55% 0.64 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 80.3% Great: 99%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CM3X4GAD1600C9A4 4x4GB 41 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	59.5% Above average	MC Read 20.7 MC Write 20.2 MC Mixed 18.7 57% 19.9 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 21 SC Mixed 19.2 55% 19.3 GB/s	Latency 54.1 74% 54.1 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 59.5% Great: 60%

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Gaming 41%

Speed boat

Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 32%

Sail boat

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z77X-D3H - $333

CPU
Core i5-3570KIntel $136Bench 68%, 185,516 samples	528x
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	439x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	290x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	117x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	104x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	93x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	66x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	57x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $135Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	31x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	44x
Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 50%, 23,732 samples	43x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 34,385 samples	38x

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Value: 81% - Excellent

Total price: $661

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $124	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