Gigabyte GA-Z77-DS3H

Performance Results


Gaming 5% Tree trunk	Desktop 66% Battle cruiser	Workstation 4% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	1.82% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	37.3% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (51%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z77-DS3H (all builds)
Memory	5.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit farver
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120402
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 18 '18 at 10:23
Run Duration	118 Seconds
Run User	DNK-User
Background CPU	51%

PC Performing as expected (47^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 3.9 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	76.5% Very good	Memory 91.5 1-Core 90.7 2-Core 200 74% 128 Pts	4-Core 333 8-Core 472 51% 403 Pts	64-Core 513 32% 513 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 76.5% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 520 16,336 User benchmarks, average bench 2% Nvidia(10DE 0000) 2GB CLim: 810 MHz, MLim: 250 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	1.82% Terrible	Lighting 2.3 Reflection 2.85 Parallax 1.81 2% 2.32 fps	MRender 2.33 Gravity 2.27 Splatting 1.83 2% 2.14 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 1.82% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Agility 3 240GB-$199 10,165 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 54GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 89 89 6535810 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 -137361644050495 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1115 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 21 (B1) Unknown 0 0 3 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 6535810 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 6535810 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 6535810 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 9393 (EA) Unknown 0 0 12485 (F1) Unknown 0 0 12485 (F2) Unknown 0 0 16766	37.3% Below average	Read 195 Write 154 Mixed 141 36% 164 MB/s	4K Read 11.9 4K Write 63.8 4K Mixed 8.22 62% 28 MB/s	DQ Read 19.1 DQ Write 75.8 DQ Mixed 7.4 17% 34.1 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 37.3% Great: 66%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 928GB free Firmware: JC4B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 100 31709085 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4302 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 64 60 3114857 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3568 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1158 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 75 49 421003289 (C2) HDA temperature 25 51 51539607577 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 24 24 31709085 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -57372173131861 (F1) Unknown 100 253 119954134 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2036676777	65.6% Good	Read 120 Write 109 Mixed 93 80% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.79 4K Write 1.72 4K Mixed 0.57 128% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 65.6% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905403-442.A00LF 2x4GB 1,854 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	27.3% Poor	MC Read 9.2 MC Write 8.1 MC Mixed 7.4 24% 8.23 GB/s	SC Read 8.2 SC Write 8.2 SC Mixed 9.6 25% 8.67 GB/s	Latency 64.9 62% 64.9 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 27.3% Great: 63%

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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 $136Bench 68%, 185,516 samples	506x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	371x
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	279x

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 $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	48x
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: 89% - Excellent

Total price: $560

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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 $45	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