Gigabyte GA-Z77-D3H

Performance Results


Gaming 112% UFO	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 87% Aircraft carrier


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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	136% 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.
Boot Drive	91.7% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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 (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z77-D3H (all builds)
Memory	11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131114
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 25 '18 at 19:45
Run Duration	382 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	15%

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-$136 185,516 User benchmarks, average bench 68% Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-3570K CPU @ 3.40GHz, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	83.8% Excellent	Memory 95.6 1-Core 113 2-Core 232 84% 147 Pts	4-Core 410 8-Core 452 57% 431 Pts	64-Core 446 28% 446 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 83.8% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6696) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 398.11 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	136% Outstanding	Lighting 194 Reflection 204 Parallax 184 158% 194 fps	MRender 128 Gravity 187 Splatting 124 118% 146 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 136% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 186GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT03B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2455 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 304 (B1) Unknown 99 99 3 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 56 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 46 (F1) Unknown 99 99 4806170974	91.7% Outstanding	Read 516 Write 416 Mixed 421 100% 451 MB/s	4K Read 40.6 4K Write 80.5 4K Mixed 26.5 138% 49.2 MB/s	DQ Read 43.2 DQ Write 176 DQ Mixed 26.7 45% 82 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 91.7% Great: 134%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 465GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 5784 (03) Spinup time 174 169 4291 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3403 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 58 58 31150 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3049 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 344 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3062 (C2) HDA temperature 117 107 30 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 3	83.7% Excellent	Read 163 Write 128 Mixed 110 100% 134 MB/s	4K Read 0.86 4K Write 2.41 4K Mixed 0.29 113% 1.19 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 83.7% Great: 76%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 407GB free Firmware: CC4C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 93 30878784 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 87 87 14168 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 80 (07) Seek error rate 85 60 357350425 (09) Power-on hours count 71 71 25791 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5396 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 184 (BC) Unknown 100 98 25770196998 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 57 588513308 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 278 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 52 52 96882 (C2) HDA temperature 28 43 60129542172 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 16 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 16 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -75651553938645 (F1) Unknown 100 253 -123222686388647 (F2) Unknown 100 253 59884748006258	75.4% Very good	Read 111 Write 152 Mixed 140 101% 134 MB/s	4K Read 0.81 4K Write 1.31 4K Mixed 0.28 88% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 75.4% Great: 112%
General USB Flash Disk 16GB 7,914 User benchmarks, average bench 8% 7GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	5.14% Terrible	Read 16.3 Write 5.32 Mixed 8.96 11% 10.2 MB/s	4K Read 6.79 4K Write 0.005 4K Mixed 0.006 26% 2.27 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 5.14% Great: 15%
Lexar USB Flash Drive 8GB 1,392 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 4GB free, PID a815 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	7.44% Terrible	Read 25.7 Write 8.48 Mixed 10.9 16% 15 MB/s	4K Read 7.82 4K Write 0.006 4K Mixed 0.007 29% 2.61 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 7.44% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 28,461 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	62.1% Good	MC Read 21.6 MC Write 22.6 MC Mixed 19.8 61% 21.3 GB/s	SC Read 15.2 SC Write 19 SC Mixed 19.8 51% 18 GB/s	Latency 55.2 72% 55.2 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 62.1% Great: 76%

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Gaming 41%

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Desktop 77%

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Workstation 32%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z77-D3H

CPU
Core i5-3570KIntel $136Bench 68%, 185,516 samples	625x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	405x
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	251x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	136x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	124x
HD 4000 (Desktop 1.15 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 52,547 samples	103x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	58x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	47x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	47x

RAM
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	50x
Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 50%, 27,024 samples	45x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples	39x

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Total price: $332

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