Gigabyte GA-Z77X-UD3H

Performance Results


Gaming 56% Gunboat	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 44% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 83.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	62.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	59.8% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

High background CPU (25%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z77X-UD3H (all builds)
Memory	7.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20120822
Uptime	4.8 Days
Run Date	Aug 24 '18 at 16:53
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	25%

PC Performing as expected (57^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 4 GHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	83.9% Excellent	Memory 96.2 1-Core 111 2-Core 213 81% 140 Pts	4-Core 416 8-Core 409 55% 412 Pts	64-Core 420 26% 420 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 83.9% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 780-Ti-$410 30,815 User benchmarks, average bench 53% EVGA(3842 2888) 3GB CLim: 1456 MHz, MLim: 1803 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 388.0 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	62.5% Good	Lighting 80.5 Reflection 78.5 Parallax 8.19 66% 55.7 fps	MRender 81.9 Gravity 80.1 Splatting 52.1 56% 71.4 fps
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 62.5% Great: 59%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 830 256GB-$261 25,763 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 35GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXM03B1Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 169 176 145 149 144 146 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	59.8% Above average	Read 423 Write 267 Mixed 223 SusWrite 155 59% 267 MB/s	4K Read 18.9 4K Write 48 4K Mixed 21.7 82% 29.5 MB/s	DQ Read 287 DQ Write 86.5 DQ Mixed 104 98% 159 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 59.8% Great: 86%
Intel 730 Series 240GB-$250 8,417 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 5GB free Firmware: L2010420 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 356 Write 278 Mixed 258 66% 297 MB/s	4K Read 27.6 4K Write 64.2 4K Mixed 30.2 114% 40.7 MB/s	DQ Read 345 DQ Write 227 DQ Mixed 258 200% 277 MB/s
Poor: 67% Great: 95%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 37GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 62 62 63 61 61 62 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	35.7% Below average	Read 62.3 Write 56.5 Mixed 44.8 SusWrite 61.8 42% 56.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.7 135% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 35.7% Great: 69%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 41GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 133 95 89 112 110 116 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	69.8% Good	Read 134 Write 150 Mixed 64.3 SusWrite 109 84% 114 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 3.2 4K Mixed 0.9 197% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 69.8% Great: 112%

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 @ 1800 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	67.1% Good	MC Read 23.4 MC Write 24.5 MC Mixed 21.5 66% 23.1 GB/s	SC Read 18.9 SC Write 19.3 SC Mixed 20.3 56% 19.5 GB/s	Latency 53.2 75% 53.2 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 67.1% Great: 76%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Desktop 77%

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Workstation 29%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z77X-UD3H - $350

CPU
Core i5-3570KIntel $136Bench 68%, 185,516 samples	483x
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	427x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	272x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	96x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	91x
HD 4000 (Desktop 1.15 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 52,547 samples	87x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	57x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	45x
MX500 1TBCrucial $66Bench 106%, 202,785 samples	35x

RAM
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	47x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples	45x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 34,385 samples	41x

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Value: 55% - Above average

Total price: $786

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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