Gigabyte GA-Z77-D3H

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 27% Raft	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 21% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 76.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	34.9% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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 9 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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z77-D3H (all builds)
Memory	5.8 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20140106
Uptime	2 Days
Run Date	Mar 24 '20 at 15:57
Run Duration	129 Seconds
Run User	RUS-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2600S-$235 3,026 User benchmarks, average bench 67% Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-2600S CPU @ 2.80GHz, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	76.6% Very good	Memory 94.1 1-Core 94.8 2-Core 189 74% 126 Pts	4-Core 323 8-Core 444 48% 384 Pts	64-Core 443 27% 443 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 76.6% Great: 73%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 2000 (Desktop 1.1 GHz) 150,891 User benchmarks, average bench 1% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 3GB Driver: igdumd64.dll Ver. 9.17.10.4229 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	1.28% Terrible	Lighting 1.37 Reflection 1.81 Parallax 1.22 1% 1.46 fps	MRender 2.29 Gravity 0.97 Splatting 2.48 2% 1.91 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 1.28% Great: 1%
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Gigabyte(1458 36BE) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 442.59 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	34.9% Below average	Lighting 45.2 Reflection 44 Parallax 39.8 37% 43 fps	MRender 38 Gravity 40.9 Splatting 35.6 31% 38.2 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 34.9% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Hitachi HDS721010CLA332 1TB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 160GB free (System drive) Firmware: PJO4 SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 61 41 72 73 64 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	41.4% Average	Read 79.5 Write 76 Mixed 36.3 SusWrite 64.4 47% 64.1 MB/s	4K Read 1.9 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 1.2 231% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 41.4% Great: 68%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$31 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 381GB free Firmware: 01.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 117 117 117 118 118 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	72.2% Very good	Read 134 Write 131 Mixed 69.5 SusWrite 117 83% 113 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.2 236% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 72.2% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C9D3/4GX KHX1600C9D3/2GX KHX1600C9D3/4GX KHX1600C9D3/2GX 12GB 129 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 2048, 4096, 2048 MB Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	45.8% Average	MC Read 15.7 MC Write 15.5 MC Mixed 13.7 43% 15 GB/s	SC Read 13.5 SC Write 15.8 SC Mixed 15.2 42% 14.8 GB/s	Latency 59.6 67% 59.6 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 45.8% Great: 62%

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Gaming 41%

Speed boat

Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 32%

Sail boat

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z77-D3H

CPU
Core i5-3570KIntel $136Bench 68%, 185,516 samples	627x
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	46x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples	39x

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Total price: $332

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16