ECS Z77H2-A2X Deluxe

Performance Results


Gaming 22% Surfboard	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 20% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 81.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	19.7% 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	26.5% 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.

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Motherboard	ECS Z77H2-A2X Deluxe (all builds)
Memory	6.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130110
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 13 '17 at 07:27
Run Duration	130 Seconds
Run User	MDA-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2600K-$319 147,533 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	81.3% Excellent	Memory 97.6 1-Core 119 2-Core 235 86% 151 Pts	4-Core 351 8-Core 604 58% 478 Pts	64-Core 599 37% 599 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 81.3% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 5870 10,176 User benchmarks, average bench 19% AMD(1002 0B00) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.301.1901.0 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	19.7% Very poor	Lighting 27.5 Reflection 14.7 Parallax 25.1 22% 22.4 fps	MRender 12.4 Gravity 20.8 Splatting 18.9 14% 17.4 fps
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 19.7% Great: 20%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow KC400 128GB-$75 747 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 114GB free Firmware: SAFM001A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 10 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 215 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 6 (C2) HDA temperature 73 67 141735428123 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 81 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 79 (F2) Unknown 100 100 24 (F4) Unknown 100 100 0 (F5) Unknown 100 100 1 (F6) Unknown 100 100 21664	74.1% Very good	Read 528 Write 349 Mixed 382 93% 420 MB/s	4K Read 19.3 4K Write 40.1 4K Mixed 11 65% 23.5 MB/s	DQ Read 320 DQ Write 261 DQ Mixed 11.7 85% 198 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 74.1% Great: 106%
Kingston SSDNow V300 60GB-$76 24,219 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 14GB free (System drive) Firmware: 603ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 3892534 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 -64115271782090 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1480 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 661 (B1) Unknown 0 0 2 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 28 55 60133146652 (C2) HDA temperature 28 55 60133146652 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 3892534 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 3892534 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 3892534 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 99 99 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 8836 (EA) Unknown 0 0 7160 (F1) Unknown 0 0 7160 (F2) Unknown 0 0 11082	26.5% Poor	Read 138 Write 51.6 Mixed 70.1 19% 86.4 MB/s	4K Read 14.7 4K Write 47.6 4K Mixed 7.32 57% 23.2 MB/s	DQ Read 16.9 DQ Write 51.4 DQ Mixed 6.31 13% 24.9 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 26.5% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 2400 C11 2x4GB 9,036 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	68% Good	MC Read 24.3 MC Write 23.8 MC Mixed 20.6 65% 22.9 GB/s	SC Read 20.4 SC Write 21.5 SC Mixed 22 61% 21.3 GB/s	Latency 47.9 84% 47.9 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 68% Great: 84%

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Gaming 4%

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Desktop 51%

Yacht

Workstation 4%

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Motherboard: ECS Z77H2-A2X Deluxe

CPU
Core i3-3220Intel $79Bench 52%, 71,790 samples	2x
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	2x

GPU
HD 2500 (Desktop 1.05 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 146,665 samples	2x
HD 4000 (Desktop 1.15 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 52,547 samples	1x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	1x

SSD
SSDNow mS200 mSATA 120GBKingston $100Bench 67%, 901 samples	1x
Green 240GB (2018)WD $36Bench 45%, 156,194 samples	1x

RAM
99U5474-016.A00LF Elpida EBJ41UF8BCF0-DJ-F 8GBKingstonBench 27%, 4 samples	2x
KHX1600C10D3/8G KHX1600C9D3/4GX KHX1600C10D3/8G KHX1600C9D3/4GX 24GBKingstonBench 55%, 498 samples	1x
F3 DDR3 2666 C11 4x8GBG.SKILLBench 78%, 137 samples	1x

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Value: 35% - Below average

Total price: $179

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	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) $30	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