Gigabyte GA-Z77X-D3H

Performance Results


Gaming 73% Battleship	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 57% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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	83.8% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	58.5% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (29%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z77X-D3H (all builds)
Memory	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121024
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 30 '18 at 15:59
Run Duration	112 Seconds
Run User	SAU-User
Background CPU	29%

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PC Performing above expectations (70^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 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	83.9% Excellent	Memory 97.9 1-Core 104 2-Core 208 80% 137 Pts	4-Core 405 8-Core 408 54% 407 Pts	64-Core 393 24% 393 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 83.9% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% PNY(196E 119D) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.71 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	83.8% Excellent	Lighting 105 Reflection 120 Parallax 97.3 86% 107 fps	MRender 93.1 Gravity 94.9 Splatting 102 80% 96.7 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 83.8% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Neutron GTX 240GB-$503 3,421 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 178GB free (System drive) Firmware: M310 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 166 96 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 58 (09) Power-on hours count 61 61 34731 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1259 (AB) Unknown 253 253 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 58 (B5) Unknown 253 253 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 58 (C2) HDA temperature 32 0 73017393184 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 94 94 7 (EA) Unknown 100 100 401998 (F1) Unknown 100 100 21844 (F2) Unknown 100 100 19890 (FA) Read error retry rate 253 253 0	58.5% Above average	Read 501 Write 140 Mixed 284 67% 308 MB/s	4K Read 17 4K Write 48.3 4K Mixed 20.3 77% 28.5 MB/s	DQ Read 226 DQ Write 55.3 DQ Mixed 34.5 53% 105 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 58.5% Great: 100%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 410GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 141 138 3933 (04) Start/Stop count 87 87 13522 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 51 51 36357 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1609 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 211 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 196 196 13310 (C2) HDA temperature 112 102 31 (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 0	71.6% Very good	Read 125 Write 124 Mixed 123 94% 124 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 1.63 4K Mixed 0.42 105% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 71.6% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 2x8GB 24,592 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	77.6% Very good	MC Read 25.7 MC Write 32 MC Mixed 24.8 79% 27.5 GB/s	SC Read 19.7 SC Write 18.8 SC Mixed 19.8 56% 19.4 GB/s	Latency 46.6 86% 46.6 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 77.6% Great: 88%

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Gaming 41%

Speed boat

Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 32%

Sail boat

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z77X-D3H - $333

CPU
Core i5-3570KIntel $136Bench 68%, 185,516 samples	521x
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	435x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	287x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	115x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	103x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	92x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	66x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	57x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	31x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	44x
Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 50%, 23,732 samples	43x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 34,385 samples	38x

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Value: 80% - Excellent

Total price: $665

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