Gigabyte GA-Z77MX-D3H

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 85.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	49.2% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 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.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z77MX-D3H (all builds)
Memory	6.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20140106
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Nov 19 '18 at 22:27
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3770K-$175 165,979 User benchmarks, average bench 72% Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3770K CPU @ 3.50GHz, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.9 GHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	85.1% Excellent	Memory 95 1-Core 109 2-Core 218 81% 141 Pts	4-Core 412 8-Core 550 61% 481 Pts	64-Core 550 34% 550 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 85.1% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4000 (Desktop 1.15 GHz)-$15 52,547 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 2GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 10.18.10.4276 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Agility 3 120GB-$102 38,562 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 48GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.22 SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 113 120 118 117 112 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	49.2% Average	Read 141 Write 93.2 Mixed 144 SusWrite 111 28% 122 MB/s	4K Read 16.7 4K Write 68 4K Mixed 27.6 97% 37.4 MB/s	DQ Read 182 DQ Write 121 DQ Mixed 117 97% 140 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 49.2% Great: 61%
WD Green 120GB (2018)-$59 69,933 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 112GB free Firmware: UE45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 300 123 87 87 89 87 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	54.2% Above average	Read 446 Write 273 Mixed 267 SusWrite 129 62% 279 MB/s	4K Read 22.4 4K Write 35.9 4K Mixed 19.6 78% 26 MB/s	DQ Read 119 DQ Write 91.3 DQ Mixed 43.2 49% 84.6 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 54.2% Great: 53%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$64 143,477 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 749GB free Firmware: 01.0 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Read 131 Mixed 108 92% 119 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 0.9 200% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 38% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 27,024 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	55.6% Above average	MC Read 20.1 MC Write 18.6 MC Mixed 17 53% 18.6 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 18.4 SC Mixed 17.7 51% 17.7 GB/s	Latency 57 70% 57 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 55.6% Great: 63%

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

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Gaming 8%

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Desktop 65%

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Workstation 7%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z77MX-D3H

CPU
Core i5-3570KIntel $136Bench 68%, 185,516 samples	75x
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	41x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	31x

GPU
HD 4000 (Desktop 1.15 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 52,547 samples	21x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	20x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	16x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	9x
MX500 500GBCrucial $46Bench 106%, 237,241 samples	9x
530 Series 180GBIntelBench 71%, 4,011 samples	8x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	9x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 54%, 43,127 samples	7x
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	7x

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Total price: $179

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