Gigabyte GA-Z77-D3H

Performance Results


Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 15% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	18.4% 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)
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.

Very high background CPU (73%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z77-D3H (all builds)
Memory	9.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120720
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Aug 30 '20 at 22:15
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	73%

PC Performing as expected (44^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 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	72.2% Very good	Memory 91.8 1-Core 81.7 2-Core 196 71% 123 Pts	4-Core 301 8-Core 333 42% 317 Pts	64-Core 374 23% 374 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 72.2% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 5870 10,176 User benchmarks, average bench 19% PwrHis(1787 2289) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	18.4% Very poor	Lighting 25.5 Reflection 13.9 Parallax 24.1 21% 21.2 fps	MRender 11.8 Gravity 20 Splatting 18.1 14% 16.6 fps
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 18.4% Great: 20%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Plextor M5S 128GB-$75 5,727 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 5GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.02 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable		Read 202 Write 190 Mixed 142 40% 178 MB/s	4K Read 19.5 4K Write 35.4 4K Mixed 22 76% 25.6 MB/s	DQ Read 27.1 DQ Write 61.7 DQ Mixed 31.3 28% 40 MB/s
Poor: 53% Great: 84%
Kingston HyperX 3K 240GB-$70 27,495 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 223GB free Firmware: 541ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 136 143 147 145 145 146 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	58.6% Above average	Read 360 Write 261 Mixed 281 SusWrite 144 58% 261 MB/s	4K Read 25.3 4K Write 50.6 4K Mixed 30.3 104% 35.4 MB/s	DQ Read 36.8 DQ Write 101 DQ Mixed 47.5 42% 61.9 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 58.6% Great: 94%
Samsung HD400LJ 400GB-$85 1,439 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 87GB free Firmware: ZZ100-15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 47 47 47 44 43 43 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	25.4% Poor	Read 43.2 Write 46.8 Mixed 34.3 SusWrite 45.1 31% 42.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.5 99% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 25.4% Great: 41%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$63 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1TB free Firmware: CC27 SusWrite @10s intervals: 136 143 146 145 146 145 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	89% Excellent	Read 167 Write 114 Mixed 70 SusWrite 144 90% 124 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 164% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 89% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Team Team-Elite-1600 2x8GB 3,520 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	57% Above average	MC Read 21 MC Write 21.6 MC Mixed 16.4 56% 19.7 GB/s	SC Read 16.4 SC Write 17 SC Mixed 17 48% 16.8 GB/s	Latency 64.5 62% 64.5 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 57% Great: 61%

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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	620x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	403x
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	250x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	135x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	122x
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	44x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples	39x

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Total price: $332

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