Gigabyte GA-Z77X-UP5 TH-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 51% Yacht	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 42% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (39th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 61 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	63.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	69.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (55%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z77X-UP5 TH-CF (all builds)
Memory	21.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120903
Uptime	11.3 Days
Run Date	Sep 28 '20 at 17:26
Run Duration	177 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	55%

PC Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3770K-$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, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	76.9% Very good	Memory 91.9 1-Core 90.3 2-Core 195 73% 126 Pts	4-Core 335 8-Core 514 53% 425 Pts	64-Core 516 32% 516 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 76.9% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Asus(1043 8518) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1443 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 456.38 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	63.3% Good	Lighting 80.4 Reflection 82.3 Parallax 79.3 66% 80.7 fps	MRender 79.5 Gravity 73.5 Splatting 65.8 59% 72.9 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 63.3% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Pro 512GB-$129 14,996 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 49GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM04B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 80 75 82 77 79 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	69.2% Good	Read 409 Write 148 Mixed 234 SusWrite 82.8 48% 218 MB/s	4K Read 25.4 4K Write 51.6 4K Mixed 33.5 109% 36.8 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 237 DQ Mixed 135 148% 251 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 69.2% Great: 118%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$60 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 115GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 98 100 101 100 100 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	51% Above average	Read 78.5 Write 79.6 Mixed 69.9 SusWrite 99 60% 81.8 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 149% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 51% Great: 67%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 144 162 169 169 170 169 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	76.8% Very good	Read 104 Write 93 Mixed 62.3 SusWrite 164 77% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 0.9 193% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 76.8% Great: 112%
WD Black 4TB (2013)-$185 20,205 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 285GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 99 100 100 99 100 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	56.8% Above average	Read 98.4 Write 91.3 Mixed 65 SusWrite 99 65% 88.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 3.1 4K Mixed 1 206% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 56.8% Great: 98%
Seagate ST5000DX000-1H2170 5TB 43 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 2TB free Firmware: CC42 SusWrite @10s intervals: 16 42 43 43 44 43 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	56.8% Above average	Read 159 Write 4.2 Mixed 8.9 SusWrite 38.6 38% 52.8 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 0.2 4K Mixed 0.3 83% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 56.8% Great: 123%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 4x8GB 6,625 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	57.3% Above average	MC Read 20.6 MC Write 20.2 MC Mixed 18 56% 19.6 GB/s	SC Read 17.2 SC Write 18 SC Mixed 18.3 51% 17.8 GB/s	Latency 64.2 62% 64.2 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 57.3% Great: 62%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Typical GA-Z77X-UP5 TH-CF Builds (Compare 169 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 60%

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Desktop 79%

Battleship

Workstation 49%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z77X-UP5 TH-CF

CPU
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	105x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	34x
Core i5-3570KIntel $136Bench 68%, 185,516 samples	23x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	11x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	10x
GTX 670Nvidia $435Bench 28%, 47,610 samples	8x

SSD
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	7x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	5x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	5x

RAM
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 4x8GBCorsairBench 55%, 6,625 samples	13x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 4x8GBCorsairBench 51%, 3,072 samples	12x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 54%, 43,127 samples	12x

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Value: 84% - Excellent

Total price: $446

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16