Gigabyte GA-Z77-DS3H

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 65%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 81%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 53%
Yacht
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 77.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics86.2% 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 DriveThe boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
MotherboardGigabyte GA-Z77-DS3H  (all builds)
Memory12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20131113
Uptime6.9 Days
Run DateOct 15 '20 at 15:01
Run Duration125 Seconds
Run User GBR-User
Background CPU1%
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 PC Performing as expected (43rd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-3770K-$175
Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3770K CPU @ 3.50GHz, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.9 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (80th percentile)
77.2% Very good
Memory 87.8
1-Core 108
2-Core 215
78% 137 Pts
4-Core 360
8-Core 522
55% 441 Pts
64-Core 521
32% 521 Pts
Poor: 59%
This bench: 77.2%
Great: 83%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 456.71
Performing way above expectations (92nd percentile)
86.2% Excellent
Lighting 108
Reflection 120
Parallax 112
88% 113 fps
MRender 99.2
Gravity 100
Splatting 104
83% 101 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 86.2%
Great: 88%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
SanDisk Extreme Pro 960GB-$300
316GB free
Firmware: X212T0RL
SusWrite @10s intervals: 387 394 359 349 347 349 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (10th percentile)
71.5% Very good
Read 360
Write 347
Mixed 216
SusWrite 364
72% 322 MB/s
4K Read 25
4K Write 52.2
4K Mixed 29.2
103% 35.5 MB/s
DQ Read 31.2
DQ Write 103
DQ Mixed 37.4
37% 57.1 MB/s
Poor: 67%
This bench: 71.5%
Great: 114%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$79
1.5TB free (System drive)
Firmware: CC41
SusWrite @10s intervals: 135 159 163 170 171 174 MB/s
Performing below expectations (29th percentile)
75.7% Very good
Read 101
Write 169
Mixed 28.2
SusWrite 162
83% 115 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 5.2
4K Mixed 2
364% 2.77 MB/s
Poor: 53%
This bench: 75.7%
Great: 110%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz
Performing below potential (5th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
29% Poor
MC Read 9.3
MC Write 8.9
MC Mixed 8.2
25% 8.8 GB/s
SC Read 9.9
SC Write 10.5
SC Mixed 10
29% 10.1 GB/s
Latency 69.7
57% 69.7 ns
Poor: 30%
This bench: 29%
Great: 63%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical GA-Z77-DS3H Builds (Compare 1,934 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 41%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 76%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 32%
Sail boat

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z77-DS3H - $280

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 89% - Excellent Total price: $560
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