Gigabyte GA-Z77-DS3H

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 13% Tree trunk	Desktop 51% Yacht	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (18th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 82 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 below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 41.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	32.9% 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)
Boot Drive	The 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.
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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (39%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z77-DS3H (all builds)
Memory	1.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131113
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	May 27 '17 at 08:59
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	39%

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PC Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-2500 82,538 User benchmarks, average bench 63% Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-2500 CPU @ 3.30GHz, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	41.8% Average	Memory 38.2 1-Core 79.2 2-Core 157 48% 91.5 Pts	4-Core 262 8-Core 258 35% 260 Pts	64-Core 245 15% 245 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 41.8% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 480-$75 261,163 User benchmarks, average bench 46% XFX(1682 9480) CLim: 1338 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 17.1.1 Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	32.9% Below average	Lighting 47.3 Reflection 46.8 Parallax 41.5 38% 45.2 fps	MRender 30.7 Gravity 26.8 Splatting 24.6 22% 27.4 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 32.9% Great: 53%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$37 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 563GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC4B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 138742856 (03) Spinup time 93 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3842 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 63 60 833635953886 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 11307 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3806 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 110 (BC) Unknown 100 99 8590262278 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 66 49 47900196898 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 307 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 11694 (C2) HDA temperature 34 51 -140737488355294 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 1 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 1 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 118008521436408 (F1) Unknown 100 253 22606646360086 (F2) Unknown 100 253 79693325572530	67.2% Good	Read 120 Write 114 Mixed 108 86% 114 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 0.71 4K Mixed 0.14 57% 0.51 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 67.2% Great: 114%
WD WD20EURX 2TB-$39 12,609 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 39GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 176 169 4166 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5902 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 7478 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2874 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 132 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5769 (C2) HDA temperature 116 102 31 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	71.3% Very good	Read 120 Write 128 Mixed 126 94% 125 MB/s	4K Read 0.39 4K Write 1.87 4K Mixed 0.23 76% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 71.3% Great: 86%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320GB-$80 31,610 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 2GB free Firmware: 3.AAK Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 90 66 34378144 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7488 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 3 (07) Seek error rate 66 55 554624793250 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 10464 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5499 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 62 50 639434790 (C2) HDA temperature 38 50 64424509478 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 49 45 165311158 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 199 316 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	26.2% Poor	Read 48.4 Write 42.5 Mixed 45.7 34% 45.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 1.43 4K Mixed 0.34 91% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 26.2% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMX4GX3M2A1600C9 029E CMX4GX3M1A1600C9 029E CMX4GX3M2A1600C9 8GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 2048, 4096, 2048 MB Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	22% Poor	MC Read 10.5 MC Write 6.8 MC Mixed 6.3 22% 7.87 GB/s	SC Read 5.4 SC Write 5.6 SC Mixed 7 17% 6 GB/s	Latency 211 19% 211 ns
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 22% Great: 46%

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Gaming 41%

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Desktop 76%

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Workstation 32%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z77-DS3H - $280

CPU
Core i5-3570KIntel $50Bench 68%, 185,516 samples	515x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	373x
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	280x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	140x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	121x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	104x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	63x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	49x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	45x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	56x
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	56x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples	41x

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Value: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $474

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $164	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $149
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $89
Intel Core i5-13600K $245	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $359