Gigabyte GA-Z77-DS3H

Performance Results


Gaming 13% Tree trunk	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 83.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	9.08% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	59.1% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z77-DS3H (all builds)
Memory	9.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120919
Uptime	3 Days
Run Date	Mar 12 '17 at 19:25
Run Duration	218 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing as expected (55^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 4.3 GHz, turbo 5.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	83.6% Excellent	Memory 95.9 1-Core 120 2-Core 239 86% 152 Pts	4-Core 386 8-Core 583 60% 484 Pts	64-Core 575 36% 575 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 83.6% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 650-$112 69,673 User benchmarks, average bench 8% EVGA(3842 2651) 2GB CLim: 1058 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 378.78 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	9.08% Terrible	Lighting 10.2 Reflection 9.42 Parallax 11.7 8% 10.4 fps	MRender 13.6 Gravity 12.2 Splatting 13.1 11% 13 fps
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 9.08% Great: 9%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 57GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 3944 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 930 (B1) Unknown 98 98 35 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 60 52 40 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 1 (EB) Unknown 99 99 42 (F1) Unknown 99 99 17632797372	59.1% Above average	Read 299 Write 309 Mixed 244 63% 284 MB/s	4K Read 30.3 4K Write 34.4 4K Mixed 18.6 88% 27.8 MB/s	DQ Read 34.4 DQ Write 56 DQ Mixed 19.2 22% 36.5 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 59.1% Great: 124%
Seagate Expansion Desk 5TB 11,776 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 528GB free Firmware: 9401 Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	16.3% Very poor	Read 29.7 Write 26.1 Mixed 29.2 21% 28.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 3.1 4K Mixed 0.54 139% 1.39 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 16.3% Great: 87%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 1.5TB-$88 40,945 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 9GB free Firmware: CC1H Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 105 99 10471797 (03) Spinup time 100 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5649 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 33 (07) Seek error rate 83 60 201782795 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 11617 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 17 (0C) Power cycle count 96 37 4760 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 85 85 15 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 53 53 47 (BE) vendor-specific 60 39 -3589013464 (C2) HDA temperature 40 61 68719476776 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 42 23 10471797 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 30227979840799 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2748030071 (F2) Unknown 100 253 467920220	33.1% Below average	Read 56.3 Write 58.9 Mixed 31.8 36% 49 MB/s	4K Read 0.39 4K Write 0.96 4K Mixed 0.22 58% 0.52 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 33.1% Great: 70%
Generic STORAGE DEVICE 64GB 1,760 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 29GB free, PID null Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	23.6% Poor	Read 33.1 Write 28.2 Mixed 25.6 36% 29 MB/s	4K Read 5.88 4K Write 3.66 4K Mixed 1.69 204% 3.74 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 23.6% Great: 22%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 34,385 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	59% Above average	MC Read 20.5 MC Write 20.5 MC Mixed 18.5 57% 19.8 GB/s	SC Read 16.8 SC Write 19.6 SC Mixed 19 53% 18.5 GB/s	Latency 54.4 74% 54.4 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 59% Great: 63%

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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 $136Bench 68%, 185,516 samples	506x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	371x
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	279x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	140x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	120x
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	48x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	44x

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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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