Gigabyte GA-Z77-DS3H

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	52% 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.

Very high background CPU (31%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z77-DS3H (all builds)
Memory	11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120309
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	May 19 '17 at 02:37
Run Duration	113 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	31%

PC Performing above expectations (66^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 way above expectations (96^th percentile)	79.2% Very good	Memory 94.5 1-Core 98.6 2-Core 195 76% 129 Pts	4-Core 372 8-Core 364 50% 368 Pts	64-Core 374 23% 374 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 79.2% Great: 79%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 960GB-$226 35,454 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 696GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41100RL 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 100 100 224 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 226 (A5) Unknown 100 100 3866667 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 48 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1 (A9) Unknown 100 100 1466 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 85 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 70 57 244814250014 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 51539607564 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 593 (EA) Unknown 100 100 900 (F1) Unknown 253 253 831 (F2) Unknown 253 253 1088 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	52% Above average	Read 360 Write 246 Mixed 223 61% 276 MB/s	4K Read 22.1 4K Write 46.2 4K Mixed 9.8 70% 26 MB/s	DQ Read 26.7 DQ Write 76.7 DQ Mixed 12 21% 38.5 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 52% Great: 107%
WD Green 1.5TB (2009)-$150 16,916 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 1TB free Firmware: 01.00A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 2 (03) Spinup time 144 139 9775 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3720 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2897 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2476 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 346 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 132 132 205637 (C2) HDA temperature 118 91 34 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 2	55.2% Above average	Read 99.4 Write 92.6 Mixed 73.1 66% 88.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.36 4K Mixed 0.26 97% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 55.2% Great: 55%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 931GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 79 63 90887319 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1020 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 66 60 5128626 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 3287 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 270 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 56 538574880 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1057 (C2) HDA temperature 32 15 64424509472 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 1 1 90887319 (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 40840844018906 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1217409093 (F2) Unknown 100 253 726757481	99.7% Outstanding	Read 167 Write 181 Mixed 32.7 92% 127 MB/s	4K Read 1.02 4K Write 1.67 4K Mixed 0.27 103% 0.98 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 99.7% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1600 CL9 Series 4x4GB 1,859 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	59% Above average	MC Read 20.4 MC Write 21.4 MC Mixed 19.1 58% 20.3 GB/s	SC Read 17.2 SC Write 17 SC Mixed 17.2 49% 17.1 GB/s	Latency 58.5 68% 58.5 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ 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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Value: 89% - Excellent

Total price: $560

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