Gigabyte GA-Z77-D3H

Performance Results


Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 13% 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 81%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	14% 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	37.2% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z77-D3H (all builds)
Memory	5 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131114
Uptime	1.8 Days
Run Date	Aug 30 '18 at 06:05
Run Duration	175 Seconds
Run User	MYS-User
Background CPU	4%

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 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 (98^th percentile)	81% Excellent	Memory 93 1-Core 106 2-Core 206 78% 135 Pts	4-Core 401 8-Core 390 53% 396 Pts	64-Core 396 24% 396 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 81% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 6850 31,600 User benchmarks, average bench 12% Gigabyte(1458 21F8) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	14% Very poor	Lighting 18.4 Reflection 14.4 Parallax 15.5 15% 16.1 fps	MRender 12.1 Gravity 12.2 Splatting 18.3 12% 14.2 fps
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 14% Great: 13%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$28 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 13GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z32080RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 45 44 32 38 19 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	37.2% Below average	Read 372 Write 198 Mixed 96.8 SusWrite 46.7 39% 178 MB/s	4K Read 11.9 4K Write 48.5 4K Mixed 11.5 58% 24 MB/s	DQ Read 15.4 DQ Write 81 DQ Mixed 0.2 14% 32.2 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 37.2% Great: 86%
Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB-$100 46,066 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 12GB free Firmware: 580ABBF0 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable		Read 270 Write 209 Mixed 223 52% 234 MB/s	4K Read 29.3 4K Write 55 4K Mixed 32.3 115% 38.9 MB/s	DQ Read 38.3 DQ Write 121 DQ Mixed 45.9 45% 68.5 MB/s
Poor: 57% Great: 87%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 35GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 66 65 62 82 92 70 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	50.3% Above average	Read 102 Write 90 Mixed 80.2 SusWrite 72.9 64% 86.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 176% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 50.3% Great: 76%
USB DISK 2.0 2GB 87 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 1GB free, PID 1d00 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 2.5 2.4 2.5 2.4 2.5 2.5 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	2.96% Terrible	Read 12.9 Write 1.7 Mixed 4.2 SusWrite 2.4 6% 5.3 MB/s	4K Read 2.4 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0.1 12% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 2.96% Great: 11%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 73,650 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	53.7% Above average	MC Read 19.4 MC Write 18.5 MC Mixed 16.9 52% 18.3 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 18.2 SC Mixed 14.9 46% 16.2 GB/s	Latency 62 64% 62 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 53.7% Great: 62%

Take a copy of your results How to check your in-game FPS

System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Custom PC Builder (Explore upgrades for this PC) Build your perfect PC: compare component prices, popularity, speed and value for money

CHOOSE AN UPGRADE:

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

MBD

Typical GA-Z77-D3H Builds (Compare 1,972 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 41%

Speed boat

Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 32%

Sail boat

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z77-D3H

CPU
Core i5-3570KIntel $136Bench 68%, 185,516 samples	625x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	405x
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	251x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	136x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	124x
HD 4000 (Desktop 1.15 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 52,547 samples	103x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	58x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	47x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	47x

RAM
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	50x
Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 50%, 27,024 samples	45x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples	39x

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

Value: 80% - Excellent

Total price: $332

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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