Gigabyte GA-Z77X-D3H

Performance Results


Gaming 59% Gunboat	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 45% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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.
Graphics	72.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	45.4% 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 (48%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z77X-D3H (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	4096 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140106
Uptime	5.7 Days
Run Date	Oct 01 '18 at 04:28
Run Duration	155 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	48%

PC Performing as expected (51^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-3550-$335 23,599 User benchmarks, average bench 69% Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-3550 CPU @ 3.30GHz, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	79.2% Very good	Memory 92 1-Core 83.7 2-Core 195 72% 123 Pts	4-Core 387 8-Core 376 51% 382 Pts	64-Core 380 24% 380 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 79.2% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX Titan X-$615 15,621 User benchmarks, average bench 75% Nvidia(10DE 1132) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 411.63 Performing below potential (35^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	72.8% Very good	Lighting 93.4 Reflection 101 Parallax 95 76% 96.3 fps	MRender 79.4 Gravity 85.9 Splatting 78.5 66% 81.3 fps
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 72.8% Great: 83%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Agility 3 120GB-$102 38,562 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 26GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 92 93 95 96 96 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	45.4% Average	Read 158 Write 112 Mixed 130 SusWrite 95 28% 124 MB/s	4K Read 22 4K Write 54.4 4K Mixed 27.8 98% 34.7 MB/s	DQ Read 23.9 DQ Write 107 DQ Mixed 25.9 31% 52.2 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 45.4% Great: 61%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$50 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 43GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 77 78 78 78 83 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	43.3% Average	Read 72.3 Write 74.3 Mixed 52.8 SusWrite 78.3 51% 69.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.7 127% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 43.3% Great: 88%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 200GB free Firmware: JC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 116 114 115 115 115 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	67.9% Good	Read 122 Write 119 Mixed 67 SusWrite 115 78% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 1 174% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 67.9% Great: 68%
aigo MiniKing 16GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 8GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 4.9 4.8 4.7 5.1 4.4 4.6 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	5.28% Terrible	Read 21.7 Write 5.5 Mixed 6.2 SusWrite 4.7 10% 9.53 MB/s	4K Read 4.7 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 17% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 5.28% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 20,667 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	51.9% Above average	MC Read 18.2 MC Write 18.7 MC Mixed 16.2 51% 17.7 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 16.3 SC Mixed 15.9 44% 15.5 GB/s	Latency 64.1 62% 64.1 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 51.9% Great: 77%

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Gaming 41%

Speed boat

Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 32%

Sail boat

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z77X-D3H - $333

CPU
Core i5-3570KIntel $136Bench 68%, 185,516 samples	522x
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	435x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	287x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	116x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	103x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	92x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	66x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	57x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	31x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	44x
Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 50%, 23,732 samples	43x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 34,385 samples	38x

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Value: 80% - Excellent

Total price: $665

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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