Gigabyte GA-Z77X-D3H

Performance Results


Gaming 52% Yacht	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 43% Speed boat


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 good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	67.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	40.3% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z77X-D3H (all builds)
Memory	28.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120511
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 22 '21 at 09:02
Run Duration	185 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

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 i7-3770-$297 278,207 User benchmarks, average bench 69% Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3770 CPU @ 3.40GHz, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.9 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	74.2% Very good	Memory 88 1-Core 103 2-Core 187 74% 126 Pts	4-Core 326 8-Core 510 52% 418 Pts	64-Core 520 32% 520 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 74.2% Great: 76%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% EVGA(3842 2983) CLim: 1606 MHz, MLim: 1827 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 461.40 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	67.9% Good	Lighting 84.6 Reflection 97.2 Parallax 93.8 69% 91.9 fps	MRender 83.5 Gravity 84.2 Splatting 75.6 66% 81.1 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 67.9% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 250GB-$251 41,998 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 45GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXT06B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 55 42 40 42 40 44 MB/s Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	40.3% Average	Read 228 Write 51.6 Mixed 99.8 SusWrite 43.9 23% 106 MB/s	4K Read 18.8 4K Write 41.6 4K Mixed 19.2 75% 26.5 MB/s	DQ Read 186 DQ Write 64.8 DQ Mixed 52.1 58% 101 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 40.3% Great: 85%
Samsung 840 120GB-$109 51,792 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 12GB free Firmware: DXT08B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 65 61 51 49 48 49 MB/s Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	40.7% Average	Read 221 Write 76.4 Mixed 91.9 SusWrite 53.7 24% 111 MB/s	4K Read 22 4K Write 39.6 4K Mixed 16.4 75% 26 MB/s	DQ Read 200 DQ Write 72.1 DQ Mixed 42.2 56% 105 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 40.7% Great: 73%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$68 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 180GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 69 68 69 68 69 69 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	41.2% Average	Read 74.6 Write 68.1 Mixed 41.2 SusWrite 68.6 46% 63.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 160% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 41.2% Great: 67%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$79 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 537GB free Firmware: CC32 SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 98 97 99 97 99 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	55.1% Above average	Read 94.3 Write 98.1 Mixed 56.4 SusWrite 97.9 64% 86.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.6 110% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 55.1% Great: 75%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 890GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 129 128 128 129 130 129 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	77.7% Very good	Read 142 Write 127 Mixed 89.8 SusWrite 129 90% 122 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 1 200% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 77.7% Great: 76%
WD My Book 1140 2TB 10,094 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 2TB free, PID 1140 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 119 119 120 119 119 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	51% Above average	Read 120 Write 119 Mixed 61.8 SusWrite 119 140% 105 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.7 109% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 51% Great: 49%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-12800CL10-8GBXL 04CD F3-12800CL10-8GBXL 04CD F3-14900CL10-8GBXL 04CD F3-14900CL10-8GBXL 32GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	50% Average	MC Read 17.7 MC Write 17.1 MC Mixed 15.5 48% 16.8 GB/s	SC Read 15.3 SC Write 17.6 SC Mixed 16.8 47% 16.6 GB/s	Latency 69.5 58% 69.5 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 50% Great: 55%

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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	526x
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	436x
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	104x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	93x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $79Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	66x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	57x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16