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 as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 83.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	99.6% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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 8 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z77-DS3H (all builds)
Memory	30.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
OS	Windows 8
BIOS Date	20120919
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 12 '18 at 02:40
Run Duration	112 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (58^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E3-1275 V2-$400 461 User benchmarks, average bench 74% Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E3-1275 V2 @ 3.50GHz, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.9 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	83.3% Excellent	Memory 92.2 1-Core 77.3 2-Core 200 71% 123 Pts	4-Core 412 8-Core 522 60% 467 Pts	64-Core 525 32% 525 Pts
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 83.3% Great: 82%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 299GB free Firmware: EMT03B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 69 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 47 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (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 65 63 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 3 (F1) Unknown 99 99 570856715	103% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 414 Mixed 420 100% 449 MB/s	4K Read 37.6 4K Write 68.3 4K Mixed 40.9 146% 49 MB/s	DQ Read 303 DQ Write 246 DQ Mixed 111 127% 220 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 134%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 209GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 701 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 175 (B1) Unknown 99 99 3 (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 67 62 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 21 (F1) Unknown 99 99 1869067258	99.6% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 414 Mixed 419 100% 449 MB/s	4K Read 37.9 4K Write 60.8 4K Mixed 38.8 139% 45.8 MB/s	DQ Read 318 DQ Write 170 DQ Mixed 81.8 104% 190 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 99.6% Great: 124%
Ibm-esxs ST3450856SS 450GB 15 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 419GB free Firmware: BA47 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	91.5% Outstanding	Read 155 Write 164 Mixed 158 120% 159 MB/s	4K Read 1.42 4K Write 1.17 4K Mixed 0.85 175% 1.15 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 91.5% Great: 92%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 4x8GB 8,984 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	57.3% Above average	MC Read 20.8 MC Write 20.3 MC Mixed 18.3 57% 19.8 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 17.7 SC Mixed 15.5 48% 16.8 GB/s	Latency 63.6 63% 63.6 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 57.3% Great: 63%

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Gaming 41%

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Desktop 76%

Battleship

Workstation 32%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z77-DS3H - $280

CPU
Core i5-3570KIntel $136Bench 68%, 185,516 samples	509x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	371x
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	280x

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 $51Bench 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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16