Gigabyte GA-Z77M-D3H

Performance Results


Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 50% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 78.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	86.6% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	33.5% 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 8.1 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z77M-D3H (all builds)
Memory	1.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20120919
Uptime	8.5 Days
Run Date	Nov 20 '20 at 20:33
Run Duration	140 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing as expected (54^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-3570 104,858 User benchmarks, average bench 65% Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-3570 CPU @ 3.40GHz, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	78.4% Very good	Memory 90.5 1-Core 97.5 2-Core 190 74% 126 Pts	4-Core 387 8-Core 374 51% 380 Pts	64-Core 384 24% 384 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 78.4% Great: 75%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Zotac(19DA 1435) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 442.19 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	86.6% Excellent	Lighting 110 Reflection 117 Parallax 97.5 90% 108 fps	MRender 95.8 Gravity 101 Splatting 99.3 81% 98.6 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86.6% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 22GB free (System drive) Firmware: 521ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 71 71 61 67 66 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	33.5% Below average	Read 92.3 Write 102 Mixed 101 SusWrite 68.3 20% 90.8 MB/s	4K Read 14.6 4K Write 44.9 4K Mixed 22.7 75% 27.4 MB/s	DQ Read 21.7 DQ Write 74.4 DQ Mixed 30.5 28% 42.2 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 33.5% Great: 73%
Samsung HD161HJ 160GB-$40 22,667 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 31GB free Firmware: GF100-07 SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 77 77 77 71 70 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	41.6% Average	Read 70.5 Write 75.3 Mixed 49 SusWrite 74.3 50% 67.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 139% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 41.6% Great: 42%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 16GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 129 127 144 145 143 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	78.4% Very good	Read 142 Write 146 Mixed 71.5 SusWrite 132 90% 123 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.6 128% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 78.4% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C8 2x4GB 3,582 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	28.5% Poor	MC Read 8.9 MC Write 9.2 MC Mixed 8.2 25% 8.77 GB/s	SC Read 9 SC Write 9.4 SC Mixed 8.5 26% 8.97 GB/s	Latency 66.5 60% 66.5 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 28.5% Great: 63%

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

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Gaming 24%

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Desktop 75%

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Workstation 20%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z77M-D3H - $145

CPU
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	206x
Core i5-3570KIntel $136Bench 68%, 185,516 samples	140x
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	72x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	72x
HD 2500 (Desktop 1.05 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 146,665 samples	53x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	45x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	41x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	25x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	24x

RAM
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	26x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples	23x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	11x

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Value: 72% - Very good

Total price: $529

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