Gigabyte GA-Z77X-UP4 TH

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 6% Tree trunk	Desktop 70% Battle cruiser	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 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 79.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	3.58% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z77X-UP4 TH (all builds)
Memory	2.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120712
Uptime	11.7 Days
Run Date	Nov 28 '17 at 02:40
Run Duration	296 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing as expected (43^rd 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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	79.9% Very good	Memory 92.6 1-Core 105 2-Core 211 79% 136 Pts	4-Core 392 8-Core 377 52% 384 Pts	64-Core 388 24% 388 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 79.9% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 630 60,212 User benchmarks, average bench 4% MSI(1462 8A90) 2GB CLim: 810 MHz, MLim: 250 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	3.58% Terrible	Lighting 4.53 Reflection 5.46 Parallax 3.5 4% 4.5 fps	MRender 4.81 Gravity 4.67 Splatting 3.22 3% 4.23 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.58% Great: 5%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD WD10EZEX-00BN5A0 6TB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 3TB free Firmware: 01.01D.0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 253 253 5966 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 526 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 7579 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 33 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 63 54 37 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 21 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 504 (C2) HDA temperature 115 106 37 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	77.4% Very good	Read 131 Write 139 Mixed 140 103% 137 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 2.27 4K Mixed 0.22 87% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 77.4% Great: 109%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$31 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 235GB free (System drive) Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 172 2225 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 386 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 78 78 16159 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 381 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 52 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 333 (C2) HDA temperature 109 101 34 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	61.5% Good	Read 95.3 Write 119 Mixed 107 81% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.36 4K Write 2.49 4K Mixed 0.2 84% 1.02 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 61.5% Great: 109%
WL6000GS A6457 6TB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 2TB free, PID 0567 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	50.5% Above average	Read 115 Write 116 Mixed 113 148% 115 MB/s	4K Read 1.12 4K Write 2.72 4K Mixed 0.28 106% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 50.5% Great: 63%
WD My Book Duo 0A10 12TB 303 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 1TB free, PID 0a10 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	51.9% Above average	Read 157 Write 126 Mixed 118 165% 133 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.52 4K Mixed 0.25 28% 0.45 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 51.9% Great: 108%
WDC WD20 EZRZ-00Z5HB0 2TB 101 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 1TB free, PID 0567 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	52.4% Above average	Read 123 Write 125 Mixed 88.1 142% 112 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.26 89% 1.06 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 52.4% Great: 61%
WD My Book Duo 0A10 12TB 303 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 1TB free, PID 0a10 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	45.7% Average	Read 148 Write 102 Mixed 102 142% 118 MB/s	4K Read 1.01 4K Write 0.57 4K Mixed 0.23 31% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 45.7% Great: 108%
Seagate GoFlex Desk 2TB 1,143 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 493GB free, PID 50a5 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 8% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 47,852 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	52.7% Above average	MC Read 18.3 MC Write 18.6 MC Mixed 16.7 51% 17.9 GB/s	SC Read 14.6 SC Write 17 SC Mixed 16.7 46% 16.1 GB/s	Latency 62.9 64% 62.9 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 52.7% Great: 62%

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Gaming 44%

Speed boat

Desktop 79%

Battleship

Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z77X-UP4 TH

CPU
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	87x
Core i5-3570KIntel $136Bench 68%, 185,516 samples	42x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	32x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	18x
HD 4000 (Desktop 1.15 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 52,547 samples	13x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	11x

SSD
870 QVO 1TBSamsung $109Bench 95%, 80,665 samples	11x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $75Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	7x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	6x

RAM
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 54%, 43,127 samples	9x
RipjawsX DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 51%, 9,944 samples	6x
RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 49%, 28,220 samples	5x

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Value: 78% - Very good

Total price: $400

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16