Gigabyte GA-Z77MX-D3H

Performance Results


Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 67% Battle cruiser	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	1.84% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	42.3% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z77MX-D3H (all builds)
Memory	9.2 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120221
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 13 '18 at 23:28
Run Duration	146 Seconds
Run User	NZL-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-2500 82,538 User benchmarks, average bench 63% Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-2500 CPU @ 3.30GHz, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.85 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	76.2% Very good	Memory 91.1 1-Core 94.2 2-Core 186 73% 124 Pts	4-Core 355 8-Core 355 48% 355 Pts	64-Core 353 22% 353 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 76.2% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 6450 32,407 User benchmarks, average bench 2% Sapphire(174B E206) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.200.1062.1004 Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	1.84% Terrible	Lighting 2.4 Reflection 2.38 Parallax 1.97 2% 2.25 fps	MRender 1.95 Gravity 1.7 Splatting 2.22 2% 1.96 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 1.84% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 320 Series 300GB-$289 2,154 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 18GB free (System drive) Firmware: 4PC10362 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 22887 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1420 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 19 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 207 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 300517 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 938 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 56 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 1373184 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 300517 (F2) Unknown 100 100 397340	42.3% Average	Read 199 Write 197 Mixed 210 45% 202 MB/s	4K Read 15.3 4K Write 27.9 4K Mixed 15.4 58% 19.5 MB/s	DQ Read 145 DQ Write 65.2 DQ Mixed 31.5 43% 80.7 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 42.3% Great: 54%
Toshiba MK5055GSXN 500GB 768 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 457GB free Firmware: GC002M Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 1639 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 7214 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 49 49 20544 (0A) Spinup retry count 244 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 6571 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 651 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 14 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 90 90 104719 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 188978757664 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 36 (DE) Loaded hours 58 58 17159 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 405 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	40.7% Average	Read 69.3 Write 72.4 Mixed 70.5 53% 70.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.41 4K Mixed 0.32 80% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 40.7% Great: 41%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$37 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 293GB free Firmware: CC27 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 198741840 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4357 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 8649406503 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 9792 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1384 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4 (BD) vendor-specific 88 88 12 (BE) vendor-specific 70 51 521994270 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 175 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 81 81 38532 (C2) HDA temperature 30 49 25769803806 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 2 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 74320114093768 (F1) Unknown 100 253 19816082913 (F2) Unknown 100 253 26702008609	95.9% Outstanding	Read 176 Write 159 Mixed 153 122% 163 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.24 82% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 95.9% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905471-011.A00LF 99U5471-002.A00LF 9905471-011.A00LF 99U5471-002.A00LF 12GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 2048, 4096, 2048 MB Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	51.1% Above average	MC Read 17.6 MC Write 18.4 MC Mixed 16.3 50% 17.4 GB/s	SC Read 13.4 SC Write 16.6 SC Mixed 15.9 44% 15.3 GB/s	Latency 65.6 61% 65.6 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 51.1% Great: 51%

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Gaming 8%

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Desktop 65%

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Workstation 7%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z77MX-D3H

CPU
Core i5-3570KIntel $50Bench 68%, 185,516 samples	75x
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	41x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	32x

GPU
HD 4000 (Desktop 1.15 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 52,547 samples	22x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	21x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	16x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	9x
MX500 500GBCrucial $40Bench 106%, 237,241 samples	9x
530 Series 180GBIntelBench 71%, 4,011 samples	8x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	9x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 54%, 43,127 samples	7x
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	7x

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Value: 73% - Very good

Total price: $93

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Intel Core i5-13600K $245	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $359