Gigabyte GA-Z77X-UD5H

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (37th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 63 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	43% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Very high background CPU (35%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z77X-UD5H (all builds)
Memory	3.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20120822
Uptime	20.8 Days
Run Date	Aug 09 '17 at 21:11
Run Duration	191 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	35%

PC Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3770K-$175 165,979 User benchmarks, average bench 72% Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3770K CPU @ 3.50GHz, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.3 GHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	86.7% Excellent	Memory 94.9 1-Core 123 2-Core 226 85% 148 Pts	4-Core 424 8-Core 609 65% 516 Pts	64-Core 598 37% 598 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 86.7% Great: 83%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 500GB-$150 68,337 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 141GB free Firmware: EXT0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 37445 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 30 (B1) Unknown 99 99 2 (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 72 64 28 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 22 (F1) Unknown 99 99 3484588820	63.5% Good	Read 264 Write 181 Mixed 185 46% 210 MB/s	4K Read 40.3 4K Write 65 4K Mixed 24.2 126% 43.2 MB/s	DQ Read 76.5 DQ Write 130 DQ Mixed 76.4 66% 94.4 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 63.5% Great: 126%
Samsung 830 128GB-$109 37,250 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 27GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXM0 Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	43% Average	Read 319 Write 143 Mixed 187 48% 216 MB/s	4K Read 17.3 4K Write 32.5 4K Mixed 12.6 59% 20.8 MB/s	DQ Read 130 DQ Write 41.6 DQ Mixed 30.1 37% 67.1 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 43% Great: 76%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$50 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2TB free Firmware: 80.0 Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	60.7% Good	Read 94.2 Write 117 Mixed 108 80% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 2.41 4K Mixed 0.26 100% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 60.7% Great: 88%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 730GB free Firmware: 80.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 185 185 7708 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 7 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 9084 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 7 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 3 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 160 160 121562 (C2) HDA temperature 120 114 32 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	67.9% Good	Read 131 Write 106 Mixed 102 85% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 1.92 4K Mixed 0.23 85% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 67.9% Great: 101%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$50 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 345GB free Firmware: 80.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 184 182 5775 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 33 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 66 66 24899 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 33 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 23 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 190 190 32333 (C2) HDA temperature 122 114 28 (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	56.5% Above average	Read 119 Write 77.6 Mixed 83.5 70% 93.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 2.12 4K Mixed 0.21 89% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 56.5% Great: 88%
WD Green 4TB (2013)-$136 31,988 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 195GB free Firmware: 80.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 181 171 7941 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 38 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 64 64 26323 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 37 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 23 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 138 138 188692 (C2) HDA temperature 121 112 31 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	69.6% Good	Read 133 Write 110 Mixed 106 87% 116 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 2.21 4K Mixed 0.2 92% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 69.6% Great: 87%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M379B5273DH0-YK0 4x4GB 770 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	58.5% Above average	MC Read 21 MC Write 20.2 MC Mixed 17.5 56% 19.6 GB/s	SC Read 17.4 SC Write 20.5 SC Mixed 19.7 55% 19.2 GB/s	Latency 57.2 70% 57.2 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 58.5% Great: 112%

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Gaming 39%

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Desktop 79%

Battleship

Workstation 32%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z77X-UD5H - $380

CPU
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	569x
Core i5-3570KIntel $136Bench 68%, 185,516 samples	247x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	212x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	77x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	74x
HD 4000 (Desktop 1.15 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 52,547 samples	73x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	48x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	41x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $129Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	38x

RAM
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 54%, 43,127 samples	35x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 20,667 samples	29x
Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 50%, 23,732 samples	26x

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Value: 59% - Above average

Total price: $864

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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