Gigabyte GA-Z77X-UD5H

Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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.
Graphics	2.27% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	95.8% 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	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	10.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20120822
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 03 '19 at 04:58
Run Duration	314 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	35%

PC Performing as expected (59^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 4.1 GHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	83.3% Excellent	Memory 93.3 1-Core 90.8 2-Core 226 77% 137 Pts	4-Core 396 8-Core 576 61% 486 Pts	64-Core 576 36% 576 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 83.3% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4000 (Desktop 1.15 GHz)-$15 FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? Gigabyte(1458 D000) 3GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 10.18.10.4885 Relative performance (0^th percentile)	2.27% Terrible	Lighting 2.47 Reflection 3.19 Parallax 1.69 2% 2.45 fps	MRender 3.67 Gravity 1.37 Splatting 4.7 3% 3.24 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 2.27% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 785GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 232 222 220 232 226 227 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	95.8% Outstanding	Read 461 Write 453 Mixed 407 SusWrite 226 87% 387 MB/s	4K Read 35.5 4K Write 72.8 4K Mixed 45.8 151% 51.4 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 352 DQ Mixed 357 271% 365 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 95.8% Great: 133%
SanDisk Ultra II 960GB-$226 35,454 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 104GB free Firmware: X355 SusWrite @10s intervals: 224 213 211 226 227 220 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	72.5% Very good	Read 300 Write 301 Mixed 256 SusWrite 220 61% 269 MB/s	4K Read 24.5 4K Write 58.1 4K Mixed 32.7 110% 38.4 MB/s	DQ Read 364 DQ Write 215 DQ Mixed 44 99% 207 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 72.5% Great: 107%
Intel SS DSC2BP480G4 480GB 84 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 102GB free Firmware: L201 SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 122 124 127 126 124 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	58.4% Above average	Read 294 Write 230 Mixed 205 SusWrite 124 48% 213 MB/s	4K Read 26.7 4K Write 53.5 4K Mixed 31.1 109% 37.1 MB/s	DQ Read 122 DQ Write 120 DQ Mixed 32.5 49% 91.2 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 58.4% Great: 100%
WD WD6000BLHX-01V7BV0 600GB 266 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 105GB free Firmware: 04.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 97 96 100 101 100 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	65.9% Good	Read 130 Write 128 Mixed 83.3 SusWrite 99 81% 110 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 3.2 4K Mixed 1.2 238% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 65.9% Great: 81%
WD WD45 00HLHX-01JJPV0 450GB 62 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 360GB free Firmware: 04.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 127 130 133 132 131 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	78.9% Very good	Read 144 Write 132 Mixed 84 SusWrite 131 90% 123 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 3.3 4K Mixed 1.3 256% 1.93 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 78.9% Great: 79%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 181GB free Firmware: CC4B SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 129 126 129 127 128 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	94.8% Outstanding	Read 204 Write 144 Mixed 83.5 SusWrite 126 102% 139 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.9 163% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 94.8% Great: 113%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 238GB free Firmware: 1AJ1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 128 125 125 124 127 128 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	72.1% Very good	Read 125 Write 36.8 Mixed 68.5 SusWrite 126 66% 89 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 3.2 4K Mixed 1.3 241% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 72.1% Great: 75%
WD My Book 1230 6TB 1,283 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 982GB free, PID 1230 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 141 139 138 146 146 145 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	62.6% Good	Read 153 Write 146 Mixed 69 SusWrite 142 169% 128 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 1 139% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 62.6% Great: 68%
SAMSUNG HD103SJ 1TB 16 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 783GB free, PID 0551 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 135 134 135 135 134 134 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	50.8% Above average	Read 122 Write 142 Mixed 72 SusWrite 134 160% 118 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.8 70% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 50.8% Great: 51%
WDC WD60 0JB-00CRA1 60GB 49GB free, PID 2338 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 25 25 25 26 25 25 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	15.1% Very poor	Read 31.3 Write 28.3 Mixed 23 SusWrite 25.3 36% 27 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.9 87% 1.03 MB/s

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 4x4GB 4,979 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (35^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	63.3% Good	MC Read 22.6 MC Write 26.1 MC Mixed 20.9 66% 23.2 GB/s	SC Read 19.2 SC Write 9 SC Mixed 10.6 37% 12.9 GB/s	Latency 61.4 65% 61.4 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 63.3% Great: 103%

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

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Gaming 39%

Jet ski

Desktop 79%

Battleship

Workstation 32%

Sail boat

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 $130Bench 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) $30	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