Gigabyte GA-Z77X-D3H

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 89.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	42.8% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z77X-D3H (all builds)
Memory	3.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140106
Uptime	2.3 Days
Run Date	Mar 12 '19 at 10:49
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-3570K-$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 4.5 GHz, turbo 5.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	89.5% Excellent	Memory 93.7 1-Core 125 2-Core 251 88% 157 Pts	4-Core 493 8-Core 492 66% 493 Pts	64-Core 487 30% 487 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 89.5% Great: 79%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Mushkin Chronos 240GB-$99 690 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 15GB free (System drive) Firmware: 609ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 69 64 48 69 61 43 MB/s Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	42.8% Average	Read 88 Write 124 Mixed 128 SusWrite 58.8 23% 99.6 MB/s	4K Read 21.8 4K Write 55.1 4K Mixed 26.7 96% 34.5 MB/s	DQ Read 145 DQ Write 121 DQ Mixed 113 90% 126 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 42.8% Great: 91%
Toshiba MK1059GSM 1TB 4,891 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 39GB free Firmware: GU001U SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 75 77 73 77 76 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	43% Average	Read 73.8 Write 80.2 Mixed 25 SusWrite 75.8 46% 63.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.5 100% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 43% Great: 49%
WD Blue 1TB (2015)-$40 52,322 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 4GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 53.7 Write 66.3 Mixed 51.8 43% 57.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.7 147% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 45% Great: 87%
SanDisk Cruzer Blade 8GB 30,139 User benchmarks, average bench 10% 7GB free, PID 5567 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 5.8 6.5 6.6 6.7 6.6 6 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	11.2% Very poor	Read 20.5 Write 6.2 Mixed 6.8 SusWrite 6.3 11% 9.95 MB/s	4K Read 5.6 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 2.5 167% 3.3 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 11.2% Great: 13%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99P5471-004.A01LF 2x4GB 601 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	53.8% Above average	MC Read 18.7 MC Write 18.8 MC Mixed 16.7 52% 18.1 GB/s	SC Read 15.4 SC Write 18.9 SC Mixed 16.9 49% 17.1 GB/s	Latency 60.5 66% 60.5 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 53.8% Great: 55%

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Gaming 41%

Speed boat

Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 32%

Sail boat

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z77X-D3H - $333

CPU
Core i5-3570KIntel $136Bench 68%, 185,516 samples	522x
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	435x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	287x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	116x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	103x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	92x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	66x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	57x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	31x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	44x
Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 50%, 23,732 samples	43x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 34,385 samples	38x

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Value: 80% - Excellent

Total price: $665

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