Gigabyte GA-Z77-DS3H

Performance Results


Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 79.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	13.2% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	88.8% 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.

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Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z77-DS3H (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20131113
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 13 '16 at 23:41
Run Duration	171 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	30%

PC Performing above expectations (78^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 3.8 GHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	79.7% Very good	Memory 95.9 1-Core 106 2-Core 211 80% 138 Pts	4-Core 366 8-Core 381 50% 374 Pts	64-Core 398 25% 398 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 79.7% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 6850 31,600 User benchmarks, average bench 12% XFX(1682 3110) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.200.1062.1004 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	13.2% Very poor	Lighting 17.2 Reflection 13.5 Parallax 14.5 14% 15.1 fps	MRender 12 Gravity 11.4 Splatting 17.3 12% 13.6 fps
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 13.2% Great: 13%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Neutron GTX 240GB-$503 3,421 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 40GB free (System drive) Firmware: M311 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 166 166 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 253 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 810 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 808 (AB) Unknown 253 253 0 (AC) Unknown 253 253 0 (B5) Unknown 253 253 0 (B6) Unknown 253 253 0 (C2) HDA temperature 29 0 64426934301 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 253 253 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 8533 (F1) Unknown 100 100 2421 (F2) Unknown 100 100 3019 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 3717	88.8% Excellent	Read 488 Write 331 Mixed 275 81% 365 MB/s	4K Read 26.6 4K Write 87 4K Mixed 31.5 127% 48.4 MB/s	DQ Read 254 DQ Write 216 DQ Mixed 68.9 97% 180 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 88.8% Great: 100%
WD Elements 2TB 35,768 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 652GB free, PID 1021 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	15% Very poor	Read 28.2 Write 24.5 Mixed 18.8 30% 23.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 1.77 4K Mixed 0.2 69% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 15% Great: 44%
Corsair Flash Voyager GT USB 3.0 64GB-$47 392 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 55GB free, PID 1a09 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	59.2% Above average	Read 235 Write 99.5 Mixed 23.1 117% 119 MB/s	4K Read 5.79 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.59 66% 2.36 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 59.2% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 34,385 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	63% Good	MC Read 22 MC Write 22.4 MC Mixed 20.2 62% 21.5 GB/s	SC Read 17.8 SC Write 18.1 SC Mixed 20.5 54% 18.8 GB/s	Latency 54.3 74% 54.3 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 63% Great: 63%

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Gaming 41%

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Desktop 76%

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Workstation 32%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z77-DS3H - $280

CPU
Core i5-3570KIntel $136Bench 68%, 185,516 samples	506x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	371x
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	279x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	140x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	120x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	104x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	63x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	48x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	44x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	56x
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	56x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples	41x

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Value: 89% - Excellent

Total price: $560

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