Gigabyte GA-Z77X-UP5 TH-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 50% Yacht	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 40% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 76.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	60.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	55.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (33%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z77X-UP5 TH-CF (all builds)
Memory	28.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140515
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 18 '18 at 21:46
Run Duration	394 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	33%

PC Performing as expected (49^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3770-$297 278,207 User benchmarks, average bench 69% Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3770 CPU @ 3.40GHz, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.9 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	76.9% Very good	Memory 93.9 1-Core 101 2-Core 190 76% 128 Pts	4-Core 328 8-Core 453 49% 390 Pts	64-Core 453 28% 453 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 76.9% Great: 76%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Nvidia(10DE 1116) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing below potential (75^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	60.8% Good	Lighting 76.7 Reflection 80.6 Parallax 71.4 62% 76.2 fps	MRender 79.6 Gravity 70.1 Splatting 64 58% 71.3 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 60.8% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 830 512GB-$500 1,815 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 378GB free Firmware: CXM01B1Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 3125 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 577 (B1) Unknown 99 99 9 (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 71 60 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 131 (F1) Unknown 99 99 3335160570	68.8% Good	Read 506 Write 385 Mixed 449 100% 447 MB/s	4K Read 17.7 4K Write 58.7 4K Mixed 13.1 75% 29.8 MB/s	DQ Read 18.5 DQ Write 119 DQ Mixed 12.3 26% 49.9 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 68.8% Great: 85%
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$122 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 38GB free Firmware: EMT41B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 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 (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 3124 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 571 (B1) Unknown 99 99 4 (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 55 46 45 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 98 (F1) Unknown 99 99 9268552241	58.3% Above average	Read 268 Write 210 Mixed 218 52% 232 MB/s	4K Read 28.6 4K Write 42.5 4K Mixed 19.6 91% 30.2 MB/s	DQ Read 184 DQ Write 157 DQ Mixed 19.3 56% 120 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 58.3% Great: 133%
SanDisk Extreme 480GB-$300 1,286 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 8GB free (System drive) Firmware: R201 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 110 110 34966256 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 -3590592656313 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 587 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 181 (B1) Unknown 0 0 2 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 29 39 81606934557 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 34966256 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 34966256 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 34966256 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 7078 (EA) Unknown 0 0 8461 (F1) Unknown 0 0 8461 (F2) Unknown 0 0 13196	55.6% Above average	Read 512 Write 198 Mixed 248 70% 319 MB/s	4K Read 22.1 4K Write 16 4K Mixed 10.5 55% 16.2 MB/s	DQ Read 211 DQ Write 93.8 DQ Mixed 57.8 68% 121 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 55.6% Great: 66%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 178 175 6091 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2247 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 1475 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 572 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 163 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 9630 (C2) HDA temperature 121 111 29 (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	57.3% Above average	Read 91.1 Write 108 Mixed 91.1 73% 96.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 2.08 4K Mixed 0.15 76% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 57.3% Great: 83%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 286GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 183 180 5833 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2242 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1452 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 560 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 199 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 10154 (C2) HDA temperature 121 118 29 (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	59.8% Above average	Read 108 Write 99.6 Mixed 96.7 76% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.99 4K Mixed 0.19 91% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 59.8% Great: 83%
WDC WD30 EFRX-68EUZN0 3TB 39 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 1.5TB free, PID 2773 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	52.1% Above average	Read 132 Write 118 Mixed 115 154% 121 MB/s	4K Read 0.84 4K Write 2.34 4K Mixed 0.26 92% 1.15 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 52.1% Great: 52%
SanDisk Cruzer Glide 16GB 33,521 User benchmarks, average bench 11% 15GB free, PID 5575 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	6.87% Terrible	Read 20.9 Write 4.5 Mixed 10.4 13% 11.9 MB/s	4K Read 3.94 4K Write 0.63 4K Mixed 1.05 72% 1.87 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 6.87% Great: 17%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 4x8GB 6,625 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	57.9% Above average	MC Read 20.6 MC Write 20.5 MC Mixed 18.2 56% 19.8 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 17.5 SC Mixed 18.6 50% 17.6 GB/s	Latency 60.1 67% 60.1 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 57.9% Great: 62%

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Desktop 79%

Battleship

Workstation 49%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z77X-UP5 TH-CF

CPU
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	105x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	34x
Core i5-3570KIntel $136Bench 68%, 185,516 samples	23x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	11x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	10x
GTX 670Nvidia $435Bench 28%, 47,610 samples	8x

SSD
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	7x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	5x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	5x

RAM
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 4x8GBCorsairBench 55%, 6,625 samples	13x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 4x8GBCorsairBench 51%, 3,072 samples	12x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 54%, 43,127 samples	12x

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Value: 84% - Excellent

Total price: $447

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $490	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16