Asus P8Z77-V LX

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 67.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
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 (43%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus P8Z77-V LX (all builds)
Memory	23.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1600 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140721
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 14 '18 at 22:09
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	43%

PC Performing as expected (44^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% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.35 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	67.9% Good	Memory 75.5 1-Core 64.6 2-Core 120 54% 86.8 Pts	4-Core 326 8-Core 503 51% 414 Pts	64-Core 494 31% 494 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 67.9% Great: 76%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 1 Volume 256GB 830 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 38GB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 67 27 26 26 26 25 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	86.2% Excellent	Read 1,050 Write 412 Mixed 296 SusWrite 32.7 97% 448 MB/s	4K Read 25.1 4K Write 46.2 4K Mixed 22.8 92% 31.4 MB/s	DQ Read 454 DQ Write 195 DQ Mixed 182 172% 277 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 199%
Samsung HM500JI 500GB-$100 8,795 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 428GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2AC101C4 SusWrite @10s intervals: 21 25 25 26 19 29 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	10.3% Very poor	Read 11.5 Write 12.3 Mixed 24.3 SusWrite 24 14% 18 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.7 115% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 10.3% Great: 47%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$63 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1TB free Firmware: CC25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 177 188 190 186 191 191 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 188 Write 159 Mixed 81.7 SusWrite 187 112% 154 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$63 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 454GB free Firmware: CC27 SusWrite @10s intervals: 169 170 170 167 169 170 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	96.5% Outstanding	Read 168 Write 118 Mixed 77.5 SusWrite 169 97% 133 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.9 153% 1 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 96.5% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1866C10D3/8G KHX1600C10D3/8GX KHX1866C10D3/8G KHX1600C10D3/8GX 32GB 62 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (21^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	44.2% Average	MC Read 16.1 MC Write 15.9 MC Mixed 14.1 44% 15.4 GB/s	SC Read 13.5 SC Write 13.4 SC Mixed 12.5 38% 13.1 GB/s	Latency 89.3 45% 89.3 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 44.2% Great: 63%

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Gaming 37%

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Desktop 76%

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Workstation 29%

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Motherboard: Asus P8Z77-V LX

CPU
Core i5-3570KIntel $136Bench 68%, 185,516 samples	1,403x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	1,163x
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	1,071x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	374x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	366x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	301x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	213x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	195x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	149x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	138x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples	131x
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	105x

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Value: 64% - Good

Total price: $364

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $275	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