Asus Z77-A

Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 67.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	20.7% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	103% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Asus Z77-A (all builds)
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140318
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 07 '17 at 10:24
Run Duration	547 Seconds
Run User	AUT-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing as expected (57^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-3220-$79 71,790 User benchmarks, average bench 52% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	67.5% Good	Memory 93.7 1-Core 95.5 2-Core 186 74% 125 Pts	4-Core 242 8-Core 242 32% 242 Pts	64-Core 241 15% 241 Pts
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 67.5% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R7 260X-$120 38,521 User benchmarks, average bench 20% Gigabyte(1458 22A9) 2GB CLim: 1250 MHz, MLim: 1300 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 16.6 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	20.7% Poor	Lighting 25.2 Reflection 32.4 Parallax 35.2 20% 30.9 fps	MRender 20.3 Gravity 23.3 Splatting 30.8 21% 24.8 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 20.7% Great: 22%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 480GB 11,256 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 128GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 947 Write 508 Mixed 682 157% 712 MB/s	4K Read 20 4K Write 46.3 4K Mixed 21.6 82% 29.3 MB/s	DQ Read 220 DQ Write 198 DQ Mixed 71.6 91% 163 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 182%
WD Red 6TB (2014)-$105 11,340 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 3.5TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 219 204 8025 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 427 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 4655 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 229 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 18 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5155 (C2) HDA temperature 120 113 32 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	78.4% Very good	Read 131 Write 142 Mixed 136 103% 136 MB/s	4K Read 0.89 4K Write 2.44 4K Mixed 0.22 106% 1.18 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 78.4% Great: 99%
WD Red 1TB (2012)-$62 37,583 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 99GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 135 132 4208 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1993 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 8675 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1185 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 45 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5797 (C2) HDA temperature 113 106 30 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	48.4% Average	Read 80.8 Write 87.6 Mixed 75.6 61% 81.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 2.05 4K Mixed 0.22 82% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 48.4% Great: 87%
Seagate ST32000641AS 2TB-$174 8,506 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 0GB free Firmware: CC13 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 103535438 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1542 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 19576189 (09) Power-on hours count 75 75 22495 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1475 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 55 605945892 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 1 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 85 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 2360 (C2) HDA temperature 36 45 34359738404 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 23 15 103535438 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -63312112883799 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1655953688 (F2) Unknown 100 253 4126611968	3.84% Terrible	Read 9.3 Write 3.87 Mixed 10.8 6% 8 MB/s	4K Read 0.26 4K Write 0.56 4K Mixed 0.22 45% 0.35 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 3.84% Great: 73%
USB Flash Disk 4GB 141 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 4GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	6.35% Terrible	Read 28.6 Write 4.34 Mixed 6.18 12% 13 MB/s	4K Read 5.23 4K Write 0.008 4K Mixed 0.005 20% 1.75 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 6.35% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 16,567 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	63.6% Good	MC Read 22.8 MC Write 23 MC Mixed 20.5 63% 22.1 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 18.2 SC Mixed 19.2 53% 18.5 GB/s	Latency 60.6 66% 60.6 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 63.6% Great: 62%

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Gaming 25%

Surfboard

Desktop 76%

Battleship

Workstation 21%

Surfboard

Motherboard: Asus Z77-A - $144

CPU
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	112x
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	74x
Core i5-3570KIntel $136Bench 68%, 185,516 samples	72x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	43x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	34x
HD 4000 (Desktop 1.15 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 52,547 samples	28x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	21x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	20x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	14x

RAM
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	11x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	9x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	9x

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Value: 67% - Good

Total price: $580

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