Asus P8Z77-V LX

Performance Results


Gaming 13% Tree trunk	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	9.49% 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	32.8% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus P8Z77-V LX (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	20120817
Uptime	6.5 Days
Run Date	May 04 '17 at 10:04
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing above expectations (73^rd 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% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	83.7% Excellent	Memory 92.8 1-Core 116 2-Core 234 84% 148 Pts	4-Core 434 8-Core 426 58% 430 Pts	64-Core 433 27% 433 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 83.7% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 5870 10,176 User benchmarks, average bench 19% Sapphire(174B E140) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.200.1062.1004 Relative performance (0^th percentile)	9.49% Terrible	Lighting 13.2 Reflection 7.27 Parallax 12 11% 10.8 fps	MRender 6.29 Gravity 9.93 Splatting 8.96 7% 8.39 fps
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 9.49% Great: 20%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB-$100 46,066 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 3GB free (System drive) Firmware: 507KC4 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 117 146705099 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 72 72 -79585743969761 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 328 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 130 (B1) Unknown 0 0 9 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 29 37 55836999709 (C2) HDA temperature 29 37 55836999709 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 146705099 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 146705099 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 146705099 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 92 92 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 37791 (EA) Unknown 0 0 9064 (F1) Unknown 0 0 9064 (F2) Unknown 0 0 8580	32.8% Below average	Read 175 Write 135 Mixed 138 33% 149 MB/s	4K Read 8.52 4K Write 63.5 4K Mixed 3.82 51% 25.3 MB/s	DQ Read 21 DQ Write 123 DQ Mixed 10.7 26% 51.7 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 32.8% Great: 87%
Seagate BUP Slim SL 1.5TB 1,258 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 843GB free Firmware: 0302 Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	55% Above average	Read 85.5 Write 106 Mixed 91.4 71% 94.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.37 4K Write 1.23 4K Mixed 0.22 62% 0.61 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 55% Great: 65%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$63 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 455GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 93 (03) Spinup time 113 107 7341 (04) Start/Stop count 87 87 13784 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 21 21 58240 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 624 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 194 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 106 106 282864 (C2) HDA temperature 119 90 28 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 12 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 6 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 28	39.5% Below average	Read 56.2 Write 81.3 Mixed 63.9 50% 67.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.32 4K Write 1.61 4K Mixed 0.34 82% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 39.5% Great: 57%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 73,650 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	53.2% Above average	MC Read 18.6 MC Write 18.9 MC Mixed 16.6 52% 18 GB/s	SC Read 14.6 SC Write 17.9 SC Mixed 16.2 46% 16.2 GB/s	Latency 62.6 64% 62.6 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 53.2% Great: 62%

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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	1,415x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	1,169x
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	1,077x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	376x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	368x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	306x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	214x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $51Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	196x
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	106x

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Total price: $364

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	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 $550	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