Asus P8Z77-V PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 54% Yacht	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 42% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 82.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	62.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	49.5% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus P8Z77-V PRO (all builds)
Memory	9.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130813
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	May 10 '17 at 09:08
Run Duration	200 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing as expected (47^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% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	82.9% Excellent	Memory 88.9 1-Core 117 2-Core 233 82% 146 Pts	4-Core 443 8-Core 452 60% 448 Pts	64-Core 455 28% 455 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 82.9% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Asus(1043 8518) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1443 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 376.53 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	62.7% Good	Lighting 79.2 Reflection 83.6 Parallax 74.2 64% 79 fps	MRender 79.8 Gravity 73.4 Splatting 66.5 59% 73.2 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 62.7% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 330 Series 240GB 1,960 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 41GB free (System drive) Firmware: 300i Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 2 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 -117785182210689 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1772 (B5) Unknown 0 0 2 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1121 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 978535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 98 98 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 978535 (F2) Unknown 100 100 1102992 (F9) Unknown 100 100 38919	49.5% Average	Read 358 Write 114 Mixed 155 46% 209 MB/s	4K Read 15.8 4K Write 43.9 4K Mixed 12 63% 23.9 MB/s	DQ Read 279 DQ Write 162 DQ Mixed 51.2 84% 164 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 49.5% Great: 91%
Toshiba X300 5TB-$125 12,743 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 973GB free Firmware: FP2A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 8640 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 901 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 6427 (0A) Spinup retry count 118 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 514 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 42 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 11 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 2037 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 231929413676 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 253 0 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 0 (DE) Loaded hours 85 85 6049 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 212 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	69.7% Good	Read 119 Write 124 Mixed 110 88% 118 MB/s	4K Read 1.41 4K Write 1.68 4K Mixed 0.32 126% 1.14 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 69.7% Great: 109%
Samsung Spinpoint F2 1TB-$60 32,476 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 215GB free Firmware: 1AG01118 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 71 71 9520 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 1895 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 11138 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 15809 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1459 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 59 437190682 (C2) HDA temperature 73 55 453967899 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 197956 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 1063 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 1 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	34% Below average	Read 61.3 Write 56.9 Mixed 60.9 45% 59.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.25 73% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 34% Great: 58%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 2TB-$105 4,536 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 154GB free Firmware: 1AN10003 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 53 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 60 1 12207 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3640 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 21500 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2110 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 813 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 55 201864380448 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 2899 (DF) Load/unload retry count 252 252 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 90 90 102617	50% Above average	Read 71.1 Write 103 Mixed 80.5 64% 84.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.36 4K Write 1.77 4K Mixed 0.29 80% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 50% Great: 59%
Toshiba X300 5TB-$125 12,743 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 44GB free Firmware: FP2A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 8780 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1082 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 6420 (0A) Spinup retry count 121 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 513 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 63 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 11 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 2824 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 244814381097 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 253 0 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 0 (DE) Loaded hours 86 86 5789 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 295 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	68.4% Good	Read 115 Write 122 Mixed 106 86% 114 MB/s	4K Read 4.2 4K Write 1.78 4K Mixed 0.32 243% 2.1 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 68.4% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 28,220 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	51.7% Above average	MC Read 17.9 MC Write 18.8 MC Mixed 15.8 50% 17.5 GB/s	SC Read 14 SC Write 18.8 SC Mixed 16.7 47% 16.5 GB/s	Latency 68.6 58% 68.6 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 51.7% Great: 61%

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Desktop 79%

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Workstation 32%

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Motherboard: Asus P8Z77-V PRO - $400

CPU
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	826x
Core i5-3570KIntel $136Bench 68%, 185,516 samples	553x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	316x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	139x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	138x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	125x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	113x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	72x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	69x

RAM
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 34,385 samples	61x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 20,667 samples	59x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 54%, 43,127 samples	42x

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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $855

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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