Asus P8Z77-M

Performance Results


Gaming 5% Tree trunk	Desktop 65% Battle cruiser	Workstation 4% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 75.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	1.73% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	61.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Very high background CPU (44%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus P8Z77-M (all builds)
Memory	2.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120326
Uptime	24.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 19 '17 at 15:58
Run Duration	382 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	44%

PC Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-3470-$59 223,595 User benchmarks, average bench 63% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	75.1% Very good	Memory 84.6 1-Core 96.8 2-Core 192 72% 124 Pts	4-Core 380 8-Core 380 51% 380 Pts	64-Core 375 23% 375 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 75.1% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 2500 (Desktop 1.05 GHz) 146,665 User benchmarks, average bench 1% Asus(1043 84CA) 1.8GB Driver: igdumdim32.dll Ver. 10.18.10.4252 Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	1.73% Terrible	Lighting 1.8 Reflection 1.81 Parallax 1.38 2% 1.66 fps	MRender 3.33 Gravity 1.1 Splatting 3.52 2% 2.65 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 1.73% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB-$100 46,066 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 97GB free (System drive) Firmware: 501ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 102 102 6301186 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 -14199161871604 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1767 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 144 (B1) Unknown 0 0 5 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 20 76 17184849940 (C2) HDA temperature 20 76 17184849940 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 6301186 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 6301186 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 6301186 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 7953 (EA) Unknown 0 0 7553 (F1) Unknown 0 0 7553 (F2) Unknown 0 0 5695	61.2% Good	Read 499 Write 140 Mixed 211 62% 284 MB/s	4K Read 24.5 4K Write 58.7 4K Mixed 14.6 87% 32.6 MB/s	DQ Read 183 DQ Write 144 DQ Mixed 48.4 68% 125 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 61.2% Great: 87%
Seagate ST32000542AS 2TB-$100 19,960 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 2TB free Firmware: CC34 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 119735841 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5204 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 49 48 1567689379084 (09) Power-on hours count 74 74 22915 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1718 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 76 49 404160536 (C2) HDA temperature 24 51 17179869208 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 51 23 119735841 (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 -25950192381071 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2874667691 (F2) Unknown 100 253 4200439121	62.3% Good	Read 114 Write 103 Mixed 75.6 73% 97.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 1.76 4K Mixed 0.55 124% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 62.3% Great: 61%
Seagate ST32000542AS 2TB-$100 19,960 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 2TB free Firmware: CC34 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 213697753 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5624 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 51 42 536890107392 (09) Power-on hours count 75 75 22164 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1712 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 74 48 437846042 (C2) HDA temperature 26 52 25769803802 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 50 4 213697753 (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 82665235567202 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3585580512 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1274895722	55.8% Above average	Read 106 Write 88.4 Mixed 86.4 70% 93.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 1.46 4K Mixed 0.52 115% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 55.8% Great: 61%
JetFlash Transcend 16GB 14,782 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 15GB free, PID 4000 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	10.8% Very poor	Read 33.8 Write 5.36 Mixed 1.83 11% 13.7 MB/s	4K Read 5.14 4K Write 1.14 4K Mixed 1.24 100% 2.51 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 10.8% Great: 33%
General UDisk 1GB 177 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 1GB free, PID 1234 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	7.03% Terrible	Read 21.5 Write 9.91 Mixed 13.2 17% 14.9 MB/s	4K Read 6.62 4K Write 0.06 4K Mixed 0.06 28% 2.25 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.03% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5471-030.A00LF 1x8GB 790 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	28.9% Poor	MC Read 9.4 MC Write 9.3 MC Mixed 8.3 26% 9 GB/s	SC Read 9.4 SC Write 9.6 SC Mixed 9.3 27% 9.43 GB/s	Latency 72.5 55% 72.5 ns
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 28.9% Great: 30%

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Gaming 41%

Speed boat

Desktop 75%

Battleship

Workstation 34%

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Motherboard: Asus P8Z77-M

CPU
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	333x
Core i5-3570KIntel $136Bench 68%, 185,516 samples	219x
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	179x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	82x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	63x
HD 2500 (Desktop 1.05 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 146,665 samples	58x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	71x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	43x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	35x

RAM
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	23x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	21x
Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 50%, 23,732 samples	19x

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Value: 77% - Very good

Total price: $442

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 $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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