Asus Z77-A

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	80.8% 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z77-A (all builds)
Memory	14.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140318
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 13 '17 at 22:06
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-3550-$335 23,599 User benchmarks, average bench 69% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	78.6% Very good	Memory 90.7 1-Core 101 2-Core 197 76% 130 Pts	4-Core 385 8-Core 382 51% 384 Pts	64-Core 378 23% 378 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 78.6% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 780-$329 50,279 User benchmarks, average bench 45% EVGA(3842 1788) 3GB CLim: 1145 MHz, MLim: 1519 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 388.31 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 47.9 Reflection 53.8 Parallax 44.9 39% 48.8 fps	Gravity 47.9 Splatting 46.2 42% 47 fps
Poor: 41% Great: 49%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 67GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 9021 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2294 (B1) Unknown 96 96 77 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 55 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 97 (F1) Unknown 99 99 28706519315	80.8% Excellent	Read 512 Write 413 Mixed 417 100% 448 MB/s	4K Read 32 4K Write 73.8 4K Mixed 18.9 112% 41.6 MB/s	DQ Read 35.8 DQ Write 70.2 DQ Mixed 19.5 24% 41.8 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 80.8% Great: 124%
Sandisk S128G 126GB 21,984 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 55GB free Firmware: 3.1.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 9742 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 4600 (A5) Unknown 100 100 617781 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 159 (AE) Unknown 100 100 334 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 65 35 283467972643 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 530 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 627 (F1) Unknown 100 100 21143523053 (F2) Unknown 100 100 28553204507	44.8% Average	Read 458 Write 270 Mixed 302 76% 343 MB/s	4K Read 11.1 4K Write 10.3 4K Mixed 6.91 31% 9.43 MB/s	DQ Read 17 DQ Write 15 DQ Mixed 9.13 9% 13.7 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 44.8% Great: 56%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 512GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 169 168 2533 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5628 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 8614 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2154 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 154 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5497 (C2) HDA temperature 110 91 33 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	79.4% Very good	Read 139 Write 138 Mixed 129 102% 135 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.06 4K Mixed 0.31 98% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 79.4% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1866C10D3/4G 04CD F3-10666CL9-4GBRL KHX1866C10D3/4G KHX1866C10D3/4G 16GB 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	50.9% Above average	MC Read 17.4 MC Write 18.5 MC Mixed 15.9 49% 17.3 GB/s	SC Read 14.4 SC Write 16.6 SC Mixed 16 45% 15.7 GB/s	Latency 66.2 60% 66.2 ns

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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 $36Bench 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