Asus Z77-A

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 5% Tree trunk	Desktop 66% Battle cruiser	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 77.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	1.95% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z77-A (all builds)
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20140318
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 06 '18 at 16:58
Run Duration	132 Seconds
Run User	SVK-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (55^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-3550S 766 User benchmarks, average bench 71% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3 GHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	77.4% Very good	Memory 92.6 1-Core 97.3 2-Core 194 75% 128 Pts	4-Core 362 8-Core 359 48% 360 Pts	64-Core 363 22% 363 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 77.4% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 610 62,458 User benchmarks, average bench 2% Asus(1043 847B) 1GB CLim: 810 MHz, MLim: 300 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 353.62 Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	1.95% Terrible	Lighting 2.4 Reflection 2.92 Parallax 1.84 2% 2.39 fps	MRender 2.81 Gravity 2.47 Splatting 2 2% 2.43 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 1.95% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 87GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC47 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 224598232 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3262 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 89 60 5130031229 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 11096 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2549 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 9 (BD) vendor-specific 97 97 3 (BE) vendor-specific 66 49 571736098 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 152 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 65 65 71153 (C2) HDA temperature 34 51 73014444066 (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 -105737799850588 (F1) Unknown 100 253 40679465748 (F2) Unknown 100 253 78055590253	71.6% Very good	Read 129 Write 120 Mixed 81.2 82% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 5.34 4K Mixed 0.26 146% 2.01 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 71.6% Great: 112%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$30 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 19GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 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 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 141 141 72 (03) Spinup time 123 123 12897157306 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 3258 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 110 110 36 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 10201 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2230 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 3360 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 3360 (C2) HDA temperature 181 181 219044642849 (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 200 200 0	59.8% Above average	Read 105 Write 104 Mixed 57.5 66% 88.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 0.42 4K Mixed 0.17 38% 0.29 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 59.8% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5471-036.A00LF 2x8GB 1,048 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	61% Good	MC Read 22.5 MC Write 22.5 MC Mixed 18.8 61% 21.3 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 17.7 SC Mixed 18.2 50% 17.5 GB/s	Latency 62.9 64% 62.9 ns
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 61% Great: 61%

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Typical Z77-A Builds (Compare 491 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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