Asus P8Z77-V LK

Performance Results


Gaming 29% Raft	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 24% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (32nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 68 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	33.6% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	51.8% 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 (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus P8Z77-V LK (all builds)
Memory	6.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120910
Uptime	3.7 Days
Run Date	Aug 03 '18 at 16:32
Run Duration	171 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3770K-$175 165,979 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	74.3% Very good	Memory 92.1 1-Core 99.3 2-Core 183 74% 125 Pts	4-Core 306 8-Core 494 49% 400 Pts	64-Core 503 31% 503 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 74.3% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Gigabyte(1458 36AC) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	33.6% Below average	Lighting 43.9 Reflection 41 Parallax 39.9 36% 41.6 fps	MRender 37.8 Gravity 37.5 Splatting 33.7 30% 36.3 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 33.6% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow KC300 240GB-$81 2,054 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 75GB free (System drive) Firmware: 507KC4 SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 110 131 119 120 119 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	51.8% Above average	Read 372 Write 164 Mixed 201 SusWrite 121 48% 214 MB/s	4K Read 26.5 4K Write 19.8 4K Mixed 22.3 79% 22.9 MB/s	DQ Read 169 DQ Write 58.6 DQ Mixed 76.8 66% 102 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 51.8% Great: 94%
Kingston SSDNow KC300 240GB-$81 2,054 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 40GB free Firmware: 507KC4 SusWrite @10s intervals: 137 88 92 94 90 82 MB/s Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	59.7% Above average	Read 182 Write 172 Mixed 154 SusWrite 97.3 34% 151 MB/s	4K Read 25.7 4K Write 56.2 4K Mixed 35.1 114% 39 MB/s	DQ Read 281 DQ Write 209 DQ Mixed 129 128% 206 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 59.7% Great: 94%
Toshiba MD04ACA400 4TB-$140 10,635 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 3.5TB free Firmware: FP2A SusWrite @10s intervals: 173 178 176 179 181 176 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 55% Great: 104%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$40 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 137GB free Firmware: 05.00K05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 31 31 32 32 32 31 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	30.7% Below average	Read 75.3 Write 31.5 Mixed 36 SusWrite 31.6 32% 43.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.7 122% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 30.7% Great: 76%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$32 107,978 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 195GB free Firmware: JC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 80 81 81 81 81 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	46.9% Average	Read 83.5 Write 64.2 Mixed 53.2 SusWrite 79.8 52% 70.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.7 131% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 46.9% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 10,150 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (38^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	53.4% Above average	MC Read 19.9 MC Write 19.2 MC Mixed 16.3 53% 18.5 GB/s	SC Read 14.6 SC Write 15.5 SC Mixed 14.7 43% 14.9 GB/s	Latency 63.8 63% 63.8 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 53.4% Great: 63%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 41%

Speed boat

Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 32%

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Motherboard: Asus P8Z77-V LK - $140

CPU
Core i5-3570KIntel $136Bench 68%, 185,516 samples	688x
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	565x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	354x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	143x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	127x
HD 4000 (Desktop 1.15 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 52,547 samples	114x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	78x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	69x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	63x

RAM
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 54%, 43,127 samples	55x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	47x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples	43x

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Value: 80% - Excellent

Total price: $472

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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