Asus P8Z77-M

Performance Results


Gaming 53% Yacht	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 43% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	56.2% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	105% 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

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Motherboard	Asus P8Z77-M (all builds)
Memory	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130509
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 12 '18 at 12:21
Run Duration	123 Seconds
Run User	DNK-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3770-$297 278,207 User benchmarks, average bench 69% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	88.9% Excellent	Memory 94.2 1-Core 118 2-Core 235 85% 149 Pts	4-Core 463 8-Core 585 67% 524 Pts	64-Core 585 36% 585 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 88.9% Great: 76%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Asus(1043 8508) CLim: 1643 MHz, MLim: 1944 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 416.16 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	56.2% Above average	Lighting 68.9 Reflection 78.3 Parallax 67.1 56% 71.5 fps	MRender 81.9 Gravity 65.3 Splatting 62.6 56% 69.9 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 56.2% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 500GB-$150 68,337 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 134GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0CB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 466 362 207 89 75 66 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 495 Write 482 Mixed 400 SusWrite 211 89% 397 MB/s	4K Read 39.5 4K Write 98.2 4K Mixed 53.2 180% 63.6 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 353 DQ Mixed 250 220% 329 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 126%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$79 133,734 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 532GB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 149 150 149 148 149 149 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	93.5% Outstanding	Read 176 Write 128 Mixed 26.5 SusWrite 149 86% 120 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 5.1 4K Mixed 1.9 351% 2.7 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 93.5% Great: 110%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Nanya NT4GC64B88B0NF-DI 4x4GB 68 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	56.9% Above average	MC Read 20.5 MC Write 19.6 MC Mixed 17 54% 19 GB/s	SC Read 17.5 SC Write 20 SC Mixed 18.7 54% 18.7 GB/s	Latency 59.3 67% 59.3 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 56.9% Great: 58%

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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 75%

Battleship

Workstation 34%

Sail boat

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 $94Bench 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 $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