Motherboard Z77ITX-A-E

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 86%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 81%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 67%
Battle cruiser
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing below expectations (39th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 61 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.
ProcessorWith 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 76.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics113% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive41.8% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
SystemMotherboard Z77ITX-A-E  (all builds)
MotherboardZOTAC Z77ITX-A-E
Memory10.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20130426
Uptime2.4 Days
Run DateOct 12 '18 at 15:49
Run Duration171 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU9%

 PC Performing below expectations (39th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-3470-$59
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
76.7% Very good
Memory 87.6
1-Core 104
2-Core 190
74% 127 Pts
4-Core 378
8-Core 398
51% 388 Pts
64-Core 397
25% 397 Pts
Poor: 50%
This bench: 76.7%
Great: 71%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485
CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2890 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 411.70
Performing below potential (12th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
113% Outstanding
Lighting 143
Reflection 159
Parallax 142
117% 148 fps
MRender 123
Gravity 182
Splatting 119
114% 141 fps
Poor: 109%
This bench: 113%
Great: 133%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38
69GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 603ABBF0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 72 73 65 68 73 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (19th percentile)
41.8% Average
Read 111
Write 101
Mixed 110
SusWrite 71.1
22% 98.3 MB/s
4K Read 20.6
4K Write 54
4K Mixed 24.7
91% 33.1 MB/s
DQ Read 115
DQ Write 105
DQ Mixed 91.3
74% 104 MB/s
Poor: 30%
This bench: 41.8%
Great: 73%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38
80GB free
Firmware: 605ABBF2
SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 109 96 113 121 115 MB/s
Performing above expectations (60th percentile)
57.3% Above average
Read 260
Write 138
Mixed 202
SusWrite 110
40% 178 MB/s
4K Read 26.9
4K Write 53
4K Mixed 32.6
111% 37.5 MB/s
DQ Read 114
DQ Write 141
DQ Mixed 124
95% 126 MB/s
Poor: 30%
This bench: 57.3%
Great: 73%
Kingston SUV300S37A120G 120GB
112GB free
Firmware: SAFM11.K
SusWrite @10s intervals: 129 59 58 56 63 59 MB/s
Performing below potential (15th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable
51.1% Above average
Read 253
Write 234
Mixed 210
SusWrite 70.7
43% 192 MB/s
4K Read 21.7
4K Write 43.9
4K Mixed 26.2
90% 30.6 MB/s
DQ Read 207
DQ Write 188
DQ Mixed 133
118% 176 MB/s
Poor: 45%
This bench: 51.1%
Great: 83%
Plextor PX-128M2S 128GB
119GB free
Firmware: 1.03
SusWrite @10s intervals: 185 188 195 195 195 185 MB/s
Performing below potential (21st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable
42.9% Average
Read 228
Write 194
Mixed 180
SusWrite 190
45% 198 MB/s
4K Read 13.9
4K Write 33.9
4K Mixed 17.3
61% 21.7 MB/s
DQ Read 86.2
DQ Write 58.2
DQ Mixed 61.3
49% 68.6 MB/s
Poor: 39%
This bench: 42.9%
Great: 54%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB
2 of 2 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing as expected (48th percentile)
56.7% Above average
MC Read 19.3
MC Write 21.7
MC Mixed 18
56% 19.7 GB/s
SC Read 15.9
SC Write 17.7
SC Mixed 17.1
48% 16.9 GB/s
Latency 69.9
57% 69.9 ns
Poor: 31%
This bench: 56.7%
Great: 63%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z77ITX-A-E Builds (Compare 5 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 24%
Surfboard
Desktop
Desktop 79%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 20%
Surfboard

System: Motherboard Z77ITX-A-E

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 30% - Below average Total price: $735
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