Asus P8Z77-M

Performance Results


Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 55% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	80.8% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	63.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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 (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus P8Z77-M (all builds)
Memory	5.5 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1360 x 768 - 32 Bit cores, 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151218
Uptime	2.9 Days
Run Date	Oct 17 '18 at 22:02
Run Duration	137 Seconds
Run User	PRT-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing as expected (60^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2600K-$319 147,533 User benchmarks, average bench 71% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	82.4% Excellent	Memory 95.5 1-Core 117 2-Core 226 84% 146 Pts	4-Core 375 8-Core 562 58% 469 Pts	64-Core 574 36% 574 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 82.4% Great: 83%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 3000 (Desktop V2 1.35 GHz)-$15 6,831 User benchmarks, average bench 2% Asus(1043 84CA) 2GB Driver: igdumd64.dll Ver. 9.17.10.4459 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	2.25% Terrible	Lighting 2.47 Reflection 3.73 Parallax 1.66 2% 2.62 fps	MRender 3.57 Gravity 1.37 Splatting 4.57 3% 3.17 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 2.25% Great: 2%
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3303) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2027 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 416.34 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	80.8% Excellent	Lighting 99.9 Reflection 110 Parallax 103 81% 104 fps	MRender 94.6 Gravity 96 Splatting 99.4 80% 96.7 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 80.8% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 830 128GB-$109 37,250 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 35GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXM03B1Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 175 179 187 167 177 176 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	63.8% Good	Read 465 Write 175 Mixed 183 SusWrite 177 55% 250 MB/s	4K Read 20.9 4K Write 49 4K Mixed 22.5 86% 30.8 MB/s	DQ Read 293 DQ Write 67.1 DQ Mixed 103 96% 154 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 63.8% Great: 76%
Hitachi Deskstar P7K500 250GB-$44 9,759 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 65GB free Firmware: GM2OA52A SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 84 86 83 82 86 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	41.7% Average	Read 60.7 Write 58.5 Mixed 35.3 SusWrite 84.3 44% 59.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.9 161% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 41.7% Great: 50%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 29GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 69 69 69 69 70 70 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	41.2% Average	Read 73.7 Write 78.3 Mixed 52.7 SusWrite 69.5 50% 68.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 168% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 41.2% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-12800CL9-4GBRL 04CD F3-12800CL9-4GBXL 04CD F3-12800CL9-4GBXL 12GB 13 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	43.9% Average	MC Read 14.4 MC Write 14 MC Mixed 13.5 40% 14 GB/s	SC Read 13.5 SC Write 16.3 SC Mixed 14.4 42% 14.7 GB/s	Latency 55.5 72% 55.5 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 43.9% Great: 55%

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Gaming 41%

Speed boat

Desktop 75%

Battleship

Workstation 34%

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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 $109Bench 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 $274	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $42	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