Asus P8Z77-M

Performance Results


Gaming 31% Sail boat	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 26% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 76.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	34.3% 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	87.5% 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

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus P8Z77-M (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120607
Uptime	23.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 06 '18 at 23:20
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3770K-$175 165,979 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	76.4% Very good	Memory 94.4 1-Core 108 2-Core 209 80% 137 Pts	4-Core 316 8-Core 519 51% 418 Pts	64-Core 514 32% 514 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 76.4% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Gigabyte(1458 3690) 2GB CLim: 1430 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	34.3% Below average	Lighting 44.4 Reflection 43 Parallax 38.8 36% 42.1 fps	MRender 39.4 Gravity 39.5 Splatting 34.7 31% 37.9 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 34.3% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Vertex 4 256GB-$400 12,355 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 52GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.5 SusWrite @10s intervals: 392 404 410 414 290 144 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	87.5% Excellent	Read 372 Write 414 Mixed 275 SusWrite 342 79% 351 MB/s	4K Read 25.4 4K Write 89.3 4K Mixed 28.6 122% 47.8 MB/s	DQ Read 339 DQ Write 324 DQ Mixed 317 242% 327 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 87.5% Great: 106%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 331GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 106 109 109 108 107 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	59.7% Above average	Read 100 Write 93.9 Mixed 71.2 SusWrite 107 69% 93.2 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1 200% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 59.7% Great: 85%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 1.5TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 164 167 169 170 170 170 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	96.6% Outstanding	Read 168 Write 166 Mixed 92.6 SusWrite 168 109% 149 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 3.6 4K Mixed 1.1 231% 1.9 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 96.6% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 43,127 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	60.4% Good	MC Read 22 MC Write 20.9 MC Mixed 19 59% 20.6 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 18.8 SC Mixed 19.2 53% 18.6 GB/s	Latency 58.7 68% 58.7 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 60.4% 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 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 $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 $273	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 $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 $40	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