Asus Z77-A

Performance Results


Gaming 103% UFO	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 80% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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 85.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	122% 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 Drive	97.8% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z77-A (all builds)
Memory	11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130128
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 20 '19 at 09:33
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing as expected (46^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-3570K-$136 185,516 User benchmarks, average bench 68% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	85.7% Excellent	Memory 91.6 1-Core 118 2-Core 233 84% 147 Pts	4-Core 465 8-Core 446 61% 455 Pts	64-Core 459 28% 459 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 85.7% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6393) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 425.31 Performing below potential (40^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	122% Outstanding	Lighting 167 Reflection 184 Parallax 170 136% 174 fps	MRender 119 Gravity 171 Splatting 118 110% 136 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 137GB free Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 420 307 310 309 309 305 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 485 Write 464 Mixed 445 SusWrite 327 97% 430 MB/s	4K Read 33.9 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 43.9 165% 62.3 MB/s	DQ Read 390 DQ Write 354 DQ Mixed 367 277% 370 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 129%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 76GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 345 195 192 185 190 173 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	97.8% Outstanding	Read 482 Write 463 Mixed 364 SusWrite 214 85% 381 MB/s	4K Read 33.3 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 42.9 160% 59.6 MB/s	DQ Read 387 DQ Write 353 DQ Mixed 368 277% 369 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 97.8% Great: 124%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 129GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 103 103 104 104 103 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	57% Above average	Read 95.2 Write 100 Mixed 77.5 SusWrite 103 69% 93.9 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1.1 211% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 57% Great: 109%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 711GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 152 153 154 154 154 154 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	93.6% Outstanding	Read 172 Write 167 Mixed 70 SusWrite 154 102% 141 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.1 214% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 93.6% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR3 2133 2OZ 2x8GB 1,609 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (24^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	53.6% Above average	MC Read 18.6 MC Write 19.1 MC Mixed 16.9 52% 18.2 GB/s	SC Read 15.3 SC Write 18.6 SC Mixed 16.1 48% 16.7 GB/s	Latency 64.9 62% 64.9 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 53.6% Great: 79%

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Gaming 25%

Surfboard

Desktop 76%

Battleship

Workstation 21%

Surfboard

Motherboard: Asus Z77-A - $144

CPU
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	112x
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	74x
Core i5-3570KIntel $136Bench 68%, 185,516 samples	72x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	43x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	34x
HD 4000 (Desktop 1.15 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 52,547 samples	28x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	21x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	20x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	14x

RAM
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	11x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	9x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	9x

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Value: 67% - Good

Total price: $580

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