Asus P8Z77-V LX

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 11% Tree trunk	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (93rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 7 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 86%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	9.64% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus P8Z77-V LX (all builds)
Memory	4 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140721
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jul 15 '19 at 21:44
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing way above expectations (93^rd 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)	86% Excellent	Memory 93.8 1-Core 116 2-Core 233 84% 148 Pts	4-Core 452 8-Core 456 61% 454 Pts	64-Core 448 28% 448 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 86% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 550-Ti-$250 54,392 User benchmarks, average bench 9% Asus(1043 83C2) 1GB CLim: 900 MHz, MLim: 1026 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	9.64% Terrible	Lighting 10.8 Reflection 12.7 Parallax 9.09 9% 10.9 fps	MRender 14.9 Gravity 11.3 Splatting 14.8 11% 13.7 fps
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 9.64% Great: 9%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SA400S37960G 480GB 403GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFKB1C3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 292 205 292 191 257 259 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples		Read 156 Write 88.5 Mixed 254 SusWrite 249 42% 187 MB/s	4K Read 25.8 4K Write 80.3 4K Mixed 31.5 122% 45.9 MB/s	DQ Read 231 DQ Write 323 DQ Mixed 192 169% 249 MB/s

Kingston SA400S37480G 960GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 636GB free Firmware: SBFK61F1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 407 421 407 383 99 101 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples		Read 464 Write 433 Mixed 353 SusWrite 303 87% 388 MB/s	4K Read 30 4K Write 81 4K Mixed 33.5 131% 48.2 MB/s	DQ Read 315 DQ Write 351 DQ Mixed 234 203% 300 MB/s
Poor: 58% Great: 103%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 3TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 168 169 171 175 176 177 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 40% Great: 90%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 1TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 145 152 152 152 152 152 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	86.8% Excellent	Read 152 Write 130 Mixed 61.3 SusWrite 151 90% 123 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 155% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 86.8% Great: 96%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5471-012.A00LF 2x4GB 7,477 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	54.5% Above average	MC Read 18.9 MC Write 19.2 MC Mixed 16.9 52% 18.3 GB/s	SC Read 15.9 SC Write 18.4 SC Mixed 17.6 49% 17.3 GB/s	Latency 60.2 66% 60.2 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 54.5% Great: 54%

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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 37%

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Desktop 76%

Battleship

Workstation 29%

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Motherboard: Asus P8Z77-V LX

CPU
Core i5-3570KIntel $136Bench 68%, 185,516 samples	1,406x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	1,166x
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	1,071x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	375x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	366x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	302x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	214x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	196x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	149x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	138x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples	131x
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	105x

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Value: 64% - Good

Total price: $364

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