Asus P8Z77-V LX

Performance Results


Gaming 21% Surfboard	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	21.6% 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	69% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

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	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120508
Uptime	15.4 Days
Run Date	Nov 11 '19 at 22:02
Run Duration	127 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing above expectations (64^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 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	77.2% Very good	Memory 92.9 1-Core 100 2-Core 198 76% 130 Pts	4-Core 359 8-Core 348 48% 353 Pts	64-Core 340 21% 340 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 77.2% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 660-$170 123,956 User benchmarks, average bench 20% EVGA(3842 2662) 2GB CLim: 1280 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 436.48 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	21.6% Poor	Lighting 25.1 Reflection 24.7 Parallax 31.6 20% 27.1 fps	MRender 33.9 Gravity 29.6 Splatting 25.7 24% 29.7 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 21.6% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk S3 1T00 1TB 12,396 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 554GB free (System drive) Firmware: 401100RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 243 332 409 427 434 439 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	69% Good	Read 387 Write 428 Mixed 281 SusWrite 381 83% 369 MB/s	4K Read 18.1 4K Write 43.8 4K Mixed 25.4 83% 29.1 MB/s	DQ Read 128 DQ Write 61 DQ Mixed 79.2 63% 89.6 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 69% Great: 118%
Apricorn SATAWire 6G 120GB 17 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 5GB free Firmware: 1411 SusWrite @10s intervals: 24 29 30 30 30 30 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	9.98% Terrible	Read 33.7 Write 30.2 Mixed 31.5 SusWrite 28.8 7% 31 MB/s	4K Read 6.1 4K Write 7.8 4K Mixed 6.7 22% 6.87 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 9.98% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair XMS3 DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 11,344 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	51% Above average	MC Read 17.5 MC Write 18.2 MC Mixed 16.4 50% 17.4 GB/s	SC Read 13.7 SC Write 16.7 SC Mixed 14.1 42% 14.8 GB/s	Latency 62.3 64% 62.3 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 51% 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 37%

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Desktop 76%

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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