Asus P8Z77-V PRO/THUNDERBOLT

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 78% Battleship	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 77.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	103% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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.

Very high background CPU (32%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus P8Z77-V PRO/THUNDERBOLT (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120508
Uptime	2.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 17 '19 at 05:40
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	32%

PC Performing above expectations (81^st 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-$50 185,516 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)	77.3% Very good	Memory 92.6 1-Core 99.1 2-Core 197 76% 129 Pts	4-Core 364 8-Core 341 48% 352 Pts	64-Core 354 22% 354 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 77.3% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% Asus(1043 8623) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2126 MHz, MLim: 2177 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.12 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Lighting 133 Reflection 147 Parallax 124 109% 135 fps	MRender 105 Gravity 134 Splatting 111 95% 117 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$62 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1TB free (System drive) Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 120 149 169 170 164 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	92.6% Outstanding	Read 174 Write 178 Mixed 83.5 SusWrite 148 107% 146 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 132% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 92.6% Great: 114%
SanDisk Ultra USB 3.0 16GB-$7 19,339 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 15GB free, PID 5581 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 36 39 35 13 13 13 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	35.2% Below average	Read 150 Write 39.5 Mixed 47.7 SusWrite 24.8 70% 65.6 MB/s	4K Read 6.6 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 2 164% 3.57 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 35.2% Great: 35%

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 (67^th percentile)	58.8% Above average	MC Read 20.4 MC Write 22 MC Mixed 19.1 59% 20.5 GB/s	SC Read 15.9 SC Write 17.1 SC Mixed 16.5 47% 16.5 GB/s	Latency 63 64% 63 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 58.8% 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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Typical P8Z77-V PRO/THUNDERBOLT Builds (Compare 162 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 43%

Speed boat

Desktop 79%

Battleship

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

Motherboard: Asus P8Z77-V PRO/THUNDERBOLT

CPU
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	90x
Core i5-3570KIntel $50Bench 68%, 185,516 samples	26x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	21x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	10x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	10x
HD 4000 (Desktop 1.15 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 52,547 samples	8x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	11x
Green 240GB (2018)WD $56Bench 45%, 156,194 samples	8x
SNV2S2000G 2TBKingstonBench 280%, 16,715 samples	5x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x4GBKingstonBench 49%, 26,466 samples	6x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	5x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 54%, 43,127 samples	5x

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Value: 78% - Very good

Total price: $386

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16