Asus Z77-A

Performance Results


Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 86.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	5% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	80.3% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z77-A (all builds)
Memory	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20140318
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Feb 24 '17 at 16:34
Run Duration	394 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2600K-$319 147,533 User benchmarks, average bench 71% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	86.2% Excellent	Memory 95.5 1-Core 116 2-Core 233 84% 148 Pts	4-Core 416 8-Core 592 63% 504 Pts	64-Core 592 37% 592 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 6570 19,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Gigabyte(1458 2558) 2GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.301.1901.0 Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	5% Terrible	Lighting 6.27 Reflection 6.12 Parallax 4.56 5% 5.65 fps	MRender 6.62 Gravity 5.23 Splatting 5.78 5% 5.88 fps
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 5% Great: 5%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung MZ7TE256HMHP-000 256GB 704 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 161GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 17119 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1047 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 91 91 101 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 4388 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 44 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 88 88 11542 (E9) Unknown 199 199 44 (EA) Unknown 100 99 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 413 (EC) Unknown 99 99 69 (ED) Unknown 99 99 101 (EE) Unknown 100 100 0	80.3% Excellent	Read 515 Write 262 Mixed 341 82% 373 MB/s	4K Read 30.9 4K Write 69.6 4K Mixed 15.7 104% 38.7 MB/s	DQ Read 374 DQ Write 245 DQ Mixed 41 103% 220 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 80.3% Great: 83%
Seagate ST31000525SV 1TB-$155 2,311 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 747GB free Firmware: CV12 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 174806752 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9880 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 86 60 426376618 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 12453 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4763 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 138 (BC) Unknown 100 94 25770262601 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 45 437256218 (C2) HDA temperature 26 55 17179869210 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 50 39 174806752 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 161 217	56.7% Above average	Read 104 Write 93.5 Mixed 95.4 74% 97.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.82 4K Write 1.54 4K Mixed 0.59 128% 0.98 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 56.7% Great: 70%
WD My Passport 0820 1.5TB 683 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 1TB free, PID 0820 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	33.7% Below average	Read 79 Write 79.2 Mixed 72.5 99% 76.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 1.59 4K Mixed 0.21 63% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 33.7% Great: 39%
SanDisk Cruzer Blade 4GB 7,184 User benchmarks, average bench 9% 3GB free, PID 5567 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	7.61% Terrible	Read 18.3 Write 2.91 Mixed 4.57 8% 8.61 MB/s	4K Read 4.84 4K Write 1.03 4K Mixed 1.2 94% 2.36 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 7.61% Great: 12%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C7 4x4GB 838 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	52.2% Above average	MC Read 17.6 MC Write 17.7 MC Mixed 15.9 49% 17.1 GB/s	SC Read 15.3 SC Write 19.9 SC Mixed 17.3 50% 17.5 GB/s	Latency 55.5 72% 55.5 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 52.2% Great: 85%

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Typical Z77-A Builds (Compare 491 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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 $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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