Asus P8Z77-V LK

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 27% Raft	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 21% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 79.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	36.4% 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)
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 (36%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus P8Z77-V LK (all builds)
Memory	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120801
Uptime	13 Days
Run Date	Aug 25 '20 at 08:56
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	36%

PC Performing as expected (57^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-3450-$59 34,199 User benchmarks, average bench 66% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	79.6% Very good	Memory 89.6 1-Core 105 2-Core 208 77% 134 Pts	4-Core 402 8-Core 413 54% 407 Pts	64-Core 412 26% 412 Pts
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 79.6% Great: 76%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% MSI(1462 3202) CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 432.00 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	36.4% Below average	Lighting 47.1 Reflection 46.5 Parallax 41.4 38% 45 fps	MRender 40 Gravity 42.4 Splatting 37.7 33% 40 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 36.4% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 330 Series 60GB 2,582 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 3GB free (System drive) Firmware: 300i Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable		Read 215 Write 60.5 Mixed 95.8 27% 124 MB/s	4K Read 24.2 4K Write 49.7 4K Mixed 25.2 95% 33 MB/s	DQ Read 96.5 DQ Write 58.2 DQ Mixed 76.7 57% 77.1 MB/s
Poor: 45% Great: 67%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 95GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 100 125 127 122 127 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	72.6% Very good	Read 134 Write 140 Mixed 79.5 SusWrite 118 86% 118 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1.2 238% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 72.6% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 10,124 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	29.1% Poor	MC Read 9.2 MC Write 9.4 MC Mixed 8.2 26% 8.93 GB/s	SC Read 9.3 SC Write 10.1 SC Mixed 8.9 27% 9.43 GB/s	Latency 67.8 59% 67.8 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 29.1% Great: 62%

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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 LK Builds (Compare 2,175 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 41%

Speed boat

Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 32%

Sail boat

Motherboard: Asus P8Z77-V LK - $140

CPU
Core i5-3570KIntel $136Bench 68%, 185,516 samples	685x
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	564x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	354x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	142x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	126x
HD 4000 (Desktop 1.15 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 52,547 samples	114x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	78x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	69x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	63x

RAM
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 54%, 43,127 samples	55x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	47x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples	43x

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Value: 80% - Excellent

Total price: $472

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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