Asus P8Q77-M

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 61% Destroyer	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 47% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 82%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	75.7% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at 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	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

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus P8Q77-M (all builds)
Memory	5.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140806
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Aug 27 '21 at 04:34
Run Duration	173 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd 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 (99^th percentile)	82% Excellent	Memory 95.5 1-Core 105 2-Core 205 79% 135 Pts	4-Core 397 8-Core 396 53% 396 Pts	64-Core 390 24% 390 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 82% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% PNY(196E 1511) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing below potential (36^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	75.7% Very good	Lighting 94.8 Reflection 108 Parallax 96.2 77% 99.7 fps	MRender 92.8 Gravity 91.9 Splatting 83.4 73% 89.4 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 75.7% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Blue 2.5" 500GB-$22 80,932 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 384GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 42 26 31 49 48 59 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	27.3% Poor	Read 52.4 Write 50.4 Mixed 28.9 SusWrite 42.4 32% 43.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.6 111% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 27.3% Great: 61%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 931GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 140 170 170 169 171 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	93.7% Outstanding	Read 168 Write 102 Mixed 67 SusWrite 159 91% 124 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1.2 228% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 93.7% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x2GB 536 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	61.8% Good	MC Read 21.6 MC Write 22.5 MC Mixed 19.5 61% 21.2 GB/s	SC Read 17.6 SC Write 17.9 SC Mixed 18.6 52% 18 GB/s	Latency 55.5 72% 55.5 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 61.8% Great: 65%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

SkillBench Score 17: 2R 2G 1B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
17%	25%	20	109	6	60	7.2"	1920 1080	SAM08FE SAMSUNG

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Gaming 31%

Sail boat

Desktop 74%

Battleship

Workstation 25%

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Motherboard: Asus P8Q77-M

CPU
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	43x
Core i5-3470Intel $59Bench 63%, 223,595 samples	23x
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	16x

GPU
GTX 1650Nvidia $155Bench 43%, 259,091 samples	12x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	11x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	10x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	7x
SSDNow UV400 120GBKingston $35Bench 67%, 80,916 samples	6x
840 120GBSamsung $109Bench 61%, 51,792 samples	4x

RAM
16JTF1G64AZ-1G6E1 1x8GBMicronBench 29%, 6,196 samples	7x
ValueSelect DDR3 1333 C9 2x8GBCorsairBench 47%, 2,312 samples	7x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	7x

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Value: 64% - Good

Total price: $480

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) $35	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