Asus P8Z77-V LX

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 49% Yacht	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 40% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 68.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	72% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent 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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

21 months ago, 21 months ago, 19 months ago, 19 months ago, 16 months ago, 14 months ago, 14 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus P8Z77-V LX (all builds)
Memory	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120418
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Oct 13 '22 at 07:32
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	PHL-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3770-$297 278,207 User benchmarks, average bench 69% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	68.9% Good	Memory 82.2 1-Core 96.4 2-Core 178 69% 119 Pts	4-Core 300 8-Core 453 47% 377 Pts	64-Core 471 29% 471 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 68.9% Great: 76%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3050-$230 43,922 User benchmarks, average bench 75% Asus(1043 887C) CLim: 2115 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 517.48 Performing below potential (24^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	72% Very good	Lighting 97.1 Reflection 80.4 Parallax 85.8 79% 87.8 fps	MRender 82.6 Gravity 71.4 Splatting 63.4 58% 72.5 fps
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 72% Great: 79%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Ramsta S800 120GB 1,678 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 4GB free Firmware: RY29V0 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 246 Write 231 Mixed 216 52% 231 MB/s	4K Read 24.5 4K Write 48.4 4K Mixed 11.5 78% 28.1 MB/s	DQ Read 150 DQ Write 166 DQ Mixed 15.8 51% 110 MB/s
Poor: 34% Great: 79%
Seagate ST3250310AS 250GB-$44 34,705 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 9GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3.AAE SusWrite @10s intervals: 51 66 50 78 82 81 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	41.9% Average	Read 77.9 Write 82.9 Mixed 45.1 SusWrite 68 50% 68.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.8 138% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 41.9% Great: 54%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 56GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 109 110 108 110 109 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	78.6% Very good	Read 165 Write 168 Mixed 77.4 SusWrite 109 95% 130 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.6 130% 1 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 78.6% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 2,134 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	54.8% Above average	MC Read 20.3 MC Write 19.7 MC Mixed 17 54% 19 GB/s	SC Read 16.4 SC Write 17.6 SC Mixed 16.7 48% 16.9 GB/s	Latency 76.5 52% 76.5 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 54.8% 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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Gaming 37%

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Desktop 76%

Battleship

Workstation 29%

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Motherboard: Asus P8Z77-V LX

CPU
Core i5-3570KIntel $136Bench 68%, 185,516 samples	1,413x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	1,169x
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	1,076x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	376x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	368x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	305x

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 $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16