Asus Z77-A

Performance Results


Gaming 32% Sail boat	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 25% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 76.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	35.7% 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)
Boot Drive	96.8% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

8 years ago, 8 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z77-A (all builds)
Memory	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140318
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 16 '15 at 12:12
Run Duration	322 Seconds
Run User	BEL-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-3340-$278 8,792 User benchmarks, average bench 66% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	76.1% Very good	Memory 92.3 1-Core 91.8 2-Core 181 72% 122 Pts	4-Core 348 8-Core 348 46% 348 Pts	64-Core 346 21% 346 Pts
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 76.1% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% MSI(1462 3202) Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.5906 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	35.7% Below average	Lighting 46.8 Reflection 44.3 Parallax 38.9 38% 43.4 fps	MRender 37.3 Gravity 40.3 Splatting 35.9 31% 37.8 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 35.7% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force GS 128GB-$150 5,048 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 91GB free Firmware: 5.07 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 4580118 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 -18193481459741 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2149 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 372 (B1) Unknown 0 0 4 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 29 57 60133277725 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 4580118 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 4580118 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 4580118 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 10986 (EA) Unknown 0 0 11840 (F1) Unknown 0 0 11840 (F2) Unknown 0 0 18478	64.6% Good	Read 395 Write 229 Mixed 255 65% 293 MB/s	4K Read 23.6 4K Write 56.1 4K Mixed 17.4 88% 32.4 MB/s	DQ Read 197 DQ Write 204 DQ Mixed 46.5 77% 149 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 64.6% Great: 86%
Samsung 850 Pro 128GB-$65 18,195 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 90GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 625 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 315 (B1) Unknown 99 99 13 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 60 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 130 (F1) Unknown 99 99 2362842839	96.8% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 491 Mixed 496 112% 501 MB/s	4K Read 26.4 4K Write 60.5 4K Mixed 34.3 116% 40.4 MB/s	DQ Read 250 DQ Write 203 DQ Mixed 113 116% 189 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 96.8% Great: 119%
Linux File-CD Gadget 4GB 18 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 3GB free, PID 1037 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	29.4% Poor	Read 32.5 Write 21.1 Mixed 22.8 31% 25.5 MB/s	4K Read 12.3 4K Write 5.58 4K Mixed 6.62 461% 8.17 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 29.4% Great: 29%
Linux File-CD Gadget 2GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 1GB free, PID 1037 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	9.26% Terrible	Read 33.2 Write 6.65 Mixed 8.73 16% 16.2 MB/s	4K Read 12.6 4K Write 0.003 4K Mixed 4.2 190% 5.61 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 9.26% Great: 12%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5402-031.A00LF 9905584-015.A00LF 99U5402-031.A00LF 99U5584-005.A00LF 16GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	59.5% Above average	MC Read 21.8 MC Write 22.2 MC Mixed 18 59% 20.7 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 16.6 SC Mixed 17.7 49% 17.1 GB/s	Latency 63.5 63% 63.5 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 59.5% Great: 60%

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

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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	75x
Core i5-3570KIntel $50Bench 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 i5-12600K $164	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $150
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $89
Intel Core i5-13600K $245	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $359