Asus P8Z77-V PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 24% Surfboard	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 21% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (34th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 66 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	23.2% 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	52.4% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Motherboard	Asus P8Z77-V PRO (all builds)
Memory	13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120502
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Sep 15 '19 at 23:32
Run Duration	153 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3770K-$175 165,979 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	87.7% Excellent	Memory 91.2 1-Core 117 2-Core 236 84% 148 Pts	4-Core 465 8-Core 591 68% 528 Pts	64-Core 589 36% 589 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 87.7% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 660-Ti-$362 42,960 User benchmarks, average bench 26% EVGA(3842 3660) 2GB CLim: 1202 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	23.2% Poor	Lighting 26.1 Reflection 25.5 Parallax 30.2 21% 27.3 fps	MRender 39.6 Gravity 36.4 Splatting 26.3 27% 34.1 fps
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 23.2% Great: 29%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 120GB-$109 51,792 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 5GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXT06B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 68 51 45 88 106 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	52.4% Above average	Read 358 Write 43.7 Mixed 73.3 SusWrite 75.9 30% 138 MB/s	4K Read 24.9 4K Write 47.4 4K Mixed 16.8 84% 29.7 MB/s	DQ Read 325 DQ Write 55.8 DQ Mixed 48.7 72% 143 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 52.4% Great: 73%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC4H SusWrite @10s intervals: 133 136 139 138 138 140 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	78% Very good	Read 134 Write 108 Mixed 82.2 SusWrite 138 85% 116 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.7 126% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 78% Great: 114%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$65 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 15GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 62 62 62 62 63 73 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	42.2% Average	Read 82.3 Write 82.5 Mixed 62.3 SusWrite 64.1 54% 72.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.7 147% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 42.2% Great: 57%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$65 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 2GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 39 40 40 40 40 50 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	24% Poor	Read 41.5 Write 37.8 Mixed 35.8 SusWrite 41.6 29% 39.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.6 123% 1 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 24% Great: 57%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 43,127 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (28^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	52.4% Above average	MC Read 18.6 MC Write 18 MC Mixed 16.1 50% 17.6 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 19.4 SC Mixed 16.8 49% 17.2 GB/s	Latency 65.4 61% 65.4 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 52.4% Great: 63%

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Gaming 39%

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Desktop 79%

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Workstation 32%

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Motherboard: Asus P8Z77-V PRO - $400

CPU
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	826x
Core i5-3570KIntel $136Bench 68%, 185,516 samples	552x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	314x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	139x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	138x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	125x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	112x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $160Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	71x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	68x

RAM
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 34,385 samples	61x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 20,667 samples	59x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 54%, 43,127 samples	42x

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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $855

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