Asus P8Z77-V LK

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU, SSD
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
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 (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus P8Z77-V LK (all builds)
Memory	10.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140321
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 26 '20 at 18:55
Run Duration	123 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing as expected (59^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-3570K-$50 185,516 User benchmarks, average bench 68% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	77.5% Very good	Memory 81.3 1-Core 113 2-Core 227 78% 141 Pts	4-Core 423 8-Core 442 57% 433 Pts	64-Core 440 27% 440 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 77.5% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4000 (Desktop 1.15 GHz)-$15 52,547 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Asus(1043 84CA) 3GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 10.18.10.5146 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 180GB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 107% 83GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 53 65 64 64 69 66 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	31.8% Below average	Read 46.2 Write 3.5 Mixed 22.2 SusWrite 63.5 25% 33.8 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 3.8 4K Mixed 2.9 443% 2.63 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 31.8% Great: 168%
WD Blue 400GB (2007)-$42 1,778 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 144GB free Firmware: 12.01C01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 58 60 59 61 60 60 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	34.2% Below average	Read 58.9 Write 63.4 Mixed 46.1 SusWrite 59.7 42% 57 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.9 169% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 34.2% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 34,385 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	58.4% Above average	MC Read 21.1 MC Write 21.4 MC Mixed 18.3 58% 20.3 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 18.8 SC Mixed 19.2 54% 18.7 GB/s	Latency 78.2 51% 78.2 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 58.4% 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 41%

Speed boat

Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 32%

Sail boat

Motherboard: Asus P8Z77-V LK - $140

CPU
Core i5-3570KIntel $50Bench 68%, 185,516 samples	696x
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	570x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	358x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	143x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	129x
HD 4000 (Desktop 1.15 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 52,547 samples	116x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	78x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $137Bench 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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Intel Core i5-13600K $249	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $79
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4070 $520	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $383