Asus P8Z77-V LX

Performance Results


Gaming 23% Surfboard	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 81.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	21.7% 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	91.6% 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	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

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

Motherboard	Asus P8Z77-V LX (all builds)
Memory	5.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120214
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 02 '20 at 11:33
Run Duration	152 Seconds
Run User	ZAF-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-3570K-$136 185,516 User benchmarks, average bench 68% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	81.3% Excellent	Memory 88.8 1-Core 89.6 2-Core 212 74% 130 Pts	4-Core 427 8-Core 425 57% 426 Pts	64-Core 425 26% 425 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 81.3% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7790 8,590 User benchmarks, average bench 20% MSI(1462 2930) 1GB CLim: 1050 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 19.20 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	21.7% Poor	Lighting 25.9 Reflection 29.2 Parallax 30.8 21% 28.6 fps	MRender 27 Gravity 24.4 Splatting 31.3 23% 27.6 fps
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 21.7% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HyperX Savage 240GB-$120 39,518 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 180GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM00.U SusWrite @10s intervals: 429 440 440 449 339 448 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	91.6% Outstanding	Read 472 Write 460 Mixed 321 SusWrite 424 94% 419 MB/s	4K Read 20.3 4K Write 51.6 4K Mixed 31.2 98% 34.4 MB/s	DQ Read 358 DQ Write 363 DQ Mixed 69.7 132% 263 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 91.6% Great: 111%
Kingston HyperX 3K 240GB-$70 27,495 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 105GB free Firmware: 506ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 139 140 117 143 143 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	69% Good	Read 323 Write 224 Mixed 208 SusWrite 134 50% 222 MB/s	4K Read 27.7 4K Write 61.8 4K Mixed 33.1 117% 40.9 MB/s	DQ Read 296 DQ Write 229 DQ Mixed 163 149% 229 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 69% Great: 94%
SanDisk Ultra II 240GB-$40 53,931 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 223GB free Firmware: X41100RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 230 231 216 196 199 200 MB/s Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	55.1% Above average	Read 244 Write 233 Mixed 211 SusWrite 212 51% 225 MB/s	4K Read 19.7 4K Write 30.5 4K Mixed 22.7 75% 24.3 MB/s	DQ Read 208 DQ Write 197 DQ Mixed 193 147% 199 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 55.1% Great: 101%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 9,994 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	62.3% Good	MC Read 22.7 MC Write 22.5 MC Mixed 20 62% 21.7 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 18.8 SC Mixed 18.8 54% 18.8 GB/s	Latency 68.7 58% 68.7 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 62.3% Great: 62%

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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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Desktop 76%

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Workstation 29%

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Motherboard: Asus P8Z77-V LX

CPU
Core i5-3570KIntel $136Bench 68%, 185,516 samples	1,406x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	1,167x
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	1,072x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	375x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	366x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	302x

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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	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) $37	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