Asus P8Z77-V LX

Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 79.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	3.37% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	85% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus P8Z77-V LX (all builds)
Memory	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130201
Uptime	17.3 Days
Run Date	Dec 04 '21 at 06:00
Run Duration	148 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-3470-$59 223,595 User benchmarks, average bench 63% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	79.7% Very good	Memory 89.6 1-Core 102 2-Core 204 76% 132 Pts	4-Core 406 8-Core 397 54% 401 Pts	64-Core 406 25% 406 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 79.7% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 630 60,212 User benchmarks, average bench 4% MSI(1462 8A90) ≥ 4GB CLim: 810 MHz, MLim: 250 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	3.37% Terrible	Lighting 4.1 Reflection 4.9 Parallax 1.2 3% 3.4 fps	MRender 4.3 Gravity 4.7 Splatting 3.7 3% 4.23 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.37% Great: 5%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WDS250G2B0A 250GB 4,642 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 152GB free (System drive) Firmware: X61190WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 254 205 203 196 199 210 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	85% Excellent	Read 472 Write 445 Mixed 326 SusWrite 211 81% 363 MB/s	4K Read 29.5 4K Write 60.2 4K Mixed 34.8 121% 41.5 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 328 DQ Mixed 270 225% 325 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 85% Great: 105%
WDC WD20EZAZ-00GGJB0 2TB 47,517 User benchmarks, average bench 19% 769GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 145 143 144 143 145 145 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	19.4% Very poor	Read 183 Write 144 Mixed 121 SusWrite 144 33% 148 MB/s	4K Read 3.5 4K Write 9.1 4K Mixed 0.7 11% 4.43 MB/s	DQ Read 0.8 DQ Write 11 DQ Mixed 1 2% 4.27 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 19.4% Great: 23%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 362GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 136 136 137 136 136 137 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	80.3% Excellent	Read 143 Write 124 Mixed 80.6 SusWrite 136 89% 121 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1.1 217% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 80.3% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5471-056.A00LF 859B CT102464BA160B.C16 16GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	62.6% Good	MC Read 23.3 MC Write 23 MC Mixed 19 62% 21.8 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 18.7 SC Mixed 19.9 55% 19.1 GB/s	Latency 67.7 59% 67.7 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 62.6% Great: 63%

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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	1,407x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	1,167x
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	1,074x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	375x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	367x
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 $269	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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