Asus P8Z77-V LX

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 76.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	105% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Very high background CPU (36%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus P8Z77-V LX (all builds)
Memory	6.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20140721
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 13 '17 at 16:29
Run Duration	203 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	36%

PC Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-2500K-$246 143,007 User benchmarks, average bench 66% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	76.6% Very good	Memory 91.3 1-Core 98.2 2-Core 189 74% 126 Pts	4-Core 359 8-Core 360 48% 360 Pts	64-Core 362 22% 362 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 76.6% Great: 79%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ AGILITY3 60GB 14,293 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 56GB free Firmware: 2.25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 120 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 45853070862781 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2439 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 86 (B1) Unknown 0 0 3 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 3714 (EA) Unknown 0 0 4145 (F1) Unknown 0 0 4145 (F2) Unknown 0 0 6922	39% Below average	Read 188 Write 58.8 Mixed 84 24% 110 MB/s	4K Read 23.6 4K Write 58.7 4K Mixed 14.1 85% 32.1 MB/s	DQ Read 78.1 DQ Write 58.9 DQ Mixed 18.6 28% 51.9 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 39% Great: 51%
OCZ Vector 150 120GB-$89 1,360 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 52GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 0 0 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6292 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 4520 (AB) Unknown 80 80 41333840 (AE) Unknown 100 100 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (D0) Spin buzz 100 100 221 (D2) Unknown 100 100 1089 (E0) Load friction 100 100 1 (E9) Unknown 93 93 93 (F1) Unknown 100 100 7450 (F2) Unknown 100 100 13793 (F9) Unknown 100 100 302133713	105% Outstanding	Read 518 Write 420 Mixed 434 102% 458 MB/s	4K Read 26.1 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 34.6 144% 58.1 MB/s	DQ Read 292 DQ Write 361 DQ Mixed 93.2 135% 249 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 100%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 596GB free Firmware: HP35 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 196922481 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 88 88 12639 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 4 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 159140306 (09) Power-on hours count 79 79 18828 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 6054 (B4) Unknown 100 100 4183094027 (B7) Unknown 88 88 12 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 52 538902560 (C2) HDA temperature 32 48 51539607584 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 46 18 196922481 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 4 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	57.3% Above average	Read 103 Write 96.3 Mixed 95.1 74% 98.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.37 4K Mixed 0.36 87% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 57.3% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 78,181 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	51.3% Above average	MC Read 18 MC Write 18.3 MC Mixed 16.6 50% 17.6 GB/s	SC Read 12.7 SC Write 16 SC Mixed 15.5 42% 14.7 GB/s	Latency 65.2 61% 65.2 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 51.3% Great: 62%

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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	1,403x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	1,164x
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	1,071x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	374x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	366x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	301x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	214x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	195x
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 $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