Asus Z77-A

Performance Results


Gaming 38% Jet ski	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 31% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (90th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 10 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 84.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	39.3% 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	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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z77-A (all builds)
Memory	5 GB free of 8 GB @ 2 GHz
Display	3840x2160x4294967296 szín, 1920x1080x4294967296 szín
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140318
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 05 '17 at 20:46
Run Duration	135 Seconds
Run User	HUN-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-3570 104,858 User benchmarks, average bench 65% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	84.8% Excellent	Memory 97.2 1-Core 109 2-Core 222 82% 143 Pts	4-Core 420 8-Core 418 56% 419 Pts	64-Core 420 26% 420 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 84.8% Great: 75%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
AMD R9 280X-$500 94,130 User benchmarks, average bench 35% Sapphire(174B 3001) CLim: 1050 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 16.12.1 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	39.3% Below average	Lighting 51.4 Reflection 34.2 Parallax 63.4 42% 49.7 fps	MRender 32.3 Gravity 50 Splatting 42.7 34% 41.7 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 39.3% Great: 39%
Intel HD 2500 (Desktop 1.05 GHz) 146,665 User benchmarks, average bench 1% Asus(1043 84CA) 2GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 10.18.10.4358 Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	1.85% Terrible	Lighting 1.9 Reflection 1.88 Parallax 1.44 2% 1.74 fps	MRender 3.81 Gravity 1.17 Splatting 3.7 2% 2.89 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 1.85% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX930 120GB-$229 1,100 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 66GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.9SE Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 58 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 40 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 45 (A9) Unknown 100 100 262145 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 199 199 4295622659 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1020 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 14 (C2) HDA temperature 75 75 107375689753 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 1175012608 (EA) Unknown 100 100 2464734144 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 739134938 (F2) Unknown 100 100 1081295477	105% Outstanding	Read 516 Write 434 Mixed 464 105% 472 MB/s	4K Read 38.9 4K Write 94.9 4K Mixed 34 153% 55.9 MB/s	DQ Read 288 DQ Write 239 DQ Mixed 43.8 93% 190 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 107%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$34 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 360GB free Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 222135992 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 833 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 82 60 4480925980 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 5223 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 776 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 2 (BD) vendor-specific 84 84 16 (BE) vendor-specific 77 54 387383319 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 68 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 6496 (C2) HDA temperature 23 46 60129542167 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -40454296955825 (F1) Unknown 100 253 38922787673 (F2) Unknown 100 253 975268537051	102% Outstanding	Read 167 Write 188 Mixed 159 129% 171 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.79 4K Mixed 0.26 81% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 2x4GB 1,099 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2000 MHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	68.8% Good	MC Read 25.6 MC Write 24.7 MC Mixed 21.4 68% 23.9 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 18.1 SC Mixed 20 53% 18.6 GB/s	Latency 49.5 81% 49.5 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 68.8% Great: 63%

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Gaming 25%

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Desktop 76%

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Workstation 21%

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Motherboard: Asus Z77-A - $144

CPU
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	112x
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	74x
Core i5-3570KIntel $136Bench 68%, 185,516 samples	72x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	43x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	34x
HD 4000 (Desktop 1.15 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 52,547 samples	28x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	21x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	20x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	14x

RAM
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	11x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	9x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	9x

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Value: 67% - Good

Total price: $580

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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 $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