Asus Z77-A

Performance Results


Gaming 31% Sail boat	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 25% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 86.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	31.8% 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	33.3% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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 (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z77-A (all builds)
Memory	4.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130823
Uptime	9.9 Days
Run Date	Oct 04 '17 at 19:57
Run Duration	250 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing above expectations (68^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, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	86.2% Excellent	Memory 93.7 1-Core 114 2-Core 229 83% 146 Pts	4-Core 455 8-Core 456 61% 456 Pts	64-Core 457 28% 457 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280X-$500 94,130 User benchmarks, average bench 35% Sapphire(174B 3001) CLim: 1020 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 17.9.3 Performing below potential (18^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	31.8% Below average	Lighting 41.4 Reflection 27.7 Parallax 52.4 34% 40.5 fps	MRender 27 Gravity 40.7 Splatting 34.6 28% 34.1 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 31.8% Great: 39%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Ocz-vertex2 3.5 115GB 2,637 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 67GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.28 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 107 99 15003087 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 121985661141259 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 115 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 33 (B1) Unknown 0 0 0 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 129 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 107 99 15003087 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 832 (EA) Unknown 0 0 448 (F1) Unknown 0 0 448 (F2) Unknown 0 0 320	33.3% Below average	Read 239 Write 63.7 Mixed 91.9 29% 132 MB/s	4K Read 15.1 4K Write 44.2 4K Mixed 11.1 60% 23.4 MB/s	DQ Read 22.1 DQ Write 67.2 DQ Mixed 6.24 16% 31.9 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 33.3% Great: 49%
Samsung HD322GJ 320GB 9,769 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 298GB free Firmware: 1AR10001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 1 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 84 84 4888 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2645 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3650 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2402 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 21 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 64 146029412379 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 2 (DF) Load/unload retry count 252 252 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 2684	87.9% Excellent	Read 149 Write 157 Mixed 150 114% 152 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 2.65 4K Mixed 0.43 126% 1.26 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 87.9% Great: 81%
Hitachi HDT725032VLA360 320GB 4,752 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 208GB free Firmware: V54OA7EA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 110 110 25792086356 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 7721 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 9997 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 7603 (C0) Power-off retract count 94 94 7742 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 7742 (C2) HDA temperature 157 157 214748954662 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 1 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 253 0	39.4% Below average	Read 70.2 Write 66.7 Mixed 66.3 51% 67.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 1.82 4K Mixed 0.36 99% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 39.4% Great: 40%
USB DISK 3.0 64GB 1,557 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 29GB free, PID 5500 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	9.75% Terrible	Read 31.6 Write 11.3 Mixed 9.94 18% 17.6 MB/s	4K Read 3.86 4K Write 0.58 4K Mixed 0.44 49% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 9.75% Great: 41%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair XMS3 DDR3 1333 C9 2x4GB 7,510 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	54.3% Above average	MC Read 18.5 MC Write 19.5 MC Mixed 16.9 52% 18.3 GB/s	SC Read 15.2 SC Write 19.1 SC Mixed 16.9 49% 17.1 GB/s	Latency 60.5 66% 60.5 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 54.3% Great: 54%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 25%

Surfboard

Desktop 76%

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Workstation 21%

Surfboard

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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	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