Asus P8Z77-V LX2

Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 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 82.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	19.5% 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	43% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus P8Z77-V LX2 (all builds)
Memory	3.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120810
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 27 '21 at 23:25
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing as expected (41^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-3450-$59 34,199 User benchmarks, average bench 66% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	82.1% Excellent	Memory 93.4 1-Core 80.9 2-Core 212 74% 129 Pts	4-Core 411 8-Core 407 55% 409 Pts	64-Core 385 24% 385 Pts
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 82.1% Great: 76%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7850-$174 49,592 User benchmarks, average bench 19% Asus(1043 042C) 2GB CLim: 860 MHz, MLim: 1200 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 20.10.35.02 Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	19.5% Very poor	Lighting 24.3 Reflection 31.9 Parallax 30.7 20% 29 fps	MRender 26.3 Gravity 21.9 Splatting 21.5 19% 23.2 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 19.5% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M4 128GB-$116 34,516 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 23GB free Firmware: 040H SusWrite @10s intervals: 67 58 60 51 38 51 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	44.8% Average	Read 378 Write 192 Mixed 217 SusWrite 54.3 46% 210 MB/s	4K Read 21.9 4K Write 50.6 4K Mixed 14.9 79% 29.1 MB/s	DQ Read 27.5 DQ Write 108 DQ Mixed 16.7 28% 50.7 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 44.8% Great: 72%
CT1000BX500SSD1 1TB 46,239 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 853GB free (System drive) Firmware: M6CR030 SusWrite @10s intervals: 201 205 212 172 22 25 MB/s Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	43% Average	Read 228 Write 205 Mixed 201 SusWrite 140 44% 193 MB/s	4K Read 19.9 4K Write 43.9 4K Mixed 17.7 76% 27.2 MB/s	DQ Read 23.4 DQ Write 84.3 DQ Mixed 21.7 26% 43.1 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 43% Great: 100%
MD05000-BQDW-RO 500GB 393 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 292GB free Firmware: 12.01C02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 66 58 60 51 38 51 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	35.6% Below average	Read 69.4 Write 65.8 Mixed 51.9 SusWrite 54.2 45% 60.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.9 174% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 35.6% Great: 74%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$50 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 975GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 59 79 82 96 49 40 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	38.7% Below average	Read 67.3 Write 30.4 Mixed 64.9 SusWrite 67.5 43% 57.5 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.3 84% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 38.7% Great: 106%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair ValueSelect DDR3 1333 C9 2x4GB 6,862 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	53.9% Above average	MC Read 19.2 MC Write 19.1 MC Mixed 17.1 53% 18.5 GB/s	SC Read 15.1 SC Write 16 SC Mixed 15.6 44% 15.6 GB/s	Latency 61.2 65% 61.2 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 53.9% Great: 54%

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Gaming 41%

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Desktop 76%

Battleship

Workstation 32%

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Motherboard: Asus P8Z77-V LX2

CPU
Core i5-3570KIntel $136Bench 68%, 185,516 samples	291x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	248x
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	219x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	100x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	97x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	58x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	46x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	37x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	33x

RAM
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	36x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	29x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	26x

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Value: 89% - Excellent

Total price: $280

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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