Asus Z77-A

Performance Results


Gaming 53% Yacht	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 42% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 82.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	62.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	84.7% 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 (16%). 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	20140318
Uptime	1.8 Days
Run Date	Feb 17 '19 at 22:18
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	NZL-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing as expected (55^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 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	82.7% Excellent	Memory 93.1 1-Core 108 2-Core 217 80% 139 Pts	4-Core 418 8-Core 418 56% 418 Pts	64-Core 420 26% 420 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 82.7% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Asus(1043 8518) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1443 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	62.3% Good	Lighting 79.4 Reflection 79.8 Parallax 71.7 65% 77 fps	MRender 78.4 Gravity 71.7 Splatting 64.1 58% 71.4 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 62.3% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 359GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 247 321 324 307 304 303 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	84.7% Excellent	Read 403 Write 388 Mixed 311 SusWrite 301 79% 351 MB/s	4K Read 29.8 4K Write 75.3 4K Mixed 48.5 147% 51.2 MB/s	DQ Read 42 DQ Write 115 DQ Mixed 62.5 52% 73.2 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 84.7% Great: 134%
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$25 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 148GB free Firmware: Z22000RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 230 294 334 338 336 336 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	60.9% Good	Read 381 Write 335 Mixed 219 SusWrite 311 70% 312 MB/s	4K Read 21.2 4K Write 76.6 4K Mixed 8.4 83% 35.4 MB/s	DQ Read 28.2 DQ Write 113 DQ Mixed 9 25% 50 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 60.9% Great: 86%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 141 143 144 142 145 144 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	81% Excellent	Read 139 Write 108 Mixed 62.3 SusWrite 143 83% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.9 159% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 81% Great: 114%
TO Exter nal USB 3.0 3TB 246 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 526GB free Firmware: 0104 SusWrite @10s intervals: 132 131 138 139 140 133 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	70.2% Very good	Read 107 Write 146 Mixed 109 SusWrite 136 92% 124 MB/s	4K Read 3.7 4K Write 4 4K Mixed 0.7 306% 2.8 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 70.2% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 27,024 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	51.9% Above average	MC Read 17.6 MC Write 18.5 MC Mixed 16.3 50% 17.5 GB/s	SC Read 14.1 SC Write 18.1 SC Mixed 16.3 46% 16.2 GB/s	Latency 61.9 65% 61.9 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 51.9% Great: 63%

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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%

Battleship

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 $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