Asus P8Z77-V LK

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	24% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus P8Z77-V LK (all builds)
Memory	4.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20131107
Uptime	2.3 Days
Run Date	Jul 31 '16 at 05:27
Run Duration	115 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-3570K-$136 185,516 User benchmarks, average bench 68% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	73.5% Very good	Memory 86.4 1-Core 101 2-Core 200 74% 129 Pts	4-Core 346 8-Core 374 48% 360 Pts	64-Core 384 24% 384 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 73.5% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 660-Ti-$362 42,960 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Asus(1043 841E) 2GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.5582 Performing below potential (23^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	24% Poor	Lighting 29.9 Reflection 27.9 Parallax 34.6 24% 30.8 fps	MRender 36 Gravity 28 Splatting 23.7 23% 29.2 fps
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 24% Great: 29%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$90 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 100 38454160 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 105 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 139937 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 697 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 107 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 67 538312735 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 3 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 255 (C2) HDA temperature 31 40 77309411359 (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 25207163061141 (F1) Unknown 100 253 835094672 (F2) Unknown 100 253 29637031	86.6% Excellent	Read 123 Write 178 Mixed 137 110% 146 MB/s	4K Read 0.79 4K Write 5.34 4K Mixed 0.79 220% 2.31 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 86.6% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$27 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 321GB free (System drive) Firmware: HP13 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 144189520 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2227 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 73 60 81958713316 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 8226 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2220 (B4) Unknown 100 100 4286293000 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 63 4866900001 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 31 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 91 91 19774 (C2) HDA temperature 33 40 -140737488355295 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	86.6% Excellent	Read 152 Write 150 Mixed 127 107% 143 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.25 72% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 86.6% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 16,472 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	56.3% Above average	MC Read 21.3 MC Write 20.9 MC Mixed 18.5 58% 20.2 GB/s	SC Read 13.3 SC Write 13.7 SC Mixed 13.9 39% 13.6 GB/s	Latency 70.9 56% 70.9 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 56.3% Great: 63%

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Gaming 41%

Speed boat

Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 32%

Sail boat

Motherboard: Asus P8Z77-V LK - $140

CPU
Core i5-3570KIntel $136Bench 68%, 185,516 samples	694x
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	568x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	355x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	143x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	127x
HD 4000 (Desktop 1.15 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 52,547 samples	115x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	78x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	69x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	63x

RAM
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 54%, 43,127 samples	55x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	47x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples	43x

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Value: 81% - Excellent

Total price: $468

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16