Asus Z77-A

Performance Results


Gaming 53% Yacht	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 43% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 79.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	64.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	142% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
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.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z77-A (all builds)
Memory	24.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140318
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Apr 10 '17 at 18:17
Run Duration	198 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2600-$187 185,630 User benchmarks, average bench 67% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	79.4% Very good	Memory 91.3 1-Core 106 2-Core 192 76% 130 Pts	4-Core 371 8-Core 491 55% 431 Pts	64-Core 459 28% 459 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 79.4% Great: 74%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Gigabyte(1458 3673) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1443 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 381.65 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	64.9% Good	Lighting 84 Reflection 81.3 Parallax 71.6 68% 79 fps	MRender 77 Gravity 72.8 Splatting 64.9 58% 71.6 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 64.9% Great: 66%
Intel HD 2000 (Desktop 1.1 GHz) 150,891 User benchmarks, average bench 1% Asus(1043 84CA) 2GB Driver: igdumd64.dll Ver. 9.17.10.4459 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	1.29% Terrible	Lighting 1.37 Reflection 1.77 Parallax 1.19 1% 1.44 fps	MRender 2.29 Gravity 1 Splatting 2.48 2% 1.92 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 1.29% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 1TB 11,317 User benchmarks, average bench 264% 636GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	142% Outstanding	Read 953 Write 948 Mixed 953 213% 951 MB/s	4K Read 32.8 4K Write 58.2 4K Mixed 30.7 120% 40.6 MB/s	DQ Read 36.5 DQ Write 398 DQ Mixed 169 145% 201 MB/s
Poor: 120% ↑ This bench: 142% Great: 445%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 2TB 13,609 User benchmarks, average bench 146% 1.5TB free Firmware: 1.0. Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	188% Outstanding	Read 369 Write 285 Mixed 218 216% 290 MB/s	4K Read 3.5 4K Write 4.35 4K Mixed 0.45 276% 2.77 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 188% Great: 213%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 1TB 8,981 User benchmarks, average bench 108% 875GB free Firmware: 1.0. Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	131% Outstanding	Read 216 Write 240 Mixed 174 157% 210 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 3.2 4K Mixed 0.56 151% 1.49 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 131% Great: 184%
SanDisk Ultra 124GB 3,905 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 65GB free, PID 5581 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	42.1% Average	Read 138 Write 72.6 Mixed 86.1 115% 98.8 MB/s	4K Read 3.68 4K Write 1.75 4K Mixed 0.82 101% 2.08 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 42.1% Great: 36%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 994017 4x8GB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	46.5% Average	MC Read 15.5 MC Write 16.2 MC Mixed 14.4 44% 15.4 GB/s	SC Read 13.6 SC Write 16.9 SC Mixed 15.1 43% 15.2 GB/s	Latency 65.3 61% 65.3 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 46.5% Great: 52%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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%

Surfboard

Motherboard: Asus Z77-A - $144

CPU
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	112x
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	75x
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 $76Bench 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: 68% - Good

Total price: $576

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	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 $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16