Asus P8Z77-V LK

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (23rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 77 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 44%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Boot Drive	70.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (35%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus P8Z77-V LK (all builds)
Memory	8.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121116
Uptime	1.8 Days
Run Date	Apr 03 '19 at 21:48
Run Duration	172 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	35%

PC Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3770K-$175 165,979 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	44% Average	Memory 44.1 1-Core 83.9 2-Core 154 51% 93.9 Pts	4-Core 236 8-Core 370 37% 303 Pts	64-Core 365 23% 365 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 44% Great: 83%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 730 Series 480GB-$230 5,159 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 46GB free (System drive) Firmware: L2010420 SusWrite @10s intervals: 283 284 276 273 253 279 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	70.6% Very good	Read 292 Write 376 Mixed 264 SusWrite 275 68% 302 MB/s	4K Read 22.2 4K Write 49.9 4K Mixed 28 96% 33.4 MB/s	DQ Read 284 DQ Write 274 DQ Mixed 279 210% 279 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 70.6% Great: 110%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 73GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 85 90 104 99 90 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	55.7% Above average	Read 102 Write 93.5 Mixed 52 SusWrite 92.1 62% 84.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 172% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 55.7% Great: 84%
WD Black 640GB (2008)-$25 19,988 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 106GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 102 104 104 103 104 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	49.5% Average	Read 70 Write 65 Mixed 58.5 SusWrite 102 55% 74 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.9 158% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 49.5% Great: 65%
WD WD4005FZBX-00K5WB0 4TB 14,138 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 1.5TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 172 177 180 175 181 178 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	99.6% Outstanding	Read 169 Write 155 Mixed 93.5 SusWrite 177 109% 149 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 5.2 4K Mixed 1.6 324% 2.67 MB/s
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 99.6% Great: 136%
WD VelociRaptor 300GB-$90 11,249 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 59GB free Firmware: 04.04V06 SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 84 84 84 84 84 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	49.2% Average	Read 87.5 Write 96 Mixed 60.5 SusWrite 83.6 60% 81.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1.1 196% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 49.2% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMV8GX3M2A1600C11 029E CMZ8GX3M1A1600C10 029E CMV8GX3M2A1600C11 16GB 800, 800, 800 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	13.7% Very poor	MC Read 5.5 MC Write 3.8 MC Mixed 4.6 13% 4.63 GB/s	SC Read 3.3 SC Write 2.7 SC Mixed 4.3 10% 3.43 GB/s	Latency 184 22% 184 ns

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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	688x
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	565x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	354x

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	114x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	78x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 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: 80% - Excellent

Total price: $472

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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