Asus Z77-A

Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 63.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	27.2% 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	61% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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.

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Motherboard	Asus Z77-A (all builds)
Memory	5.5 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130128
Uptime	6.9 Days
Run Date	Apr 21 '18 at 01:43
Run Duration	115 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	26%

PC Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-3350P-$60 21,413 User benchmarks, average bench 65% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	63.8% Good	Memory 68.5 1-Core 93.6 2-Core 188 65% 117 Pts	4-Core 334 8-Core 376 46% 355 Pts	64-Core 281 17% 281 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 63.8% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 760-$209 161,132 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Zotac(19DA 4265) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1215 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	27.2% Poor	Lighting 31.7 Reflection 29.6 Parallax 37 26% 32.8 fps	MRender 41 Gravity 37.3 Splatting 32.8 30% 37 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 27.2% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 49GB free (System drive) Firmware: 525ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 134395505 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 64 64 -125000728151245 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 308 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 113 (B1) Unknown 0 0 4 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 80 80 20 (BD) vendor-specific 30 43 51542425630 (C2) HDA temperature 30 43 51542425630 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 134395505 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 134395505 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 134395505 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 25854 (EA) Unknown 0 0 13975 (F1) Unknown 0 0 13975 (F2) Unknown 0 0 25311	61% Good	Read 505 Write 224 Mixed 304 76% 344 MB/s	4K Read 20.2 4K Write 59.6 4K Mixed 12.3 78% 30.7 MB/s	DQ Read 26.6 DQ Write 174 DQ Mixed 7.89 33% 69.4 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 61% Great: 85%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 414GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 177 173 2133 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6359 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 58 58 31351 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 310 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 79 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 6279 (C2) HDA temperature 113 97 30 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 87 87 9820 (F1) Unknown 200 200 7507306792 (F2) Unknown 200 200 4325459505	83.4% Excellent	Read 161 Write 129 Mixed 111 100% 134 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 0.25 108% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 83.4% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905403-447.A00LF Samsung M378B5173DB0-CK0 9905403-447.A00LF 12GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	31.8% Below average	MC Read 10.2 MC Write 11.9 MC Mixed 10.3 31% 10.8 GB/s	SC Read 9 SC Write 9.1 SC Mixed 10.8 28% 9.63 GB/s	Latency 105 38% 105 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 31.8% Great: 43%

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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	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 $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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