Asus Z77-A

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 13% Tree trunk	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


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 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 83.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	12.2% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z77-A (all builds)
Memory	10.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140318
Uptime	4.4 Days
Run Date	Jul 02 '21 at 04:52
Run Duration	355 Seconds
Run User	ARG-User
Background CPU	15%

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 i5-3470-$59 223,595 User benchmarks, average bench 63% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	83.5% Excellent	Memory 94.5 1-Core 106 2-Core 213 80% 138 Pts	4-Core 422 8-Core 407 56% 415 Pts	64-Core 378 23% 378 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 83.5% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GT 1030 185,384 User benchmarks, average bench 14% MSI(1462 8C98) 2GB CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 525 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 471.11 Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	12.2% Very poor	Lighting 15.7 Reflection 10.3 Parallax 14.9 13% 13.6 fps	MRender 5.9 Gravity 17.4 Splatting 15.8 11% 13 fps
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 12.2% Great: 15%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 254GB free (System drive) Firmware: 15.01H15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 25 28 28 27 29 41 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	38.1% Below average	Read 103 Write 113 Mixed 61.6 SusWrite 29.6 57% 76.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.9 151% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 38.1% Great: 69%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$64 143,477 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 455GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 68 69 69 69 71 71 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	43.7% Average	Read 83.1 Write 91.1 Mixed 34 SusWrite 69.4 51% 69.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.4 85% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 43.7% Great: 85%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$64 143,477 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 582GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 111 110 110 112 111 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	62.2% Good	Read 105 Write 95.5 Mixed 71.1 SusWrite 111 70% 95.7 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 0.9 192% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 62.2% Great: 85%
SanDisk Cruzer Glide 3.0 64GB 1,787 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 58GB free, PID 5597, SanDisk Cruzer Glider 3.0 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 26 25 24 25 24 24 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	26.3% Poor	Read 90.5 Write 55.2 Mixed 31.6 SusWrite 24.7 60% 50.5 MB/s	4K Read 4.3 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 2.4 172% 2.97 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 26.3% Great: 28%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 10,150 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	62.4% Good	MC Read 22 MC Write 22.4 MC Mixed 20.2 62% 21.5 GB/s	SC Read 18 SC Write 18.3 SC Mixed 19.1 53% 18.5 GB/s	Latency 58.5 68% 58.5 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 62.4% Great: 63%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

SkillBench Score 73: 9R 7G 7B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
73%	33%	70	163	118	60	22"	1680 1050	DELF011 DELL 2209WA

History: Score 44: 5R 5G 4B | Score 53: 7R 4G 6B | Score 56: 7R 4G 9B | Score 73: 9R 7G 7B

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Typical Z77-A Builds (Compare 491 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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