Asus SABERTOOTH Z77

Performance Results


Gaming 95% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 78% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	115% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	74% 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.

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Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z77 (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1600 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120803
Uptime	12.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 25 '17 at 08:37
Run Duration	318 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	21%

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PC Performing as expected (56^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3770K-$175 165,979 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	83% Excellent	Memory 94.9 1-Core 116 2-Core 221 83% 144 Pts	4-Core 384 8-Core 576 60% 480 Pts	64-Core 568 35% 568 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 83% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6286) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 376.33 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Lighting 157 Reflection 158 Parallax 148 128% 154 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 147 Splatting 112 102% 125 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 730 Series 480GB-$230 5,159 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 230GB free (System drive) Firmware: L2010420 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 96 96 2 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5505 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 639 (AA) Unknown 99 99 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 4 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 23 (AF) Unknown 100 100 8590459505 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 79 79 353173525 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 23 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 21 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 497726 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 0 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 78 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 79 (E8) Unknown 99 99 0 (E9) Unknown 99 99 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 497726 (F2) Unknown 100 100 531209	74% Very good	Read 369 Write 357 Mixed 371 82% 365 MB/s	4K Read 23.3 4K Write 45.3 4K Mixed 25.6 92% 31.4 MB/s	DQ Read 250 DQ Write 159 DQ Mixed 112 108% 173 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 74% Great: 110%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC24 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 127428840 (03) Spinup time 94 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2818 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 68 55 47313468398 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 9612 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1282 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 60 60 40 (BE) vendor-specific 74 61 124991766554 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 36 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 69 69 62938 (C2) HDA temperature 26 40 -140737488355302 (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 88953067673963 (F1) Unknown 100 253 55119681794 (F2) Unknown 100 253 34554844900	94.8% Outstanding	Read 181 Write 150 Mixed 135 116% 155 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 1.19 4K Mixed 0.25 80% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 94.8% Great: 113%
Seagate Expansion Desk 8TB 11,959 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 1.5TB free Firmware: 9401 Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	61.6% Good	Read 131 Write 82.3 Mixed 82.3 74% 98.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.84 4K Write 6.97 4K Mixed 0.43 211% 2.74 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 61.6% Great: 94%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1TB free Firmware: CC24 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 228705488 (03) Spinup time 93 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2547 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 71 57 12928038008 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 9600 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1282 (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 73 49 202318086171 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 39 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 36 36 128111 (C2) HDA temperature 27 51 -140737488355301 (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 -87995289955490 (F1) Unknown 100 253 51047272642 (F2) Unknown 100 253 55425459632	86% Excellent	Read 162 Write 138 Mixed 134 109% 145 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.18 4K Mixed 0.23 67% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 86% Great: 113%
Samsung Spinpoint F2 1TB-$60 32,476 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 984GB free Firmware: 1AG01118 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 71 71 9530 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6457 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 96 89 105 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 19817 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 287 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2701 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 1 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 81 60 320012307 (C2) HDA temperature 80 58 353566740 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 197153 (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 100 100 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	50.4% Above average	Read 88.5 Write 87.4 Mixed 74.8 63% 83.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 0.87 4K Mixed 0.24 61% 0.51 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 50.4% Great: 58%
Seagate Expansion Desk 5TB 1,232 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2.5TB free, PID 3322 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	55.5% Above average	Read 141 Write 78.8 Mixed 7.58 77% 75.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 5.79 4K Mixed 0.42 214% 2.28 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 55.5% Great: 76%
Seagate Expansion Desk 5TB 1,232 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1.5TB free, PID 3322 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	52.6% Above average	Read 96.1 Write 96 Mixed 28.6 88% 73.6 MB/s	4K Read 1.24 4K Write 5.68 4K Mixed 0.34 210% 2.42 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 52.6% Great: 76%
WD Elements 2TB 35,768 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 1.5TB free, PID 1021 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	18.9% Very poor	Read 35.9 Write 35.5 Mixed 35.9 46% 35.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 1.89 4K Mixed 0.2 73% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 18.9% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M379B5273DH0-YK0 4x4GB 770 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	57.8% Above average	MC Read 21.7 MC Write 20.1 MC Mixed 17.6 57% 19.8 GB/s	SC Read 16.3 SC Write 17.4 SC Mixed 16.5 48% 16.7 GB/s	Latency 57.2 70% 57.2 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 57.8% Great: 112%

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Workstation 49%

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Motherboard: Asus SABERTOOTH Z77 - $210

CPU
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	1,272x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	392x
Core i5-3570KIntel $136Bench 68%, 185,516 samples	377x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	166x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	161x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	155x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	82x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	75x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	74x

RAM
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 54%, 43,127 samples	107x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 20,667 samples	101x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 34,385 samples	65x

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Value: 89% - Excellent

Total price: $612

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