Asus SABERTOOTH Z77

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 53% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	92.5% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z77 (all builds)
Memory	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20130813
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Aug 14 '17 at 20:33
Run Duration	325 Seconds
Run User	RUS-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2600-$197 185,630 User benchmarks, average bench 67% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	74.5% Very good	Memory 91.7 1-Core 89.1 2-Core 178 71% 120 Pts	4-Core 311 8-Core 456 48% 384 Pts	64-Core 457 28% 457 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 74.5% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3701) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 373.6 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.5% Outstanding	Lighting 119 Reflection 122 Parallax 103 97% 115 fps	MRender 101 Gravity 106 Splatting 103 85% 103 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 92.5% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Green 1.5TB (2010)-$170 41,439 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 42GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 182 179 5891 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2215 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 12286 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1608 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 93 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 176 176 73390 (C2) HDA temperature 116 101 34 (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	41.6% Average	Read 75.9 Write 68.8 Mixed 66.8 53% 70.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 1.82 4K Mixed 0.19 79% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 41.6% Great: 63%
WD Blue 1TB (2010)-$50 55,121 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 8GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 177 172 4125 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1929 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 11747 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1491 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 92 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1836 (C2) HDA temperature 112 99 35 (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	41.1% Average	Read 77.1 Write 65.6 Mixed 7.16 36% 49.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 2.12 4K Mixed 0.47 123% 1.12 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 41.1% Great: 74%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 170 2300 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1155 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 10200 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1155 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 50 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1105 (C2) HDA temperature 108 102 35 (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	75% Very good	Read 128 Write 133 Mixed 92.3 88% 118 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.26 85% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 75% Great: 109%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 0GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 168 2350 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 673 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 6232 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 673 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 14 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 659 (C2) HDA temperature 108 101 35 (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	74.8% Very good	Read 127 Write 134 Mixed 111 93% 124 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 1.49 4K Mixed 0.21 68% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 74.8% Great: 109%
Seagate M3 1TB 361 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 6GB free, PID 61b6 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	22.9% Poor	Read 28.1 Write 28.8 Mixed 8.73 26% 21.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 4.03 4K Mixed 0.41 153% 1.64 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 22.9% Great: 53%
WD My Passport 0812 1TB 85 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 6GB free, PID 0812 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	15% Very poor	Read 33.8 Write 24.7 Mixed 23.5 33% 27.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.22 60% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 15% Great: 43%
Seagate Expansion 1TB 3,195 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 1GB free, PID 2312 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	17.5% Very poor	Read 31.9 Write 29.3 Mixed 30.8 39% 30.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 2.08 4K Mixed 0.32 84% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 17.5% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1866C10D3/4G 029E CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 KHX1866C10D3/4G 029E CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 16GB 50 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	48.9% Average	MC Read 16.6 MC Write 17.3 MC Mixed 15.2 47% 16.4 GB/s	SC Read 14.4 SC Write 15.6 SC Mixed 16.6 44% 15.5 GB/s	Latency 64.6 62% 64.6 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 48.9% Great: 60%

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Gaming 60%

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Desktop 79%

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Workstation 49%

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Motherboard: Asus SABERTOOTH Z77 - $210

CPU
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	1,271x
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 $109Bench 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: 86% - Excellent

Total price: $626

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	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) $30	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