Asus SABERTOOTH Z77

Performance Results


Gaming 117% UFO	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 96% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	132% 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	70.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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 SABERTOOTH Z77 (all builds)
Memory	29.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130813
Uptime	2.2 Days
Run Date	Oct 22 '17 at 20:54
Run Duration	218 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	28%

PC Performing above expectations (67^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	88.1% Excellent	Memory 97.8 1-Core 117 2-Core 227 85% 147 Pts	4-Core 427 8-Core 591 64% 509 Pts	64-Core 594 37% 594 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 88.1% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6593) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 387.92 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	132% Outstanding	Lighting 186 Reflection 205 Parallax 184 151% 191 fps	MRender 128 Gravity 180 Splatting 124 116% 144 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 132% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Plextor PX-1TM8PeY 1TB 190 User benchmarks, average bench 194% 806GB free Firmware: 1.06 Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	215% Outstanding	Read 2,093 Write 1,368 Mixed 1,343 354% 1,601 MB/s	4K Read 33.5 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 23.1 140% 56.6 MB/s	DQ Read 34.9 DQ Write 281 DQ Mixed 143 115% 153 MB/s
Poor: 102% ↑ This bench: 215% Great: 243%
Mushkin Chronos Deluxe 240GB-$181 1,826 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 185GB free (System drive) Firmware: 502ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 117 168303814 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 119219702247144 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 630 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 408 (B1) Unknown 0 0 7 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 31 47 55837655071 (C2) HDA temperature 31 47 55837655071 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 168303814 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 1 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 168303814 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 168303814 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 30612 (EA) Unknown 0 0 19056 (F1) Unknown 0 0 19056 (F2) Unknown 0 0 8797	70.4% Very good	Read 512 Write 213 Mixed 289 74% 338 MB/s	4K Read 21.4 4K Write 79.2 4K Mixed 11.1 88% 37.2 MB/s	DQ Read 283 DQ Write 244 DQ Mixed 7.81 76% 178 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 70.4% Great: 90%
WD Green 4TB (2013)-$136 31,988 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 3.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 182 172 7883 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2784 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 74 74 19488 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 358 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 114 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 9831 (C2) HDA temperature 125 119 27 (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	79.5% Very good	Read 133 Write 144 Mixed 135 104% 138 MB/s	4K Read 0.95 4K Write 2.12 4K Mixed 0.2 101% 1.09 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 79.5% Great: 87%
WD Green 4TB (2013)-$136 31,988 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 3TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 199 169 7008 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1994 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 72 72 20878 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 358 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 153 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 9317 (C2) HDA temperature 124 118 28 (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	75.5% Very good	Read 131 Write 132 Mixed 123 97% 129 MB/s	4K Read 0.86 4K Write 2.19 4K Mixed 0.19 97% 1.08 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 75.5% Great: 87%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 67GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 171 2225 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2785 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 57 57 31723 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 441 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 67 437518362 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 193 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2591 (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	96.5% Outstanding	Read 200 Write 137 Mixed 143 120% 160 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 2.06 4K Mixed 0.26 95% 1 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 96.5% Great: 109%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 5GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 29 (03) Spinup time 170 167 4491 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3400 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 40 40 43831 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 682 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 410 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2993 (C2) HDA temperature 118 104 29 (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 1	35.2% Below average	Read 66.1 Write 56.3 Mixed 60.9 46% 61.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 1.34 4K Mixed 0.34 87% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 35.2% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 2400 C11 4x8GB 1,661 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	81.8% Excellent	MC Read 31.9 MC Write 29.4 MC Mixed 25 82% 28.8 GB/s	SC Read 22.6 SC Write 21 SC Mixed 23.2 64% 22.3 GB/s	Latency 46.9 85% 46.9 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 81.8% Great: 88%

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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	1,272x
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 $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 $273	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 $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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