Asus SABERTOOTH Z77

Performance Results


Gaming 68% Battle cruiser	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 75.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	89% 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	84.8% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z77 (all builds)
Memory	26.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130813
Uptime	3.9 Days
Run Date	Nov 19 '17 at 04:38
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	ARG-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing as expected (58^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2600K-$319 147,533 User benchmarks, average bench 71% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	75.9% Very good	Memory 91.8 1-Core 101 2-Core 195 76% 129 Pts	4-Core 324 8-Core 510 51% 417 Pts	64-Core 505 31% 505 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 75.9% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4996) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1582 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	89% Excellent	Lighting 114 Reflection 121 Parallax 107 93% 114 fps	MRender 97.1 Gravity 104 Splatting 97.2 81% 99.5 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 89% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SHSS37A480G 480GB 14,802 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 82GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM00.Y Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 10336 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 209 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 506 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1769576 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 102 (C2) HDA temperature 68 54 197569413152 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 14142 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 10954 (F2) Unknown 100 100 7251 (F4) Unknown 100 100 27 (F5) Unknown 100 100 104 (F6) Unknown 100 100 3723584	84.8% Excellent	Read 514 Write 460 Mixed 509 110% 494 MB/s	4K Read 26.5 4K Write 95.6 4K Mixed 11.9 106% 44.7 MB/s	DQ Read 25.4 DQ Write 248 DQ Mixed 11.6 46% 95.1 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 84.8% Great: 110%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$38 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 109GB free Firmware: CC4C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 82705552 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6639 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 82 60 8939593169 (09) Power-on hours count 57 57 38198 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 894 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 86 86 14 (BC) Unknown 100 99 18 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 42 168310669344 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 404 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 40 40 120058 (C2) HDA temperature 32 58 -140737488355296 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 22 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 96267397000662 (F1) Unknown 100 253 56736338108121 (F2) Unknown 100 253 -124971155995295	89.9% Excellent	Read 159 Write 154 Mixed 160 119% 158 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.25 4K Mixed 0.31 99% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 89.9% Great: 114%
Samsung HD322HJ 320GB-$44 40,147 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 17GB free Firmware: 1AG01113 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 86 47 (03) Spinup time 92 92 3260 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 7686 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 36524 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 1 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 29 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1196 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 86 47 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 1 1 154 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 1993 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 62 538312730 (C2) HDA temperature 75 56 605028377 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 543956 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 2 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 4 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 2578 (C8) Write error rate 100 99 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	40.8% Average	Read 69.2 Write 72.6 Mixed 76.1 55% 72.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.39 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.33 88% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 40.8% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-12800CL10-8GBXL 04CD F3-12800CL10-8GBXL 029E CMY16GX3M2A2400C11 029E CMY16GX3M2A2400C11 32GB 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	49.1% Average	MC Read 16.5 MC Write 17.1 MC Mixed 15.2 46% 16.3 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 17.3 SC Mixed 16.8 47% 16.3 GB/s	Latency 64.4 62% 64.4 ns

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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	1,277x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	394x
Core i5-3570KIntel $136Bench 68%, 185,516 samples	380x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	168x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	161x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	158x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	82x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	75x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $75Bench 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 $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16