Asus SABERTOOTH Z77

Performance Results


Gaming 57% Gunboat	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 48% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 76.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	73.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	83.2% 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	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.

Very high background CPU (34%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z77 (all builds)
Memory	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130813
Uptime	1.6 Days
Run Date	Nov 22 '17 at 19:37
Run Duration	198 Seconds
Run User	BEL-User
Background CPU	34%

PC Performing as expected (49^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 above expectations (80^th percentile)	76.9% Very good	Memory 84.8 1-Core 110 2-Core 224 78% 139 Pts	4-Core 373 8-Core 555 58% 464 Pts	64-Core 568 35% 568 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 76.9% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3230) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.31 Performing below potential (18^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	73.3% Very good	Lighting 94.6 Reflection 97.9 Parallax 89.6 77% 94 fps	MRender 83.2 Gravity 85.1 Splatting 75.6 66% 81.3 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 73.3% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 397GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1802 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 361 (B1) Unknown 99 99 2 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 62 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 3 (F1) Unknown 99 99 5290370617	48.9% Average	Read 266 Write 212 Mixed 218 52% 232 MB/s	4K Read 25.9 4K Write 36.8 4K Mixed 16.4 80% 26.4 MB/s	DQ Read 28.4 DQ Write 43.2 DQ Mixed 15.8 18% 29.1 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 48.9% Great: 133%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 192GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1802 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 361 (B1) Unknown 99 99 3 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 63 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 7 (F1) Unknown 99 99 2481047560	83.2% Excellent	Read 501 Write 411 Mixed 420 99% 444 MB/s	4K Read 29.6 4K Write 51.6 4K Mixed 17.1 94% 32.8 MB/s	DQ Read 264 DQ Write 210 DQ Mixed 18 73% 164 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 83.2% Great: 124%
Hitachi HDS721050CLA360 500GB 12,793 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 464GB free Firmware: JP2OA50E Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 136 136 95 (03) Spinup time 120 120 12897419456 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 7157 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 140 140 30 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 15345 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3810 (C0) Power-off retract count 95 95 7171 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 7171 (C2) HDA temperature 200 200 167504379934 (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 200 200 0	75.1% Very good	Read 127 Write 135 Mixed 125 97% 129 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.38 97% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 75.1% Great: 77%
WD Green 1.5TB (2010)-$170 41,439 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 421GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 1 (03) Spinup time 173 168 6333 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9542 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 14967 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3771 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 496 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 184 184 49981 (C2) HDA temperature 123 113 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	62.3% Good	Read 121 Write 96.2 Mixed 98.7 79% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.59 4K Mixed 0.2 73% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 62.3% Great: 63%
WD Blue 640GB (2008)-$33 94,563 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 99GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 156 153 5158 (04) Start/Stop count 86 86 14662 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 56 56 32804 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5201 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 423 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 196 196 14634 (C2) HDA temperature 117 100 30 (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	54.3% Above average	Read 105 Write 84.4 Mixed 83.2 68% 90.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 2.14 4K Mixed 0.32 96% 0.98 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 54.3% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 2,100 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	46.8% Average	MC Read 16.7 MC Write 16.2 MC Mixed 14.9 46% 15.9 GB/s	SC Read 13.4 SC Write 14.8 SC Mixed 14.4 41% 14.2 GB/s	Latency 72.1 56% 72.1 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 46.8% Great: 63%

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Gaming 60%

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Desktop 79%

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Workstation 49%

Yacht

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