Asus SABERTOOTH Z77

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 81.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	43.9% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

High background CPU (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z77 (all builds)
Memory	9.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120502
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Dec 22 '17 at 20:52
Run Duration	192 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	22%

PC Performing above expectations (60^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 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	81.7% Excellent	Memory 92.3 1-Core 120 2-Core 231 84% 148 Pts	4-Core 384 8-Core 564 59% 474 Pts	64-Core 551 34% 551 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 81.7% Great: 83%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M4 256GB-$218 17,938 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 115GB free (System drive) Firmware: 000F 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 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 21737 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1998 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 95 95 153 (AE) Unknown 100 100 57 (B5) Unknown 100 100 23403400924642 (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 83 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (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 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 95 95 5 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0	43.9% Average	Read 486 Write 263 Mixed 340 80% 363 MB/s	4K Read 16.3 4K Write 2.91 4K Mixed 2.97 30% 7.38 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 43.9% Great: 74%
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$125 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 68GB free Firmware: EXM04B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 12269 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 896 (B1) Unknown 99 99 20 (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 72 64 28 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 24 (F1) Unknown 99 99 8707655319	71.9% Very good	Read 379 Write 369 Mixed 337 81% 362 MB/s	4K Read 30.4 4K Write 68.4 4K Mixed 20.6 109% 39.8 MB/s	DQ Read 28.7 DQ Write 65.8 DQ Mixed 130 75% 74.7 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 71.9% Great: 124%
StoreJet Transcend 2TB 4,473 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 2TB free, PID 5106 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	51.6% Above average	Read 105 Write 113 Mixed 120 148% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 3.72 4K Mixed 0.44 144% 1.55 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 51.6% Great: 52%
WD My Passport 0820 2TB 18,744 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 907GB free, PID 0820 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	37.6% Below average	Read 88.1 Write 90.5 Mixed 73.8 108% 84.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.63 4K Mixed 0.19 63% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 37.6% Great: 42%
Seagate Backup+ BK 1TB 2,655 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 100GB free, PID a013 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	41.7% Average	Read 97 Write 100 Mixed 78.4 117% 91.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.84 4K Mixed 0.37 77% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 41.7% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 7,771 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	49.7% Average	MC Read 17.5 MC Write 17.2 MC Mixed 15.2 48% 16.6 GB/s	SC Read 13.6 SC Write 17.1 SC Mixed 16.4 45% 15.7 GB/s	Latency 63.5 63% 63.5 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 49.7% Great: 79%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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	1,272x
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