Asus SABERTOOTH Z77

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	54.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z77 (all builds)
Memory	4.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120803
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 20 '18 at 02:36
Run Duration	183 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing as expected (46^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 way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	81% Excellent	Memory 93.2 1-Core 115 2-Core 220 82% 143 Pts	4-Core 371 8-Core 559 58% 465 Pts	64-Core 577 36% 577 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 81% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 680-$360 38,995 User benchmarks, average bench 32% EVGA(3842 2680) 2GB CLim: 1202 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 388.71 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 29% Great: 35%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata SP900 256GB-$300 9,430 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 101GB free Firmware: 5.0.2a Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 102 102 5044306 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 -63110249447224 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2475 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 528 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 68721442846 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 5044306 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 5044306 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 5044306 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 4957 (EA) Unknown 0 0 6391 (F1) Unknown 0 0 6391 (F2) Unknown 0 0 8940	49.8% Average	Read 198 Write 192 Mixed 136 39% 175 MB/s	4K Read 18.9 4K Write 51.3 4K Mixed 15.4 76% 28.5 MB/s	DQ Read 170 DQ Write 176 DQ Mixed 45.8 70% 131 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 49.8% Great: 89%
Corsair Force GT 120GB-$155 13,464 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 45GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.3.3 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 79 79 32528822 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 70 70 106128641911064 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2643 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 93 (B1) Unknown 0 0 7 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 29 67 55838965789 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 32528822 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 32528822 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 32528822 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 97 97 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 27340 (EA) Unknown 0 0 22906 (F1) Unknown 0 0 22906 (F2) Unknown 0 0 34543	54.7% Above average	Read 442 Write 133 Mixed 199 56% 258 MB/s	4K Read 17.9 4K Write 72.1 4K Mixed 12.5 81% 34.2 MB/s	DQ Read 104 DQ Write 134 DQ Mixed 47.7 56% 95.2 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 54.7% Great: 83%
Samsung Spinpoint F4 2TB-$119 45,158 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1.5TB free Firmware: 1AQ10001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 85 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 66 1 10407 (04) Start/Stop count 85 85 15953 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 16369 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3203 (B5) Unknown 100 100 13457770 (BF) G-sense error rate 97 97 33750 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 59 176094314521 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 1 1 98417 (DF) Load/unload retry count 252 252 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 16014	68.3% Good	Read 120 Write 118 Mixed 117 89% 118 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 2.98 4K Mixed 0.46 129% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 68.3% Great: 72%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 697GB free Firmware: JC47 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 113 99 57193327 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 88 88 13036 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 45 45 747330079773 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 18069 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2669 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295032833 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 62 488177692 (C2) HDA temperature 28 40 60129542172 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 19 12 57193327 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -59558311471085 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2612305406 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2562273487	49.2% Average	Read 104 Write 68 Mixed 71.3 61% 81 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 1.06 4K Mixed 0.28 77% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 49.2% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 937 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	50.5% Above average	MC Read 17.4 MC Write 17 MC Mixed 15.7 48% 16.7 GB/s	SC Read 15.2 SC Write 18.3 SC Mixed 16.7 48% 16.7 GB/s	Latency 61.6 65% 61.6 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 50.5% Great: 64%

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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 $129Bench 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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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