Asus SABERTOOTH Z77

Performance Results


Gaming 60% Destroyer	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 50% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	63.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	90.9% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z77 (all builds)
Memory	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.8 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20121109
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 14 '18 at 08:09
Run Duration	150 Seconds
Run User	RUS-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (65^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 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	89.6% Excellent	Memory 96.9 1-Core 102 2-Core 236 82% 145 Pts	4-Core 453 8-Core 594 67% 524 Pts	64-Core 593 37% 593 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 89.6% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Asus(1043 8518) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1443 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	63.6% Good	Lighting 81 Reflection 83.8 Parallax 75.7 66% 80.1 fps	MRender 79.5 Gravity 73.1 Splatting 66.2 59% 72.9 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 63.6% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Vertex 4 256GB-$400 12,355 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 37GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.5 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 6 0 6 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 12213 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2486 (E8) Unknown 100 100 44629536088 (E9) Unknown 98 0 98	90.9% Outstanding	Read 489 Write 410 Mixed 345 92% 415 MB/s	4K Read 26.9 4K Write 67.3 4K Mixed 26.2 110% 40.1 MB/s	DQ Read 293 DQ Write 297 DQ Mixed 114 136% 235 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 90.9% Great: 106%
WD Black 500GB (2008)-$95 28,095 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 333GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 163 162 4816 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8462 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 66 66 25205 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4965 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 298 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 8459 (C2) HDA temperature 116 96 31 (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	36.1% Below average	Read 68.7 Write 56.8 Mixed 39.2 41% 54.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 1.74 4K Mixed 0.37 98% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 36.1% Great: 69%
WD Black 500GB (2008)-$95 28,095 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 222GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 160 158 5000 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 10998 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 65 65 25734 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4967 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 244 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 10991 (C2) HDA temperature 115 96 32 (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	49.9% Average	Read 94.8 Write 79 Mixed 48.1 55% 73.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.88 4K Mixed 0.33 100% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 49.9% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DHX DDR3 1866 C9 2x8GB 92 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1800 MHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	68.1% Good	MC Read 24.6 MC Write 23.7 MC Mixed 21.6 67% 23.3 GB/s	SC Read 20.3 SC Write 20.2 SC Mixed 20.9 58% 20.5 GB/s	Latency 50.9 79% 50.9 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 68.1% Great: 72%

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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 $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 $279	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 $182	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) $30	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