Asus SABERTOOTH Z77

Performance Results


Gaming 14% Tree trunk	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 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 88.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	8.75% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	53.1% 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.

Very high background CPU (85%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z77 (all builds)
Memory	4.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121219
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 19 '18 at 13:27
Run Duration	251 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	85%

PC Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-3570K-$136 185,516 User benchmarks, average bench 68% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	88.3% Excellent	Memory 95.7 1-Core 101 2-Core 245 83% 147 Pts	4-Core 470 8-Core 454 62% 462 Pts	64-Core 482 30% 482 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 88.3% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce 9800 GTX 3,983 User benchmarks, average bench 8% BFG(19F1 0A76) 512MB Ram: 512MB, Driver: 341.74 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	8.75% Terrible	Lighting 12 Reflection 11 Parallax 4.19 10% 9.06 fps	MRender 9.29 Gravity 8.7 Splatting 7.09 7% 8.36 fps
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 8.75% Great: 8%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force 3 240GB-$232 6,637 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 52GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 106 106 12310421 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 -1486058665476 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2122 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 87 (B1) Unknown 0 0 8 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 128 129 545469300864 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 12310421 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 1 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 12310421 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 12310421 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 17664 (EA) Unknown 0 0 17200 (F1) Unknown 0 0 17200 (F2) Unknown 0 0 36372	53.1% Above average	Read 193 Write 164 Mixed 113 35% 157 MB/s	4K Read 24.6 4K Write 75 4K Mixed 16 98% 38.5 MB/s	DQ Read 173 DQ Write 138 DQ Mixed 41.8 62% 118 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 53.1% Great: 67%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC4H Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 189707904 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2114 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 59100908 (09) Power-on hours count 79 79 18863 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2114 (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 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 58 538902560 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 78 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 24 24 153690 (C2) HDA temperature 32 42 55834574880 (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 -59180354359486 (F1) Unknown 100 253 9471204946370 (F2) Unknown 100 253 70685987493164	109% Outstanding	Read 183 Write 197 Mixed 121 124% 167 MB/s	4K Read 1.13 4K Write 0.81 4K Mixed 0.37 104% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 114%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 441GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 456 (03) Spinup time 139 138 4008 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2532 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 68 68 23936 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2523 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 166 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2365 (C2) HDA temperature 108 100 35 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 14 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 4 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 45 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 43	67.9% Good	Read 120 Write 116 Mixed 113 88% 116 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 1.78 4K Mixed 0.39 100% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 67.9% Great: 69%
Seagate ST3250823AS 250GB-$99 5,049 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 206GB free Firmware: 3.02 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 52 48 66978472 (03) Spinup time 98 98 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5367 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 87 60 499359323 (09) Power-on hours count 41 41 51755 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5385 (C2) HDA temperature 39 52 60129542183 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 52 47 66978472 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 184 31 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	37.3% Below average	Read 64.9 Write 64.9 Mixed 63.3 48% 64.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 1.03 4K Mixed 0.37 88% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 37.3% Great: 37%
WD WD1500HLFS-01G6U1 150GB 7,915 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 107GB free Firmware: 04.04V06 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 400 (03) Spinup time 184 183 1800 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2616 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 67 67 24672 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2601 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 27 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2616 (C2) HDA temperature 112 98 31 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	60.3% Good	Read 103 Write 107 Mixed 100 78% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.92 4K Write 2.68 4K Mixed 0.59 154% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 60.3% Great: 68%
Seagate FreeAgentDesktop 500GB 1,370 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 171GB free, PID 3000 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	14.2% Very poor	Read 30.9 Write 26.9 Mixed 28.7 37% 28.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.35 4K Write 1.22 4K Mixed 0.32 54% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 14.2% Great: 17%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1600 CL9 Series 2x4GB 5,041 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	61.9% Good	MC Read 21.8 MC Write 22.2 MC Mixed 18.9 60% 21 GB/s	SC Read 18.4 SC Write 20.2 SC Mixed 19 55% 19.2 GB/s	Latency 54.8 73% 54.8 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 61.9% 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 $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 $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