Asus SABERTOOTH Z77

Performance Results


Gaming 55% Yacht	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 43% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (24th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 76 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 66%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	83.1% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	60% 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.

Very high background CPU (46%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z77 (all builds)
Memory	10.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120605
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Apr 01 '18 at 06:32
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	46%

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PC Performing below expectations (24^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 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	66% Good	Memory 79.6 1-Core 94.7 2-Core 170 67% 115 Pts	4-Core 293 8-Core 362 42% 327 Pts	64-Core 371 23% 371 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 66% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3701) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	83.1% Excellent	Lighting 104 Reflection 112 Parallax 106 85% 107 fps	MRender 93.8 Gravity 96.9 Splatting 98.7 79% 96.5 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 83.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Pro 128GB-$150 34,842 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 27GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM03B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 38148 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 553 (B1) Unknown 82 82 623 (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 74 1 26 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 126 (F1) Unknown 99 99 79426316484	60% Above average	Read 495 Write 127 Mixed 168 57% 264 MB/s	4K Read 28.9 4K Write 69.2 4K Mixed 16.1 101% 38.1 MB/s	DQ Read 28.2 DQ Write 107 DQ Mixed 52.4 44% 62.5 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 60% Great: 110%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 252GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 79 63 95333050 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 76 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 8762830 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 8218 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 75 (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 72 65 487784476 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 393 (C2) HDA temperature 28 15 64424509468 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 10 1 95333050 (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 46454366281632 (F1) Unknown 100 253 4211488817 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3032368547	73.5% Very good	Read 126 Write 130 Mixed 110 92% 122 MB/s	4K Read 0.98 4K Write 1.46 4K Mixed 0.3 101% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 73.5% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$63 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 25GB free Firmware: CC24 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 82 171243448 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1237 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 73 60 34543920024 (09) Power-on hours count 57 57 38314 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 549 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 97 97 3 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 6006 (BC) Unknown 100 79 57 (BD) vendor-specific 89 89 11 (BE) vendor-specific 73 57 470876187 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 128 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 405653 (C2) HDA temperature 27 43 -21474836453 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 24 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 24 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 3 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -54949811564677 (F1) Unknown 100 253 92610115744 (F2) Unknown 100 253 94542361418	74.1% Very good	Read 123 Write 136 Mixed 115 94% 124 MB/s	4K Read 0.39 4K Write 1.32 4K Mixed 0.22 65% 0.64 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 74.1% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 2x8GB 24,592 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	34.7% Below average	MC Read 11.8 MC Write 11.5 MC Mixed 11.2 33% 11.5 GB/s	SC Read 10.3 SC Write 11.6 SC Mixed 10.5 31% 10.8 GB/s	Latency 81.3 49% 81.3 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 34.7% Great: 88%

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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	1,269x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	392x
Core i5-3570KIntel $136Bench 68%, 185,516 samples	376x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	165x
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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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