Asus SABERTOOTH Z77

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 49% Yacht	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 37% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	61.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z77 (all builds)
Memory	3.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120703
Uptime	4.6 Days
Run Date	Apr 07 '18 at 12:21
Run Duration	109 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing above expectations (67^th 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 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	79.1% Very good	Memory 93.5 1-Core 98.7 2-Core 197 76% 130 Pts	4-Core 374 8-Core 383 50% 379 Pts	64-Core 347 22% 347 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 79.1% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 390X-$340 26,573 User benchmarks, average bench 54% MSI(1462 2015) CLim: 1080 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 17.7 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	61.3% Good	Lighting 76.7 Reflection 64 Parallax 99 62% 79.9 fps	MRender 64.1 Gravity 63.9 Splatting 83.1 59% 70.4 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 61.3% Great: 57%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 527GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 168 165 6558 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1502 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 11329 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1493 (10) Unknown 7 193 130241346654 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 227 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1274 (C2) HDA temperature 111 103 39 (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	68.3% Good	Read 106 Write 131 Mixed 101 85% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 2.78 4K Mixed 0.21 94% 1.15 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 68.3% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 78GB free Firmware: CC29 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 217813880 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2618 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 73 60 22402386 (09) Power-on hours count 79 79 19100 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2472 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 62 51 13607567398 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 293 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 67 67 66471 (C2) HDA temperature 38 49 -140737488355290 (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 -11196979726770 (F1) Unknown 100 253 18221929298 (F2) Unknown 100 253 30996229842	85.9% Excellent	Read 143 Write 156 Mixed 157 115% 152 MB/s	4K Read 0.84 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.28 93% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 85.9% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 27,024 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	59.1% Above average	MC Read 20.7 MC Write 21.9 MC Mixed 18.7 58% 20.4 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 17.4 SC Mixed 18.2 49% 17.2 GB/s	Latency 61 66% 61 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 59.1% Great: 63%

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

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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