Asus SABERTOOTH Z77

Performance Results


Gaming 93% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 72% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 84.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	110% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	68.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z77 (all builds)
Memory	10.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130813
Uptime	3.9 Days
Run Date	May 18 '18 at 02:20
Run Duration	176 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	15%

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PC Performing above expectations (79^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	84.2% Excellent	Memory 94.6 1-Core 116 2-Core 230 84% 147 Pts	4-Core 429 8-Core 423 57% 426 Pts	64-Core 441 27% 441 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 84.2% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6286) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 397.64 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Lighting 147 Reflection 151 Parallax 127 120% 142 fps	MRender 114 Gravity 139 Splatting 110 98% 121 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$210 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 229GB free Firmware: EXM04B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4372 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 462 (B1) Unknown 99 99 1 (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 70 64 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 8 (F1) Unknown 99 99 1176185387	122% Outstanding	Read 506 Write 504 Mixed 507 113% 506 MB/s	4K Read 43.5 4K Write 97.7 4K Mixed 53.9 187% 65 MB/s	DQ Read 362 DQ Write 226 DQ Mixed 127 140% 239 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 124%
Intel 520 Series 120GB-$199 19,348 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 26GB free (System drive) Firmware: 400i Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 40166535068567 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1927 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 542 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 105 105 11708412 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 542 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 571085 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 53 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 571085 (F2) Unknown 100 100 651771 (F9) Unknown 100 100 18506	68.7% Good	Read 511 Write 128 Mixed 184 59% 274 MB/s	4K Read 29.5 4K Write 85.3 4K Mixed 17.7 113% 44.2 MB/s	DQ Read 211 DQ Write 137 DQ Mixed 41.9 67% 130 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 68.7% Great: 88%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 580GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 173 4275 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6024 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 69 69 23356 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1933 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 174 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5849 (C2) HDA temperature 115 107 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	63.9% Good	Read 110 Write 113 Mixed 95.7 80% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 1.94 4K Mixed 0.4 105% 0.98 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 63.9% Great: 76%
Hitachi Deskstar P7K500 500GB-$159 43,620 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 383GB free Firmware: GM4OA52A Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 133 133 139 (03) Spinup time 114 114 25792020815 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 17623 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 131 131 29 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 45013 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2382 (C0) Power-off retract count 85 85 19007 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 85 85 19007 (C2) HDA temperature 187 187 201864314912 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	50% Average	Read 85.8 Write 88.1 Mixed 87.1 66% 87 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 1.68 4K Mixed 0.43 106% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 50% Great: 51%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1866 C9 4x4GB 1,972 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	68% Good	MC Read 23.6 MC Write 25.5 MC Mixed 22 68% 23.7 GB/s	SC Read 18.9 SC Write 19.8 SC Mixed 20.8 57% 19.8 GB/s	Latency 58.3 69% 58.3 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 68% Great: 106%

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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 $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 $295	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 $40	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