Asus SABERTOOTH Z77

Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 80.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	97% 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	73% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 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

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z77 (all builds)
Memory	13.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20130813
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Jun 26 '16 at 16:29
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	IRL-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing as expected (58^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 (93^rd percentile)	80.5% Excellent	Memory 95.5 1-Core 118 2-Core 235 85% 149 Pts	4-Core 354 8-Core 591 58% 473 Pts	64-Core 597 37% 597 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 80.5% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3230) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6839 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	97% Outstanding	Lighting 123 Reflection 134 Parallax 131 101% 129 fps	MRender 110 Gravity 113 Splatting 108 90% 110 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 97% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston HyperX 3K 240GB-$70 27,495 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 66GB free (System drive) Firmware: 526ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 55143472 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 76 76 86990267634606 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 708 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 441 (B1) Unknown 0 0 2 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 25 82 1013617655833 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 55143472 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 55143472 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 55143472 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 23439 (EA) Unknown 0 0 18567 (F1) Unknown 0 0 18567 (F2) Unknown 0 0 25666	73% Very good	Read 436 Write 221 Mixed 259 67% 305 MB/s	4K Read 28.3 4K Write 68.9 4K Mixed 19.6 104% 38.9 MB/s	DQ Read 271 DQ Write 238 DQ Mixed 71.8 104% 194 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 73% Great: 94%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 3TB free Firmware: CC24 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 96 117452552 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 39 (05) Reallocated sector count 99 99 896 (07) Seek error rate 60 60 1026483 (09) Power-on hours count 73 73 24250 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 39 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 86 86 14 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 35 35 65 (BE) vendor-specific 71 55 521142301 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 13 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1469 (C2) HDA temperature 29 45 64424509469 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 128 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 128 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 71068823871127 (F1) Unknown 100 253 388855493258 (F2) Unknown 100 253 727448305732	88.2% Excellent	Read 172 Write 136 Mixed 71.1 93% 126 MB/s	4K Read 0.92 4K Write 1.13 4K Mixed 0.33 96% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 88.2% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2.5TB free Firmware: CC27 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 222783128 (03) Spinup time 94 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1115 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 57 57 141753668614 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 15395 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1105 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 80 80 20 (BE) vendor-specific 71 53 537919517 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 190 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 10186 (C2) HDA temperature 29 47 25769803805 (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 69269232565050 (F1) Unknown 100 253 37934331547 (F2) Unknown 100 253 84484102280	82.3% Excellent	Read 141 Write 146 Mixed 57.2 84% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.85 4K Write 1.67 4K Mixed 0.34 104% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 82.3% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 224GB free Firmware: CC44 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 102 99 4359056 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1692 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 77 60 53468066 (09) Power-on hours count 69 69 27894 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2479 (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 55 537853980 (C2) HDA temperature 28 45 21474836508 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 23 17 4359056 (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 129248450865463 (F1) Unknown 100 253 728462535 (F2) Unknown 100 253 4136727672	45.1% Average	Read 89.1 Write 67.9 Mixed 54.9 53% 70.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 1.48 4K Mixed 0.36 83% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 45.1% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GB 48,796 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	60.8% Good	MC Read 21.6 MC Write 20.8 MC Mixed 19.1 59% 20.5 GB/s	SC Read 18.3 SC Write 20.5 SC Mixed 19.2 55% 19.3 GB/s	Latency 55.6 72% 55.6 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 60.8% Great: 63%

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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