Asus SABERTOOTH Z77

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 91.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	62.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait 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.

Very high background CPU (38%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z77 (all builds)
Memory	5.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130813
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 13 '16 at 13:53
Run Duration	573 Seconds
Run User	PRT-User
Background CPU	38%

PC Performing as expected (56^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2600K-$319 147,533 User benchmarks, average bench 71% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.3% Outstanding	Memory 96.3 1-Core 122 2-Core 245 88% 155 Pts	4-Core 476 8-Core 618 70% 547 Pts	64-Core 614 38% 614 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 91.3% Great: 83%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Series 500GB 7,390 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 301GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXT08B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 5016 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1794 (B1) Unknown 98 98 14 (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 66 57 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 68 (F1) Unknown 99 99 10894060331	62.3% Good	Read 478 Write 317 Mixed 204 73% 333 MB/s	4K Read 19.9 4K Write 52.9 4K Mixed 12.9 75% 28.6 MB/s	DQ Read 25.6 DQ Write 59.7 DQ Mixed 13 18% 32.8 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 62.3% Great: 89%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$90 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 94 218277280 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1062 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 58861730 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 11933 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 912 (B7) Unknown 98 98 2 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 335 (BC) Unknown 100 98 2 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 55 50 757923885 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 250 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 72 72 57899 (C2) HDA temperature 45 50 73014444077 (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 137726716288288 (F1) Unknown 100 253 30775463009 (F2) Unknown 100 253 452926293557	91.1% Outstanding	Read 139 Write 178 Mixed 122 109% 146 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 5.38 4K Mixed 0.46 176% 2.15 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 91.1% Great: 108%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$60 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 15GB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 139 139 71 (03) Spinup time 129 129 21494497569 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 3465 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 10259 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 494 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 3470 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 3470 (C2) HDA temperature 139 139 223339413547 (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	103% Outstanding	Read 200 Write 160 Mixed 180 136% 180 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 2.21 4K Mixed 0.24 94% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 108%
SAMSUNG HD103SJ 1TB 18 User benchmarks, average bench 19% 911GB free, PID 2336 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	18.4% Very poor	Read 31.9 Write 28 Mixed 29.2 38% 29.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.78 4K Write 2.45 4K Mixed 0.55 105% 1.26 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 18.4% Great: 23%
ST1000LM 024 HN-M101MBB 1TB 16 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 907GB free, PID 2336 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	21.4% Poor	Read 40 Write 38.3 Mixed 38.8 50% 39 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 2.32 4K Mixed 0.37 93% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 21.4% Great: 21%
SAMSUNG HD642JJ 640GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 474GB free, PID 2336 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	20.7% Poor	Read 37.4 Write 35.9 Mixed 36.3 47% 36.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.38 4K Mixed 0.42 97% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 20.7% Great: 21%
TOSHIBA DT01ABA200 2TB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 364GB free, PID a002 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	40.1% Average	Read 84.5 Write 102 Mixed 85 119% 90.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.14 68% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 40.1% Great: 40%
WD Elements 1TB 51,914 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 334GB free, PID 1021 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	17.5% Very poor	Read 37.1 Write 35.5 Mixed 8.37 32% 27 MB/s	4K Read 0.34 4K Write 1.39 4K Mixed 0.15 54% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 17.5% Great: 43%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 1TB 6,017 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 69GB free, PID a007 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	15.3% Very poor	Read 31 Write 28 Mixed 17 31% 25.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.17 58% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 15.3% Great: 43%
ST2000DM 001-1ER164 2TB 14GB free, PID a002 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	56% Above average	Read 140 Write 140 Mixed 126 173% 135 MB/s	4K Read 0.78 4K Write 1.64 4K Mixed 0.19 65% 0.87 MB/s

WD Elements 500GB 10,869 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 12GB free, PID 1042 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	24.2% Poor	Read 54.4 Write 54.7 Mixed 10.8 47% 40 MB/s	4K Read 0.31 4K Write 1.42 4K Mixed 0.13 54% 0.62 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 24.2% Great: 41%
SanDisk Cruzer Edge 16GB 6,219 User benchmarks, average bench 10% 11GB free, PID 556b Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	6.97% Terrible	Read 22 Write 5.75 Mixed 13.1 15% 13.6 MB/s	4K Read 5.29 4K Write 0.42 4K Mixed 0.75 59% 2.15 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 6.97% Great: 13%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 78,181 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	58.1% Above average	MC Read 20.4 MC Write 19.9 MC Mixed 17.6 55% 19.3 GB/s	SC Read 18 SC Write 20.3 SC Mixed 18.2 54% 18.8 GB/s	Latency 52.8 76% 52.8 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 58.1% Great: 62%

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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	1,281x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	394x
Core i5-3570KIntel $30Bench 68%, 185,516 samples	383x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	168x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	161x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	159x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	82x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	75x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 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	102x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 34,385 samples	65x

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Value: 65% - Good

Total price: $757

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $159	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16