Asus SABERTOOTH Z77

Performance Results


Gaming 54% Yacht	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 44% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 80.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	62.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	66.2% 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 (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z77 (all builds)
Memory	11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130813
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Nov 10 '16 at 19:14
Run Duration	294 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	20%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd 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 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	80.8% Excellent	Memory 96.4 1-Core 115 2-Core 201 81% 138 Pts	4-Core 360 8-Core 470 53% 415 Pts	64-Core 554 34% 554 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 80.8% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Asus(1043 8506) Driver: nvd3dumx Ver. 21.21.13.7570 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	62.8% Good	Lighting 79.7 Reflection 83.1 Parallax 72.9 65% 78.6 fps	MRender 80 Gravity 72.1 Splatting 65.7 59% 72.6 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 62.8% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 520 Series 120GB-$199 19,348 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 69GB free (System drive) Firmware: 400i Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 50165218924746 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1117 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 300 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 104 104 8391879 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 300 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1315044 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 25 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 98 98 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1315044 (F2) Unknown 100 100 440512 (F9) Unknown 100 100 29338	66.2% Good	Read 482 Write 153 Mixed 217 62% 284 MB/s	4K Read 28.8 4K Write 74.1 4K Mixed 15.8 103% 39.6 MB/s	DQ Read 193 DQ Write 157 DQ Mixed 54.8 74% 135 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 66.2% Great: 88%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$109 43,695 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 910GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 5 (03) Spinup time 113 107 7341 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6182 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 78 78 16768 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1706 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 242 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 133 133 203434 (C2) HDA temperature 114 99 33 (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 2	55.5% Above average	Read 98.4 Write 95.1 Mixed 103 75% 98.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.28 4K Mixed 0.22 82% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 55.5% Great: 69%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 377GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 253 253 6966 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2565 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 78 78 16385 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1438 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 182 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2382 (C2) HDA temperature 105 95 47 (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	53.4% Above average	Read 95.5 Write 90.4 Mixed 86.1 68% 90.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.83 4K Write 1.78 4K Mixed 0.35 106% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 53.4% Great: 85%
WD My Book 111A 3TB 24 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 2.5TB free, PID 111a Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	19.9% Very poor	Read 37.6 Write 36.9 Mixed 35.9 47% 36.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 2.04 4K Mixed 0.23 80% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 19.9% Great: 20%
SanDisk Cruzer Pattern 1GB 17 User benchmarks, average bench 8% 1GB free, PID 550a Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	7.95% Terrible	Read 29.1 Write 7.48 Mixed 11.6 17% 16.1 MB/s	4K Read 8.65 4K Write 0.02 4K Mixed 0.03 34% 2.9 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 7.95% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1866 C9 4x4GB 5,448 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1800 MHz Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	65.5% Good	MC Read 23.5 MC Write 23.1 MC Mixed 20.4 64% 22.3 GB/s	SC Read 19.3 SC Write 19.9 SC Mixed 20.7 57% 20 GB/s	Latency 52.7 76% 52.7 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 65.5% Great: 86%

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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	1,287x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	394x
Core i5-3570KIntel $50Bench 68%, 185,516 samples	384x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	169x
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 $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	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 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	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