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 (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	78.2% 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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

CPU throttled at 96% by Windows. Ensure maximum processor state is set to 100% via Settings > System > Power & sleep > Additional power settings > Change plan settings > Change advanced power settings > Processor power management > Maximum processor state.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z77 (all builds)
Memory	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20130813
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 30 '16 at 04:56
Run Duration	185 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%
CPU Throttled	96%

PC Performing as expected (44^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3770-$297 278,207 User benchmarks, average bench 69% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	76.1% Very good	Memory 94.5 1-Core 86.9 2-Core 171 71% 117 Pts	4-Core 316 8-Core 433 47% 375 Pts	64-Core 434 27% 434 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 76.1% Great: 76%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 270-$140 47,409 User benchmarks, average bench 24% Sapphire(174B E270) 2GB CLim: 1070 MHz, MLim: 1450 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 16.9.2 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 22% Great: 26%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX100 512GB-$200 31,545 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 293GB free Firmware: MU01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 6 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 9941 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 859 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 98 98 88 (AE) Unknown 100 100 26 (B4) Unknown 0 0 4403 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 71 50 214749085725 (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 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 98 98 2 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 22771185649 (F7) Unknown 100 100 717661959 (F8) Unknown 100 100 2224134320	86.6% Excellent	Read 505 Write 471 Mixed 454 106% 477 MB/s	4K Read 24 4K Write 72 4K Mixed 23.8 105% 39.9 MB/s	DQ Read 132 DQ Write 139 DQ Mixed 19.3 47% 97 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 86.6% Great: 107%
Micron_M500_MTFDDAK960MAV 960GB 535 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 125GB free Firmware: MU05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 2 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 732 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 336 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 99 99 30 (AE) Unknown 100 100 102 (B4) Unknown 0 0 16523 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 71 47 227633266717 (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 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 99 99 1 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 20880284018 (F7) Unknown 100 100 654344471 (F8) Unknown 100 100 1345455348	63% Good	Read 377 Write 352 Mixed 363 81% 364 MB/s	4K Read 17.7 4K Write 44.4 4K Mixed 16.9 72% 26.3 MB/s	DQ Read 99.9 DQ Write 111 DQ Mixed 49.6 53% 87 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 63% Great: 98%
Crucial MX100 256GB-$116 55,768 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 85GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4834 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 455 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 94 94 202 (AE) Unknown 100 100 127 (B4) Unknown 0 0 2159 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 72 54 197569216540 (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 100 100 1 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 94 94 6 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 30456701210 (F7) Unknown 100 100 522281619 (F8) Unknown 100 100 2389500648	78.2% Very good	Read 512 Write 328 Mixed 391 91% 410 MB/s	4K Read 21.7 4K Write 70.2 4K Mixed 26.9 104% 39.6 MB/s	DQ Read 126 DQ Write 133 DQ Mixed 46 58% 101 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 78.2% Great: 97%
Mercury Electra 6G SSD 480GB 14 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 55GB free Firmware: 502ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 120 98784247808 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 -119898307020571 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1624 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 115 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 28 49 55837786140 (C2) HDA temperature 28 49 55837786140 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 98784247808 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 98784247808 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 98784247808 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 7105 (EA) Unknown 0 0 6511 (F1) Unknown 0 0 6511 (F2) Unknown 0 0 11219	32.8% Below average	Read 253 Write 14 Mixed 184 33% 150 MB/s	4K Read 19.9 4K Write 14.1 4K Mixed 14.9 57% 16.3 MB/s	DQ Read 116 DQ Write 84 DQ Mixed 8.4 31% 69.6 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 32.8% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 04CD F3-1866C9-4GAB 029E CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 04CD F3-1866C9-4GAB 16GB 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	57.8% Above average	MC Read 20.8 MC Write 20.6 MC Mixed 18.4 57% 19.9 GB/s	SC Read 17.4 SC Write 15 SC Mixed 16.7 47% 16.4 GB/s	Latency 58.4 68% 58.4 ns

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Workstation 49%

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Motherboard: Asus SABERTOOTH Z77 - $210

CPU
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	1,271x
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 $129Bench 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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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