Asus SABERTOOTH Z77

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 86.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	48.8% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 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.

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

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z77 (all builds)
Memory	4.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20121219
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Aug 14 '17 at 18:01
Run Duration	132 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st 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 (99^th percentile)	86.2% Excellent	Memory 93.7 1-Core 117 2-Core 229 84% 146 Pts	4-Core 429 8-Core 586 64% 507 Pts	64-Core 587 36% 587 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 660-$170 123,956 User benchmarks, average bench 20% EVGA(3842 2662) 2GB CLim: 1280 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 384.94 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 18% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Agility 3 240GB-$199 10,165 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 75GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 82 82 30477162 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 2 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 -67181878426092 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 2013 (AB) Unknown 0 0 2 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 42 (B1) Unknown 0 0 5 (B5) Unknown 0 0 2 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 30477162 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 2 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 30477162 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 30477162 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 19165 (EA) Unknown 0 0 17694 (F1) Unknown 0 0 17694 (F2) Unknown 0 0 29511	48.8% Average	Read 193 Write 132 Mixed 122 33% 149 MB/s	4K Read 17.5 4K Write 84.1 4K Mixed 15.3 91% 39 MB/s	DQ Read 143 DQ Write 147 DQ Mixed 46.4 62% 112 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 48.8% Great: 66%
Seagate Expansion Desk 3TB 600 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 2TB free, PID 3322 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	71% Very good	Read 145 Write 109 Mixed 57.3 121% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.86 4K Write 8.45 4K Mixed 0.65 313% 3.32 MB/s	DQ Read 0.92 DQ Write 7.7 DQ Mixed 0.69 289% 3.1 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 71% Great: 71%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905402-412.A00LF 4x2GB 17 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	52% Above average	MC Read 17.9 MC Write 17.9 MC Mixed 15.7 49% 17.2 GB/s	SC Read 15.4 SC Write 19.2 SC Mixed 17.9 50% 17.5 GB/s	Latency 60.5 66% 60.5 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 52% 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	1,272x
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 $94Bench 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: 89% - Excellent

Total price: $612

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $274	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 $45	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