Asus SABERTOOTH Z77

Performance Results


Gaming 53% Yacht	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 45% Speed boat


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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	60.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	61.8% 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z77 (all builds)
Memory	10.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130813
Uptime	5.7 Days
Run Date	Nov 26 '17 at 19:04
Run Duration	264 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

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 i7-3770K-$175 165,979 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	83.7% Excellent	Memory 96.6 1-Core 123 2-Core 240 87% 153 Pts	4-Core 383 8-Core 616 61% 499 Pts	64-Core 616 38% 616 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 83.7% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Nvidia(10DE 1116) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.31 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	60.2% Good	Lighting 76.1 Reflection 80 Parallax 71.4 62% 75.9 fps	MRender 77.4 Gravity 70.1 Splatting 62.7 56% 70 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 60.2% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 335 Series 240GB-$219 4,220 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 126GB free (System drive) Firmware: 335u Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below potential (10^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 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -7000796660480 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 143 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 95 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 661311 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 98 98 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 661311 (F2) Unknown 100 100 729651 (F9) Unknown 100 100 28682	61.8% Good	Read 262 Write 228 Mixed 233 54% 241 MB/s	4K Read 22.6 4K Write 62.9 4K Mixed 24.1 98% 36.5 MB/s	DQ Read 153 DQ Write 184 DQ Mixed 10.6 52% 116 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 61.8% Great: 92%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2016)-$95 34,353 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 3TB free Firmware: 0001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 81 64 113630794 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 38 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 74 60 24593122 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 90787018703732 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 8590065669 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 68 504627228 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 59 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 534 (C2) HDA temperature 28 40 51539607580 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 180 1293 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -113743618899115 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3095562152 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3058670802	84.5% Excellent	Read 159 Write 136 Mixed 124 105% 140 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 1.92 4K Mixed 0.26 93% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 84.5% Great: 105%
WD Green 4TB (2013)-$136 31,988 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 3TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 192 175 7375 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2781 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 71 71 21344 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 103 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 42 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 771453 (C2) HDA temperature 121 109 31 (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	78% Very good	Read 140 Write 132 Mixed 134 102% 135 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.91 4K Mixed 0.18 89% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 78% Great: 87%
Toshiba MD04ACA500 5TB-$154 3,810 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 214GB free Firmware: FP2A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 6929 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2290 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 47 47 21521 (0A) Spinup retry count 145 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 68 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 1311 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 49 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 2947 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 201864577059 (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 200 253 0 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 0 (DE) Loaded hours 54 54 18448 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 215 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	87.4% Excellent	Read 116 Write 188 Mixed 172 120% 159 MB/s	4K Read 2.87 4K Write 1.83 4K Mixed 0.25 181% 1.65 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 87.4% Great: 110%
Hitachi HDS5C3030ALA630 3TB-$124 3,178 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 74GB free Firmware: MEAOA580 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 136 136 101 (03) Spinup time 141 141 34396897700 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 5263 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 135 135 31 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 54710 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 315 (C0) Power-off retract count 96 96 5270 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 5270 (C2) HDA temperature 187 187 184684773408 (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	35% Below average	Read 61.9 Write 60.1 Mixed 52.7 44% 58.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.36 4K Write 0.52 4K Mixed 0.16 42% 0.35 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 35% Great: 66%
Hitachi HDS721010KLA330 1TB-$47 10,943 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 27GB free Firmware: GKAOAB0A Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 130 130 150 (03) Spinup time 134 134 42985980390 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 13300 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 134 134 32 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 78836 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 802 (C0) Power-off retract count 88 88 14623 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 88 88 14623 (C2) HDA temperature 162 162 236224249893 (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	45.4% Average	Read 77.3 Write 80.7 Mixed 46.6 51% 68.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.59 4K Mixed 0.4 103% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 45.4% Great: 46%
Maxtor 7L300S0 300GB-$42 337 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 9GB free Firmware: BANC1G10 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (03) Spinup time 184 183 27277 (04) Start/Stop count 248 248 11747 (05) Reallocated sector count 253 253 0 (06) Read channel margin 253 253 0 (07) Seek error rate 253 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 237 226 33866 (09) Power-on hours count 51 51 15603 (0A) Spinup retry count 253 223 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 253 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 250 250 1335 (C0) Power-off retract count 253 253 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 253 253 0 (C2) HDA temperature 31 253 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 253 248 1346 (C4) Reallocation count 253 253 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 253 253 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 253 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 199 199 0 (C8) Write error rate 253 252 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 252 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 253 250 0 (CB) Run out cancel 253 252 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 253 252 0 (CD) Thermal asperity rate(TAR) 253 252 0 (CF) Spin high current 253 241 0 (D0) Spin buzz 253 252 0 (D1) Offline seek performance 241 241 151 (D2) Unknown 253 252 0 (D3) Unknown 253 252 0 (D4) Unknown 253 252 0	21.1% Poor	Read 44 Write 29 Mixed 49.5 31% 40.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.33 4K Write 2.13 4K Mixed 0.24 80% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 21.1% Great: 35%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DHX DDR3 1600 C8 4x4GB 35 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	59.8% Above average	MC Read 20.7 MC Write 20.3 MC Mixed 18.4 57% 19.8 GB/s	SC Read 17.8 SC Write 20.7 SC Mixed 20.7 56% 19.7 GB/s	Latency 51.9 77% 51.9 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 59.8% Great: 61%

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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	1,269x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	392x
Core i5-3570KIntel $136Bench 68%, 185,516 samples	376x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	165x
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 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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