Asus SABERTOOTH Z77

Performance Results


Gaming 46% Yacht	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 40% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 85%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	50.7% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	81.1% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z77 (all builds)
Memory	9.6 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors, 3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130813
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 11 '18 at 20:24
Run Duration	221 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd 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 (99^th percentile)	85% Excellent	Memory 96.4 1-Core 126 2-Core 251 89% 158 Pts	4-Core 397 8-Core 635 63% 516 Pts	64-Core 636 39% 636 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 85% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing below potential (76^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	50.7% Above average	Lighting 63.6 Reflection 64.9 Parallax 62.4 52% 63.6 fps	MRender 68.4 Gravity 60.6 Splatting 52 48% 60.4 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 50.7% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HyperX Savage 240GB-$120 39,518 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 17GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM00.r Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd 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 0 (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 100 100 1458 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 555 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 691 (AD) Unknown 100 100 2228319 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 209 (C2) HDA temperature 72 60 171799871516 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 99 (E9) Unknown 100 100 8206 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 4921 (F2) Unknown 100 100 4762 (F4) Unknown 100 100 34 (F5) Unknown 100 100 95 (F6) Unknown 100 100 2323648	81.1% Excellent	Read 510 Write 440 Mixed 501 108% 483 MB/s	4K Read 22.4 4K Write 43.4 4K Mixed 14 75% 26.6 MB/s	DQ Read 299 DQ Write 236 DQ Mixed 13.5 79% 183 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 81.1% Great: 111%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$67 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 878GB free Firmware: CC29 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 122481360 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2107 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 8753676 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 3041 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 827 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 46 373667856723 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 53 52061667359 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 248 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 10393 (C2) HDA temperature 31 47 -140737488355297 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 168 4131 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 6171868005407 (F1) Unknown 100 253 16222448745 (F2) Unknown 100 253 11611648961	97.8% Outstanding	Read 172 Write 169 Mixed 169 128% 170 MB/s	4K Read 0.81 4K Write 1.54 4K Mixed 0.34 100% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 97.8% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 500GB free Firmware: 0001 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 74 64 22873545 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 19 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 65 60 3048699 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -38585986187238 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 6 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 75 69 421068825 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 7 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 37 (C2) HDA temperature 25 40 68719476761 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 74 64 22873545 (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 -94076963651567 (F1) Unknown 100 253 6762972014 (F2) Unknown 100 253 5590644	51.3% Above average	Read 105 Write 70.9 Mixed 52.7 57% 76.3 MB/s	4K Read 3.95 4K Write 5.81 4K Mixed 0.48 325% 3.41 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 51.3% Great: 90%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 327GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 191 178 7416 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1748 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3389 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 895 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 247 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 192 192 25370 (C2) HDA temperature 126 102 26 (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 5 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	59.4% Above average	Read 89.8 Write 117 Mixed 106 79% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 2.09 4K Mixed 0.25 86% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 59.4% Great: 83%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 96GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 3 (03) Spinup time 173 164 6341 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4765 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 11445 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1664 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 420 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 175 175 75240 (C2) HDA temperature 123 111 27 (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 200 198 99 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	64.1% Good	Read 115 Write 108 Mixed 66.4 72% 96.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.36 4K Write 1.66 4K Mixed 0.16 63% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 64.1% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsZ DDR3 1600 C9 3x4GB 73 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 3 of 4 slots used 12GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	59.4% Above average	MC Read 21.3 MC Write 20.7 MC Mixed 17.1 56% 19.7 GB/s	SC Read 18.7 SC Write 21.1 SC Mixed 18.5 56% 19.4 GB/s	Latency 52.6 76% 52.6 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 59.4% Great: 79%

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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	1,274x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	393x
Core i5-3570KIntel $136Bench 68%, 185,516 samples	377x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	167x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	161x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	156x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 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: 90% - Excellent

Total price: $607

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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