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 (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 78.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	63.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

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	25.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120803
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Feb 26 '18 at 19:00
Run Duration	112 Seconds
Run User	IND-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing above expectations (68^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 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	78.9% Very good	Memory 95.5 1-Core 100 2-Core 201 77% 132 Pts	4-Core 341 8-Core 469 51% 405 Pts	64-Core 500 31% 500 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 78.9% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Zotac(19DA 2375) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 390.77 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 30% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM830 256GB 2,468 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 134GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXM05H1Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 5967 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1308 (AA) Unknown 93 93 3772 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 94 94 202 (AE) Unknown 99 99 298 (B7) Unknown 99 99 3 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 38 32 (C4) Reallocation count 253 253 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 201 201 0	63.6% Good	Read 472 Write 356 Mixed 415 92% 414 MB/s	4K Read 18.6 4K Write 50.6 4K Mixed 13.6 72% 27.6 MB/s	DQ Read 20.7 DQ Write 49.6 DQ Mixed 12.5 16% 27.6 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 63.6% Great: 82%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$95 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC98 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 74 212095008 (03) Spinup time 93 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 88 88 13234 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 119148774 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 5118 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1694 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 6327 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295163911 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 40 236761907232 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 95 95 10777 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 13514 (C2) HDA temperature 32 60 77309411360 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 24 9 212095008 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 95 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 95 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -140243567111073 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3902765867 (F2) Unknown 100 253 379311404	72.9% Very good	Read 124 Write 131 Mixed 89.9 86% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 1.03 4K Mixed 0.18 66% 0.62 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 72.9% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 4x8GB 6,389 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1800 MHz Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	63.8% Good	MC Read 23 MC Write 22.7 MC Mixed 20.2 63% 22 GB/s	SC Read 18.4 SC Write 17.7 SC Mixed 20 53% 18.7 GB/s	Latency 55.5 72% 55.5 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 63.8% Great: 87%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Workstation 49%

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Motherboard: Asus SABERTOOTH Z77 - $210

CPU
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	1,281x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	394x
Core i5-3570KIntel $50Bench 68%, 185,516 samples	382x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	168x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	161x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	158x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	82x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $135Bench 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	101x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 34,385 samples	65x

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Value: 91% - Outstanding

Total price: $603

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $124	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	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