Asus SABERTOOTH Z77

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 77% Battleship	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 62% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 87.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	88.8% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z77 (all builds)
Memory	10.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130813
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Mar 17 '18 at 20:56
Run Duration	217 Seconds
Run User	CHE-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing above expectations (79^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	87.1% Excellent	Memory 97.7 1-Core 117 2-Core 226 85% 147 Pts	4-Core 418 8-Core 567 62% 493 Pts	64-Core 580 36% 580 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 87.1% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Asus(1043 855B) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1800 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 391.1 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	88.8% Excellent	Lighting 113 Reflection 122 Parallax 109 92% 115 fps	MRender 98.9 Gravity 104 Splatting 99.3 82% 101 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 88.8% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 500GB-$150 68,337 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 298GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 10117 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1518 (B1) Unknown 87 87 146 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 52 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 1 (EB) Unknown 99 99 464 (F1) Unknown 99 99 47296398271
Poor: 72% Great: 126%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$60 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1TB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 1 (03) Spinup time 163 159 6808 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2886 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 77 77 16801 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2561 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 773 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 108 108 276139 (C2) HDA temperature 117 107 33 (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	55.8% Above average	Read 98.6 Write 95.6 Mixed 91.1 72% 95.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 1.98 4K Mixed 0.16 84% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 55.8% Great: 67%
Seagate ST3320820AS_P 320GB 115 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 197GB free Firmware: 3.BQE Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 253 0 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 10821 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 89 60 867181015 (09) Power-on hours count 68 68 28769 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5488 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 51 622133284 (C2) HDA temperature 36 49 38654705700 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 71 55 27002838 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	41.8% Average	Read 71.6 Write 73.9 Mixed 69.5 54% 71.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.31 4K Mixed 0.42 93% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 41.8% Great: 44%
Samsung Spinpoint T166 500GB-$40 43,024 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 128GB free Firmware: CR100-12 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 253 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 7424 (04) Start/Stop count 84 84 16910 (05) Reallocated sector count 253 253 0 (07) Seek error rate 253 253 0 (08) Seek timer performance 253 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 25613 (0A) Spinup retry count 253 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 253 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5373 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 237491 (BB) vendor-specific 253 253 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 11 (BE) vendor-specific 70 54 30 (C2) HDA temperature 145 97 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 237491 (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 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 98 98 828	34.1% Below average	Read 58.1 Write 60.5 Mixed 56.5 44% 58.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 0.96 4K Mixed 0.35 84% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 34.1% Great: 44%
Lacie ST2000DM001-9YN1 4TB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 120% 3TB free, PID null Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	129% Outstanding	Read 327 Write 335 Mixed 285 404% 315 MB/s	4K Read 2.95 4K Write 2.48 4K Mixed 0.41 110% 1.95 MB/s
Poor: 101% ↑ This bench: 129% Great: 130%
WDC WD30 EZRX-00DC0B0 3TB 56 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 1.5TB free, PID 0539 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	48.8% Average	Read 108 Write 115 Mixed 87.2 132% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.86 4K Write 2.55 4K Mixed 0.24 98% 1.22 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 48.8% Great: 55%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 2133 C11 4x4GB 2,772 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	74.1% Very good	MC Read 28.5 MC Write 25.9 MC Mixed 22.3 73% 25.6 GB/s	SC Read 21.9 SC Write 20.7 SC Mixed 21.4 61% 21.3 GB/s	Latency 47.5 84% 47.5 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 74.1% Great: 104%

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Gaming 60%

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Desktop 79%

Battleship

Workstation 49%

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Motherboard: Asus SABERTOOTH Z77 - $210

CPU
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	1,289x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	394x
Core i5-3570KIntel $50Bench 68%, 185,516 samples	385x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	170x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	162x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	160x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	82x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $137Bench 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	102x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 34,385 samples	65x

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Total price: $757

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $164	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $149
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $89
Intel Core i5-13600K $245	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $359