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 (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 89.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	36.3% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 4 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z77 (all builds)
Memory	6.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130813
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 12 '18 at 00:49
Run Duration	153 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-2500K-$246 143,007 User benchmarks, average bench 66% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	89.7% Excellent	Memory 96.6 1-Core 122 2-Core 244 88% 154 Pts	4-Core 479 8-Core 480 64% 479 Pts	64-Core 483 30% 483 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 89.7% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-3GB-$119 627,793 User benchmarks, average bench 52% EVGA(3842 6367) 3GB CLim: 2189 MHz, MLim: 2196 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 391.35 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 48% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS900 240GB-$20 61,417 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 48GB free Firmware: CS900211 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 245 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 109 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 82 82 151 (AD) Unknown 100 100 262151 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 44 (C2) HDA temperature 67 67 141736083489 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 99 (F1) Unknown 100 100 973	89.3% Excellent	Read 519 Write 488 Mixed 498 112% 502 MB/s	4K Read 30.4 4K Write 96.4 4K Mixed 7.51 107% 44.8 MB/s	DQ Read 123 DQ Write 292 DQ Mixed 10.5 64% 142 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 89.3% Great: 91%
OCZ AGILITY3 60GB 14,293 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 16GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 90 90 37171611 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 72 72 -7679401500486 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1461 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 359 (B1) Unknown 0 0 7 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 37171611 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 37171611 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 37171611 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 8137 (EA) Unknown 0 0 5131 (F1) Unknown 0 0 5131 (F2) Unknown 0 0 14280	36.3% Below average	Read 189 Write 57.1 Mixed 75.4 23% 107 MB/s	4K Read 27.7 4K Write 55.5 4K Mixed 9.34 83% 30.9 MB/s	DQ Read 15.5 DQ Write 56.9 DQ Mixed 10.5 16% 27.6 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 36.3% Great: 51%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$24 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 450GB free Firmware: KC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 85000072 (03) Spinup time 100 99 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1543 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 296 (07) Seek error rate 83 60 4518581964 (09) Power-on hours count 70 70 26430 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1499 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 5 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 60 49 705757224 (C2) HDA temperature 40 51 47244640296 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 37 20 85000072 (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 -43452184107200 (F1) Unknown 100 253 4147155220 (F2) Unknown 100 253 4049305579	70.5% Very good	Read 125 Write 121 Mixed 113 90% 120 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.17 4K Mixed 0.6 118% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 70.5% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS4G3D1339DS1S00. 2x4GB 1,673 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	64.4% Good	MC Read 22.3 MC Write 23.1 MC Mixed 20 62% 21.8 GB/s	SC Read 18 SC Write 21.8 SC Mixed 19.7 57% 19.8 GB/s	Latency 51.8 77% 51.8 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 64.4% Great: 55%

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

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Gaming 60%

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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	1,275x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	393x
Core i5-3570KIntel $136Bench 68%, 185,516 samples	378x

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	157x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	82x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	75x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $75Bench 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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16