Asus SABERTOOTH Z77

Performance Results


Gaming 126% UFO	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 98% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 93.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	136% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	52.1% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z77 (all builds)
Memory	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120803
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 27 '18 at 17:11
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-3570K-$136 185,516 User benchmarks, average bench 68% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.9% Outstanding	Memory 97 1-Core 133 2-Core 268 93% 166 Pts	4-Core 526 8-Core 522 70% 524 Pts	64-Core 515 32% 515 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 93.9% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6390) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2822 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 397.64 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	136% Outstanding	Lighting 193 Reflection 205 Parallax 202 158% 200 fps	MRender 131 Gravity 186 Splatting 128 120% 149 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 136% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 16GB free (System drive) Firmware: 60AABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 28937646 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 24678882085428 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 829 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 254 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 25 44 51542491161 (C2) HDA temperature 25 44 51542491161 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 28937646 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 28937646 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 28937646 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 97 97 38654705665 (E9) Unknown 0 0 7908 (EA) Unknown 0 0 9046 (F1) Unknown 0 0 9046 (F2) Unknown 0 0 16092 (F4) Unknown 100 100 3407894	52.1% Above average	Read 478 Write 153 Mixed 222 62% 284 MB/s	4K Read 28.2 4K Write 21.8 4K Mixed 12.7 70% 20.9 MB/s	DQ Read 84.6 DQ Write 52.6 DQ Mixed 28.9 32% 55.4 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 52.1% Great: 85%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 6TB 2,132 User benchmarks, average bench 175% 3TB free Firmware: 1.0. Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	159% Outstanding	Read 308 Write 246 Mixed 167 178% 240 MB/s	4K Read 1.91 4K Write 4.5 4K Mixed 0.63 233% 2.35 MB/s
Poor: 88% ↑ This bench: 159% Great: 293%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 530GB free Firmware: JC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 145590075 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2234 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 79 60 4383639263 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 7479 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2142 (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 74 56 454688794 (C2) HDA temperature 26 44 38654705690 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 41 20 145590075 (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 78773995188900 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2028487797 (F2) Unknown 100 253 844495755	54.7% Above average	Read 94.4 Write 96.2 Mixed 73.8 66% 88.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 1.34 4K Mixed 0.53 108% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 54.7% Great: 68%
Hitachi Deskstar 7K3000 3TB-$63 6,344 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 154GB free Firmware: MKAOAAM0 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 135 135 86 (03) Spinup time 174 174 47270593006 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 541 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 123 123 31 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 30063 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 497 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 799 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 799 (C2) HDA temperature 187 187 214749216800 (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	47.7% Average	Read 86.7 Write 79.3 Mixed 65.1 58% 77 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 1.51 4K Mixed 0.4 101% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 47.7% Great: 87%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 22,320 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	71.9% Very good	MC Read 25.7 MC Write 26 MC Mixed 22.4 71% 24.7 GB/s	SC Read 20.4 SC Write 21.3 SC Mixed 22.8 61% 21.5 GB/s	Latency 50.3 79% 50.3 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 71.9% Great: 63%

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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	394x
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 $94Bench 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: 89% - Excellent

Total price: $612

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16