Asus SABERTOOTH Z77

Performance Results


Gaming 80% Battleship	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 66% Battle cruiser


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 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 83.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	95% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	63.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z77 (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20130813
Uptime	4.2 Days
Run Date	Jul 07 '17 at 23:05
Run Duration	135 Seconds
Run User	IRL-User
Background CPU	18%

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 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	83.3% Excellent	Memory 95.4 1-Core 117 2-Core 234 85% 149 Pts	4-Core 385 8-Core 588 60% 487 Pts	64-Core 586 36% 586 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 83.3% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3230) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1647 MHz, MLim: 1984 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 381.65 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95% Outstanding	Lighting 122 Reflection 128 Parallax 128 99% 126 fps	MRender 107 Gravity 110 Splatting 104 87% 107 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 95% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SHSS37A480G 480GB 14,802 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 104GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM00.Y Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th 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 8171 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 164 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 760 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1310799 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 47 (C2) HDA temperature 74 59 176094707738 (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 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 10703 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 9514 (F2) Unknown 100 100 16854 (F4) Unknown 100 100 20 (F5) Unknown 100 100 79 (F6) Unknown 100 100 2771136	63.2% Good	Read 518 Write 30 Mixed 410 70% 320 MB/s	4K Read 26.5 4K Write 71.9 4K Mixed 13.6 96% 37.3 MB/s	DQ Read 311 DQ Write 280 DQ Mixed 22.4 92% 204 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 63.2% Great: 110%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1TB free Firmware: CC27 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 109 99 21742352 (03) Spinup time 94 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1277 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 58 57 171825750428 (09) Power-on hours count 73 73 23721 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1267 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 68 68 32 (BE) vendor-specific 68 53 572260384 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 233 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 93 93 14725 (C2) HDA temperature 32 47 25769803808 (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 64347200052090 (F1) Unknown 100 253 55574912575 (F2) Unknown 100 253 111004111715	92.9% Outstanding	Read 164 Write 160 Mixed 63.2 95% 129 MB/s	4K Read 0.79 4K Write 1.53 4K Mixed 0.34 99% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 92.9% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 200GB free Firmware: CC44 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 186978957 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1855 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 77 60 55301661 (09) Power-on hours count 59 59 36216 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2643 (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 71 54 555417629 (C2) HDA temperature 29 46 21474836509 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 24 9 186978957 (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 -104084237415533 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2557057903 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3814348247	51.6% Above average	Read 97.1 Write 82.5 Mixed 24.2 50% 67.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 1.59 4K Mixed 0.64 131% 0.98 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 51.6% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GB 48,796 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	59.6% Above average	MC Read 21.2 MC Write 20.1 MC Mixed 19 57% 20.1 GB/s	SC Read 17.2 SC Write 19.4 SC Mixed 19.6 54% 18.7 GB/s	Latency 56 71% 56 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 59.6% Great: 63%

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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	1,271x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	392x
Core i5-3570KIntel $136Bench 68%, 185,516 samples	377x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	166x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	161x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	155x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 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: 86% - Excellent

Total price: $626

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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