Asus SABERTOOTH Z77

Performance Results


Gaming 50% Yacht	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 42% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 79.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	61.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	47.3% 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.

Very high background CPU (63%). 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, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z77 (all builds)
Memory	8.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121219
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 11 '17 at 04:03
Run Duration	170 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	63%

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PC Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2600K-$319 147,533 User benchmarks, average bench 71% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	79.7% Very good	Memory 93.1 1-Core 113 2-Core 209 80% 138 Pts	4-Core 358 8-Core 581 58% 470 Pts	64-Core 566 35% 566 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 79.7% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 85AB) CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 384.76 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	61.3% Good	Lighting 77.6 Reflection 76.8 Parallax 65.6 63% 73.4 fps	MRender 70.8 Gravity 68.5 Splatting 70.8 57% 70 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 61.3% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB-$100 46,066 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 58GB free (System drive) Firmware: 501ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 110 110 28480013 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 -69767448722427 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1741 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 613 (B1) Unknown 0 0 8 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 33 80 77314654241 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 28480013 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 28480013 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 28480013 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 93 93 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 37086 (EA) Unknown 0 0 35356 (F1) Unknown 0 0 35356 (F2) Unknown 0 0 11224	47.3% Average	Read 364 Write 138 Mixed 192 51% 231 MB/s	4K Read 20.3 4K Write 47.6 4K Mixed 11.6 71% 26.5 MB/s	DQ Read 22.5 DQ Write 143 DQ Mixed 38 42% 67.8 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 47.3% Great: 87%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 948GB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 231844824 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1767 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 67 60 4300251824 (09) Power-on hours count 75 75 22172 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 732 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 66 51 572260386 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 179 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 86 86 28619 (C2) HDA temperature 34 49 77309411362 (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 48378511636797 (F1) Unknown 100 253 13638989103 (F2) Unknown 100 253 13391978839	88.9% Excellent	Read 161 Write 150 Mixed 139 112% 150 MB/s	4K Read 0.85 4K Write 1.12 4K Mixed 0.37 97% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 88.9% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 878GB free Firmware: CC46 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 99 36890128 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2115 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 63 60 1855380 (09) Power-on hours count 72 72 24677 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 901 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 96 36 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 40 7065810173986 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 265 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 88 88 25083 (C2) HDA temperature 34 60 77309411362 (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 63466731743368 (F1) Unknown 100 253 14758581097 (F2) Unknown 100 253 14705814800	102% Outstanding	Read 182 Write 175 Mixed 166 131% 174 MB/s	4K Read 0.96 4K Write 1.28 4K Mixed 0.32 99% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 112%
Seagate ST31000333AS 1TB-$750 12,067 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 718GB free Firmware: CC1F Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 99 32053149 (03) Spinup time 97 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 5056 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 7 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 269423913 (09) Power-on hours count 56 56 38790 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 4 (0C) Power cycle count 98 37 2301 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BC) Unknown 100 84 8590065876 (BD) vendor-specific 1 1 1445 (BE) vendor-specific 61 29 106670480752679 (C2) HDA temperature 39 71 73014444071 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 38 23 32053149 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 44 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 96078418446419 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1439208577 (F2) Unknown 100 253 917822336	52.1% Above average	Read 91.9 Write 89.7 Mixed 81.4 66% 87.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.36 4K Mixed 0.44 93% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 52.1% Great: 66%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905403-149.A00LF 9905403-149.A00LF 029E CMZ16GX3M4A1600C9 029E CMZ16GX3M4A1600C9 16GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	48.7% Average	MC Read 16.6 MC Write 16.6 MC Mixed 15 46% 16.1 GB/s	SC Read 13.5 SC Write 18.4 SC Mixed 16.5 46% 16.1 GB/s	Latency 61.9 65% 61.9 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 48.7% Great: 51%

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Workstation 49%

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Motherboard: Asus SABERTOOTH Z77 - $210

CPU
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	1,272x
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 $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 $273	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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