Asus SABERTOOTH Z77

Performance Results


Gaming 81% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 85.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	93.3% 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	94% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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 9 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z77 (all builds)
Memory	13.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20130813
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 24 '17 at 00:02
Run Duration	107 Seconds
Run User	IRL-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing above expectations (77^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 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	85.3% Excellent	Memory 95.6 1-Core 116 2-Core 236 85% 149 Pts	4-Core 405 8-Core 593 62% 499 Pts	64-Core 593 37% 593 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 85.3% 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: 384.76 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.3% Outstanding	Lighting 119 Reflection 126 Parallax 127 97% 124 fps	MRender 106 Gravity 110 Splatting 101 86% 106 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 93.3% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SHSS37A480G 480GB 14,802 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 84GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM00.Y Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^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 8537 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 168 (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 49 (C2) HDA temperature 73 59 176094707739 (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 10898 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 9665 (F2) Unknown 100 100 17491 (F4) Unknown 100 100 20 (F5) Unknown 100 100 79 (F6) Unknown 100 100 2822336	94% Outstanding	Read 518 Write 510 Mixed 383 105% 471 MB/s	4K Read 27.7 4K Write 80.3 4K Mixed 14 102% 40.7 MB/s	DQ Read 286 DQ Write 287 DQ Mixed 21.6 89% 198 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 94% 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 below expectations (33^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 198015472 (03) Spinup time 95 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1281 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 58 57 171825941887 (09) Power-on hours count 73 73 24090 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1271 (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 69 53 571605023 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 235 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 93 93 14730 (C2) HDA temperature 31 47 25769803807 (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 47231755377900 (F1) Unknown 100 253 55839440787 (F2) Unknown 100 253 111093522244	81.8% Excellent	Read 144 Write 141 Mixed 80 90% 122 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 1.49 4K Mixed 0.25 71% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 81.8% Great: 113%

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 @ 2000 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	67.9% Good	MC Read 26.1 MC Write 23.7 MC Mixed 20.3 67% 23.4 GB/s	SC Read 20 SC Write 20.6 SC Mixed 21.3 59% 20.6 GB/s	Latency 55.2 72% 55.2 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 67.9% Great: 63%

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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	1,272x
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 $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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	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 $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16