Asus SABERTOOTH Z77

Performance Results


Gaming 53% Yacht	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 44% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 84.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	60.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	49.9% 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.

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Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z77 (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121219
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Jan 01 '18 at 03:06
Run Duration	202 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	29%

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PC Performing above expectations (65^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 (99^th percentile)	84.5% Excellent	Memory 93.7 1-Core 112 2-Core 215 81% 140 Pts	4-Core 407 8-Core 582 62% 494 Pts	64-Core 585 36% 585 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 84.5% 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: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 384.76 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	60.6% Good	Lighting 76.4 Reflection 76.3 Parallax 72.2 62% 74.9 fps	MRender 69.5 Gravity 68.8 Splatting 71.2 57% 69.9 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 60.6% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB-$100 46,066 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 32GB free (System drive) Firmware: 501ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 102 102 7116368 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 -93707596429515 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 2046 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 669 (B1) Unknown 0 0 8 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 23 80 77314654231 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 7116368 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 7116368 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 7116368 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 93 93 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 38455 (EA) Unknown 0 0 36688 (F1) Unknown 0 0 36688 (F2) Unknown 0 0 12568	49.9% Average	Read 355 Write 140 Mixed 193 50% 230 MB/s	4K Read 19.8 4K Write 56.2 4K Mixed 9.58 72% 28.5 MB/s	DQ Read 141 DQ Write 151 DQ Mixed 24 52% 105 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 49.9% Great: 87%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 927GB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 74421224 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2554 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 67 60 4300447281 (09) Power-on hours count 74 74 22965 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1037 (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 76 51 404226072 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 233 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 85 85 31932 (C2) HDA temperature 24 49 73014444056 (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 53416508275225 (F1) Unknown 100 253 14188659343 (F2) Unknown 100 253 14120903335	86.3% Excellent	Read 158 Write 143 Mixed 142 111% 148 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 1.17 4K Mixed 0.27 77% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 86.3% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 662GB free Firmware: CC46 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 99 36876576 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2654 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 67 60 5253766 (09) Power-on hours count 71 71 25474 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1206 (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 76 40 7065625427992 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 320 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 85 85 30172 (C2) HDA temperature 24 60 73014444056 (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 136124693490222 (F1) Unknown 100 253 16200404447 (F2) Unknown 100 253 16771356832	100% Outstanding	Read 174 Write 175 Mixed 161 128% 170 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 1.24 4K Mixed 0.34 88% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 112%
Seagate ST31000333AS 1TB-$750 12,067 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 563GB free Firmware: CC1F Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 121807058 (03) Spinup time 100 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5687 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 10 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 273788915 (09) Power-on hours count 55 55 39595 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 4 (0C) Power cycle count 98 37 2606 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BC) Unknown 100 84 8590065876 (BD) vendor-specific 1 1 1456 (BE) vendor-specific 71 29 106670296203293 (C2) HDA temperature 29 71 73014444061 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 41 23 121807058 (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 -114430813631631 (F1) Unknown 100 253 4117701895 (F2) Unknown 100 253 18990108	50.3% Above average	Read 84.8 Write 90.5 Mixed 96.3 68% 90.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 1.27 4K Mixed 0.36 81% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 50.3% Great: 66%
Seagate Backup+ BK 1TB 2,655 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 931GB free, PID a013 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	45.3% Average	Read 106 Write 109 Mixed 88.7 129% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.96 4K Mixed 0.35 80% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 45.3% Great: 43%

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	51.1% Above average	MC Read 17.7 MC Write 17.3 MC Mixed 15.4 48% 16.8 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 19.3 SC Mixed 18.1 50% 17.4 GB/s	Latency 60.6 66% 60.6 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 51.1% Great: 51%

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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	1,276x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	394x
Core i5-3570KIntel $136Bench 68%, 185,516 samples	379x

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 $139Bench 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: 90% - Excellent

Total price: $607

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) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16