Asus SABERTOOTH Z77

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (36th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 64 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 77.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	79.7% 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z77 (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20130813
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 14 '18 at 02:34
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	TWN-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing below expectations (36^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 above expectations (84^th percentile)	77.6% Very good	Memory 92 1-Core 106 2-Core 211 79% 136 Pts	4-Core 344 8-Core 483 52% 414 Pts	64-Core 520 32% 520 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 77.6% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 680-$360 38,995 User benchmarks, average bench 32% Device(0000 0000) 2GB CLim: 1202 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 391.35 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 29% Great: 35%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 525GB-$150 105,037 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 249GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 618 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 297 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 10 (AE) Unknown 100 100 12 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 66 59 176094642210 (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 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 4813765768 (F7) Unknown 100 100 151017028 (F8) Unknown 100 100 85120640 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1927 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	79.7% Very good	Read 486 Write 329 Mixed 341 85% 386 MB/s	4K Read 23.7 4K Write 43.6 4K Mixed 24.4 90% 30.6 MB/s	DQ Read 339 DQ Write 220 DQ Mixed 44.8 97% 202 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 79.7% Great: 99%
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$28 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 18GB free Firmware: Z220 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 67 100 1603 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 967 (A6) Unknown 100 100 2719 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 2771 (A9) Unknown 100 100 34 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 2739 (AE) Unknown 100 100 36 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 100 240518168612 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 91 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 538760 (F1) Unknown 253 253 4059 (F2) Unknown 253 253 5189	77.1% Very good	Read 493 Write 363 Mixed 416 94% 424 MB/s	4K Read 26.8 4K Write 78 4K Mixed 4.2 87% 36.3 MB/s	DQ Read 206 DQ Write 309 DQ Mixed 29.9 86% 181 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 77.1% Great: 86%
Toshiba HDWQ140 4TB 4,700 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 884GB free Firmware: FJ1M Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^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 3206 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 610 (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 96 96 1729 (0A) Spinup retry count 112 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 447 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 42 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 11 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1958 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 249109151775 (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 200 253 0 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 0 (DE) Loaded hours 99 99 747 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 558 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	64.4% Good	Read 109 Write 116 Mixed 112 84% 112 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 2.74 4K Mixed 0.64 154% 1.38 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 64.4% Great: 112%
Toshiba MD03ACA300V 3TB 106 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 348GB free Firmware: FL2V Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^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 1 7341 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 968 (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 82 79 7543 (0A) Spinup retry count 119 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 646 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 35 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 25 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 3102 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 253403922462 (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 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 0 (DE) Loaded hours 34 34 26589 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 105 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	49.3% Average	Read 92.1 Write 79.3 Mixed 89.5 66% 87 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 2.43 4K Mixed 0.44 120% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 49.3% Great: 93%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5471-056.A00LF 2x8GB 2,451 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	31.8% Below average	MC Read 10.8 MC Write 9.7 MC Mixed 8.8 28% 9.77 GB/s	SC Read 10.1 SC Write 11.6 SC Mixed 10.5 31% 10.7 GB/s	Latency 64.1 62% 64.1 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 31.8% Great: 61%

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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