Asus SABERTOOTH Z77

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 84.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	73.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (43%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z77 (all builds)
Memory	4.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130813
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 13 '16 at 12:36
Run Duration	559 Seconds
Run User	PRT-User
Background CPU	43%

PC Performing as expected (56^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	84.6% Excellent	Memory 96 1-Core 123 2-Core 237 87% 152 Pts	4-Core 395 8-Core 618 62% 506 Pts	64-Core 601 37% 601 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 84.6% Great: 83%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Series 500GB 7,390 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 302GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXT08B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 5015 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1793 (B1) Unknown 98 98 14 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 57 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 67 (F1) Unknown 99 99 10884748482	73.4% Very good	Read 520 Write 317 Mixed 237 79% 358 MB/s	4K Read 27.1 4K Write 67 4K Mixed 16.7 98% 36.9 MB/s	DQ Read 28 DQ Write 180 DQ Mixed 14.4 38% 74.2 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 73.4% Great: 89%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$90 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 94 215075528 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1061 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 58853241 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 11932 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 911 (B7) Unknown 98 98 2 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 335 (BC) Unknown 100 98 2 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 62 50 639762470 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 249 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 72 72 57897 (C2) HDA temperature 38 50 73014444070 (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 -120817430029025 (F1) Unknown 100 253 30772746681 (F2) Unknown 100 253 452924724219	92.2% Outstanding	Read 137 Write 183 Mixed 119 109% 146 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 5.38 4K Mixed 0.55 183% 2.16 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 92.2% Great: 108%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$59 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 15GB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 139 139 71 (03) Spinup time 126 126 21494628652 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 3464 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 10258 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 493 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 3469 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 3469 (C2) HDA temperature 153 153 223339413543 (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	97.8% Outstanding	Read 180 Write 161 Mixed 164 127% 168 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 2.18 4K Mixed 0.22 91% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 97.8% Great: 108%
SAMSUNG HD103SJ 1TB 18 User benchmarks, average bench 19% 911GB free, PID 2336 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	18.3% Very poor	Read 28.5 Write 28 Mixed 30.4 38% 29 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.55 4K Mixed 0.55 108% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 18.3% Great: 23%
ST1000LM 024 HN-M101MBB 1TB 16 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 907GB free, PID 2336 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	21.5% Poor	Read 40.1 Write 38.6 Mixed 33.7 48% 37.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 2.33 4K Mixed 0.37 94% 1.08 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 21.5% Great: 21%
SAMSUNG HD642JJ 640GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 474GB free, PID 2336 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	20.6% Poor	Read 37.2 Write 36.4 Mixed 36.5 47% 36.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.33 4K Mixed 0.44 96% 1.09 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 20.6% Great: 21%
TOSHIBA DT01ABA200 2TB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 364GB free, PID a002 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	40.3% Average	Read 84 Write 102 Mixed 25.1 87% 70.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 1.87 4K Mixed 0.14 71% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 40.3% Great: 40%
WD Elements 1TB 51,914 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 334GB free, PID 1021 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	17.6% Very poor	Read 36.4 Write 36.1 Mixed 35.3 46% 35.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.36 4K Write 1.41 4K Mixed 0.14 54% 0.64 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 17.6% Great: 43%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 1TB 6,017 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 69GB free, PID a007 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	14.9% Very poor	Read 32 Write 28.5 Mixed 30 38% 30.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.28 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.17 51% 0.58 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 14.9% Great: 43%
ST2000DM 001-1ER164 2TB 14GB free, PID a002 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	56% Above average	Read 145 Write 141 Mixed 118 170% 134 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 1.39 4K Mixed 0.21 57% 0.78 MB/s

WD Elements 500GB 10,869 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 12GB free, PID 1042 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	23.9% Poor	Read 54.6 Write 52.7 Mixed 53.5 69% 53.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.33 4K Write 1.46 4K Mixed 0.12 55% 0.64 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 23.9% Great: 41%
SanDisk Cruzer Edge 16GB 6,219 User benchmarks, average bench 10% 11GB free, PID 556b Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	6.9% Terrible	Read 21.9 Write 4.46 Mixed 8.83 12% 11.7 MB/s	4K Read 6.18 4K Write 0.42 4K Mixed 0.74 62% 2.45 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 6.9% Great: 13%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 78,181 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	55.7% Above average	MC Read 20.1 MC Write 19.3 MC Mixed 17.7 54% 19 GB/s	SC Read 10.4 SC Write 17.9 SC Mixed 17.4 44% 15.2 GB/s	Latency 53.9 74% 53.9 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 55.7% Great: 62%

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Workstation 49%

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Motherboard: Asus SABERTOOTH Z77 - $210

CPU
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	1,278x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	394x
Core i5-3570KIntel $136Bench 68%, 185,516 samples	381x

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	158x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	82x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	75x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 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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Total price: $607

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $160	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16