Asus SABERTOOTH Z77

Performance Results


Gaming 47% Yacht	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 39% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 81.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	53.4% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	94.9% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (51%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z77 (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130813
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 15 '18 at 15:16
Run Duration	297 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	51%

PC Performing as expected (55^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, turbo 3.85 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	81.2% Excellent	Memory 95.9 1-Core 107 2-Core 199 79% 134 Pts	4-Core 359 8-Core 541 56% 450 Pts	64-Core 531 33% 531 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 81.2% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	53.4% Above average	Lighting 67.7 Reflection 66.3 Parallax 60.2 55% 64.7 fps	MRender 72.5 Gravity 61.8 Splatting 52.6 50% 62.3 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 53.4% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$190 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 78GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM04B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 18124 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 502 (B1) Unknown 98 98 83 (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 62 55 38 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 12 (F1) Unknown 99 99 22543140224	94.9% Outstanding	Read 527 Write 348 Mixed 449 98% 441 MB/s	4K Read 34.4 4K Write 76.6 4K Mixed 40.8 145% 50.6 MB/s	DQ Read 211 DQ Write 138 DQ Mixed 80.3 85% 143 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 94.9% Great: 124%
Intel 510 Series 250GB 777 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 70GB free Firmware: PWG4 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 3 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2970 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2703 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 36 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 73015 (E8) Unknown 99 99 0 (E9) Unknown 98 98 0	63.5% Good	Read 478 Write 311 Mixed 376 86% 388 MB/s	4K Read 19.8 4K Write 43 4K Mixed 17.2 75% 26.7 MB/s	DQ Read 78.8 DQ Write 48.1 DQ Mixed 25.7 29% 50.9 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 63.5% Great: 65%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 568GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 163 160 6816 (04) Start/Stop count 88 88 12537 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 74 74 19254 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2461 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 48 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 185 185 46470 (C2) HDA temperature 115 105 35 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	45.3% Average	Read 76.7 Write 81.2 Mixed 81.6 60% 79.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 1.43 4K Mixed 0.16 72% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 45.3% Great: 67%
Hitachi HDS721010KLA330 1TB-$47 10,943 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 183GB free Firmware: GKAOA70M Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 130 130 151 (03) Spinup time 101 101 55879598766 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 21277 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 134 134 32 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 42551 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3585 (C0) Power-off retract count 82 82 22386 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 82 82 22386 (C2) HDA temperature 142 142 240518823978 (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 200 200 747	33% Below average	Read 62.6 Write 52 Mixed 57.2 43% 57.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.41 106% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 33% Great: 46%
WD My Passport 0741 2TB 1,643 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 1TB free, PID 0741 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	17.7% Very poor	Read 36.2 Write 30.9 Mixed 32.1 42% 33.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.84 4K Mixed 0.21 72% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 17.7% Great: 44%
WD My Book 1TB 10,299 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 635GB free, PID 1100 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	19.2% Very poor	Read 36 Write 31.1 Mixed 19.5 35% 28.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 2.29 4K Mixed 0.32 91% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 19.2% Great: 22%
WD Elements 2TB 35,768 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 630GB free, PID 10b8 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	17.1% Very poor	Read 37.4 Write 30.6 Mixed 25.5 38% 31.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 1.58 4K Mixed 0.17 61% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 17.1% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMD8GX3M2A1600C9 029E CML8GX3M2A1600C9 029E CMD8GX3M2A1600C9 029E CML8GX3M2A1600C9 16GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	59.9% Above average	MC Read 21.6 MC Write 20.4 MC Mixed 18.3 57% 20.1 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 18.9 SC Mixed 20 54% 19 GB/s	Latency 54.2 74% 54.2 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 59.9% Great: 60%

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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	1,274x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	393x
Core i5-3570KIntel $136Bench 68%, 185,516 samples	377x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	167x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	161x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	156x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 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: 90% - Excellent

Total price: $607

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $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