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 (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 82.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	72.8% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). 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	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130813
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 28 '17 at 00:17
Run Duration	168 Seconds
Run User	HRV-User
Background CPU	18%

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PC Performing as expected (57^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-3570K-$136 185,516 User benchmarks, average bench 68% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	82.4% Excellent	Memory 95.2 1-Core 120 2-Core 236 86% 150 Pts	4-Core 399 8-Core 425 54% 412 Pts	64-Core 452 28% 452 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 82.4% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6173) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.49 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 105 Reflection 116 Parallax 98.2 85% 106 fps	Gravity 99 Splatting 103 90% 101 fps
Poor: 71% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 750 EVO 250GB-$42 75,831 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 116GB free (System drive) Firmware: MAT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 451 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 197 (B1) Unknown 99 99 4 (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 67 56 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 31 (F1) Unknown 99 99 2436850280	72.8% Very good	Read 479 Write 265 Mixed 268 74% 338 MB/s	4K Read 33.6 4K Write 51.1 4K Mixed 25.7 111% 36.8 MB/s	DQ Read 67.9 DQ Write 110 DQ Mixed 14.2 32% 63.9 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 72.8% Great: 114%
OCZ Agility 3 120GB-$102 38,562 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 14GB free Firmware: 2.15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 90 90 17173363 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 9423158262257 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3117 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 371 (B1) Unknown 0 0 7 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 128 129 545469300864 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 17173363 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 17173363 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 17173363 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 10445 (EA) Unknown 0 0 7098 (F1) Unknown 0 0 7098 (F2) Unknown 0 0 13938	50.7% Above average	Read 206 Write 122 Mixed 143 35% 157 MB/s	4K Read 25.5 4K Write 82.9 4K Mixed 15.1 102% 41.2 MB/s	DQ Read 138 DQ Write 109 DQ Mixed 34.9 50% 94.2 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 50.7% Great: 61%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 1TB-$68 105,708 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 183GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 216694872 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 894 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 71 60 13365742 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 3235 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 966 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 65 454295579 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 116 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2630 (C2) HDA temperature 27 40 81604378651 (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 34273839026999 (F1) Unknown 100 253 7188626154 (F2) Unknown 100 253 4530456682166	84.2% Excellent	Read 139 Write 154 Mixed 111 100% 135 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 5.27 4K Mixed 0.7 196% 2.15 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 84.2% Great: 112%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 178GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 171 2350 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2762 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 73 73 20034 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2591 (C0) Power-off retract count 197 197 2446 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 315 (C2) HDA temperature 112 96 31 (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	79.5% Very good	Read 159 Write 118 Mixed 118 99% 132 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 2.72 4K Mixed 0.23 105% 1.22 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 79.5% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 2,100 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	59.7% Above average	MC Read 20.8 MC Write 21.3 MC Mixed 18.8 58% 20.3 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 19.2 SC Mixed 18.6 52% 18.1 GB/s	Latency 56.4 71% 56.4 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 59.7% Great: 63%

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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	1,271x
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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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