Asus SABERTOOTH Z77

Performance Results


Gaming 24% Surfboard	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 21% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 80%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	24.9% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	45.9% 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 8 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z77 (all builds)
Memory	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8
BIOS Date	20120803
Uptime	24.6 Days
Run Date	Mar 01 '17 at 12:19
Run Duration	213 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing as expected (52^nd 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 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	80% Very good	Memory 93.7 1-Core 108 2-Core 216 80% 139 Pts	4-Core 360 8-Core 511 55% 436 Pts	64-Core 536 33% 536 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 80% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 780-Ti-$410 30,815 User benchmarks, average bench 53% EVGA(3842 2883) 3GB CLim: 1306 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 376.33 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	24.9% Poor	Lighting 19.9 Reflection 55.2 Parallax 44.9 16% 40 fps	MRender 68.3 Gravity 43.1 Splatting 45.3 42% 52.2 fps
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 24.9% Great: 59%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force GT 120GB-$155 13,464 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 12GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.03 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 105 105 11979337 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 31756988201589 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1642 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 119 (B1) Unknown 0 0 3 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 25 49 34362949657 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 11979337 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 11979337 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 11979337 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 13280 (EA) Unknown 0 0 15790 (F1) Unknown 0 0 15790 (F2) Unknown 0 0 10790	45.9% Average	Read 456 Write 109 Mixed 164 53% 243 MB/s	4K Read 25.5 4K Write 16 4K Mixed 12 63% 17.9 MB/s	DQ Read 81 DQ Write 35.6 DQ Mixed 21.5 26% 46 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 45.9% Great: 83%
WD Blue SSHD 4TB (2015)-$65 1,900 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 188 0 (03) Spinup time 234 231 5300 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 316 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3555 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 316 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 13 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1285 (C2) HDA temperature 124 111 28 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 1 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 2	73.1% Very good	Read 109 Write 145 Mixed 113 92% 123 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 2.38 4K Mixed 0.26 104% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 73.1% Great: 83%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 499GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 176 170 2191 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1670 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 14982 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1631 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 103 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1566 (C2) HDA temperature 116 102 27 (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	88.3% Excellent	Read 176 Write 132 Mixed 126 108% 144 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.67 4K Mixed 0.25 123% 1.34 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 88.3% Great: 109%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 2TB 3,115 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 305GB free, PID 0200 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	14.4% Very poor	Read 28.2 Write 26.2 Mixed 19.2 31% 24.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.23 4K Write 1.48 4K Mixed 0.16 57% 0.62 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 14.4% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsZ DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 362 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	55.9% Above average	MC Read 20.5 MC Write 19.3 MC Mixed 16.7 54% 18.8 GB/s	SC Read 16.4 SC Write 18.3 SC Mixed 19 51% 17.9 GB/s	Latency 60.6 66% 60.6 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 55.9% 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	1,270x
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 $129Bench 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) $35	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