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 (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 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%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	44.8% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (27%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z77 (all builds)
Memory	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130813
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 12 '17 at 09:34
Run Duration	213 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	27%

PC Performing as expected (40^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 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	84% Excellent	Memory 95.8 1-Core 112 2-Core 216 82% 141 Pts	4-Core 390 8-Core 578 60% 484 Pts	64-Core 580 36% 580 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 84% Great: 83%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4000 (Desktop 1.15 GHz)-$15 52,547 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Asus(1043 84CA) 2.2GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 10.18.10.4358 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%
Nvidia GTX 760-$209 161,132 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Asus(1043 847A) 2GB CLim: 1228 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 378.78 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 24% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 120GB 699 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 56GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	44.8% Average	Read 381 Write 132 Mixed 171 50% 228 MB/s	4K Read 19.9 4K Write 43.2 4K Mixed 8.48 64% 23.9 MB/s	DQ Read 20.4 DQ Write 124 DQ Mixed 7.87 25% 50.7 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 44.8% Great: 94%
OCZ Vertex 460 240GB-$203 1,730 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 33GB free Firmware: 1.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 0 0 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4764 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2389 (AB) Unknown 80 80 81984336 (AE) Unknown 100 100 26 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (D0) Spin buzz 100 100 60 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 1 (E9) Unknown 98 98 98 (F1) Unknown 100 100 3526 (F2) Unknown 100 100 3589 (F9) Unknown 100 100 196137349	61.2% Good	Read 379 Write 368 Mixed 375 84% 374 MB/s	4K Read 17.6 4K Write 47.3 4K Mixed 16.2 72% 27 MB/s	DQ Read 21.4 DQ Write 57.7 DQ Mixed 78 48% 52.4 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 61.2% Great: 105%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 608GB free Firmware: 05.00K05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 223 216 8816 (04) Start/Stop count 86 86 14182 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 72 72 20735 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 93 93 7838 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 888 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 196 196 14161 (C2) HDA temperature 117 96 33 (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	44.7% Average	Read 66.9 Write 88.4 Mixed 62.5 54% 72.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 1.96 4K Mixed 0.44 112% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 44.7% Great: 76%
Samsung MMCRE28G5MXP-0VBH1 128GB 107 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 79GB free Firmware: VBM1AH1Q Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 99 99 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 14934 (0C) Power cycle count 92 92 6477 (AA) Unknown 90 90 55 (AB) Unknown 99 99 0 (AC) Unknown 99 99 0 (AD) Unknown 96 96 178 (AE) Unknown 99 99 0 (B7) Unknown 99 99 5029 (B8) Unknown 99 99 0 (BB) vendor-specific 99 99 0 (BC) Unknown 98 98 6 (BE) vendor-specific 71 55 29 (BF) G-sense error rate 99 99 0 (C4) Reallocation count 99 99 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 99 99 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 199 199 0
Poor: 12% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 20,667 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	58.9% Above average	MC Read 21.3 MC Write 19.7 MC Mixed 18 56% 19.7 GB/s	SC Read 18 SC Write 19.3 SC Mixed 19.9 54% 19.1 GB/s	Latency 54.7 73% 54.7 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 58.9% Great: 77%

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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 $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