Asus SABERTOOTH Z77

Performance Results


Gaming 93% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 76% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (38th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 62 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 80.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	118% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	42.9% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z77 (all builds)
Memory	11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121005
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 04 '17 at 09:45
Run Duration	197 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing below expectations (38^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 (91^st percentile)	80.4% Excellent	Memory 91 1-Core 112 2-Core 215 80% 139 Pts	4-Core 377 8-Core 560 58% 468 Pts	64-Core 564 35% 564 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 80.4% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Nvidia(10DE 120F) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing below potential (22^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	118% Outstanding	Lighting 159 Reflection 188 Parallax 164 130% 171 fps	MRender 122 Gravity 160 Splatting 117 107% 133 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force GT 120GB-$155 13,464 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 21GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.03 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 107 107 15850514 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 51840255269122 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 755 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 81 (B1) Unknown 0 0 2 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 26 44 30067654682 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 15850514 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 15850514 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 15850514 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 4707 (EA) Unknown 0 0 7534 (F1) Unknown 0 0 7534 (F2) Unknown 0 0 4791	42.9% Average	Read 442 Write 117 Mixed 149 51% 236 MB/s	4K Read 22.3 4K Write 12.4 4K Mixed 9.62 53% 14.8 MB/s	DQ Read 79.5 DQ Write 37.9 DQ Mixed 19.3 25% 45.6 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 42.9% Great: 83%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 4TB-$230 19,674 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 1TB free Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 182821992 (03) Spinup time 91 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 208 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 9259590 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 1998 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 216 (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 74 58 471072794 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 5 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 9407 (C2) HDA temperature 26 42 38654705690 (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 65322157606877 (F1) Unknown 100 253 10701805111 (F2) Unknown 100 253 230573491706	73% Very good	Read 116 Write 138 Mixed 112 91% 122 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 5.31 4K Mixed 0.72 206% 2.23 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 73% Great: 94%
Hitachi HDS721010CLA632 1TB-$109 12,285 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 166GB free Firmware: JP4OA41A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 95 0 (02) Throughput performance 136 100 95 (03) Spinup time 116 100 25791168840 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1181 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 2884306 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 140 100 30 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 8482 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1181 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (B9) Unknown 100 100 65535 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 12189696 (BC) Unknown 100 94 4316333342 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 58 337444891 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 1353 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 1353 (C2) HDA temperature 222 146 180389150747 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 96 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 9	52.2% Above average	Read 100 Write 81.5 Mixed 86.4 67% 89.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.34 4K Mixed 0.24 71% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 52.2% Great: 76%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 2TB 3,115 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 127GB free, PID 0200 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	28.8% Poor	Read 65 Write 68.8 Mixed 18.8 61% 50.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.37 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.19 56% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 28.8% 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 @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (35^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	49.1% Average	MC Read 17.3 MC Write 17 MC Mixed 15.3 47% 16.5 GB/s	SC Read 13.9 SC Write 17.1 SC Mixed 14.9 44% 15.3 GB/s	Latency 65.7 61% 65.7 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 49.1% Great: 62%

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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	1,272x
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 $273	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 $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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