Asus SABERTOOTH Z77

Performance Results


Gaming 28% Raft	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 22% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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.
Graphics	31% 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	52.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 8.1 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.

Very high background CPU (33%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z77 (all builds)
Memory	6.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20130813
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 04 '17 at 19:36
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	BEL-User
Background CPU	33%

PC Performing as expected (46^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 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	82.4% Excellent	Memory 95.6 1-Core 102 2-Core 198 78% 132 Pts	4-Core 401 8-Core 402 54% 401 Pts	64-Core 401 25% 401 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 82.4% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 680-$360 38,995 User benchmarks, average bench 32% Asus(1043 83F6) 2GB CLim: 1215 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 385.41 Performing below potential (54^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	31% Below average	Lighting 35.7 Reflection 31.5 Parallax 36.7 29% 34.7 fps	MRender 49.8 Gravity 46.9 Splatting 33.9 35% 43.5 fps
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 31% Great: 35%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 26GB free (System drive) Firmware: 60AABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 8600368747 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 8658654079010 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 345 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 144 (B1) Unknown 0 0 2 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 34 47 42952753186 (C2) HDA temperature 34 47 42952753186 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 102 102 8600368747 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 102 102 8600368747 (CC) Soft ECC correction 102 102 8600368747 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 95 95 34359738369 (E9) Unknown 0 0 13932 (EA) Unknown 0 0 7655 (F1) Unknown 0 0 7655 (F2) Unknown 0 0 8645 (F4) Unknown 98 98 6881358	52.7% Above average	Read 511 Write 102 Mixed 200 59% 271 MB/s	4K Read 23.3 4K Write 37.4 4K Mixed 13.4 72% 24.7 MB/s	DQ Read 104 DQ Write 109 DQ Mixed 33.9 46% 82.5 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 52.7% Great: 73%
WD Green 500GB (2012) 31,295 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 63GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 143 136 3825 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4217 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 78 78 16147 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 844 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 286 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 194 194 20507 (C2) HDA temperature 117 102 26 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	46.9% Average	Read 93.4 Write 70 Mixed 79 61% 80.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.96 4K Mixed 0.16 74% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 46.9% Great: 79%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 27,024 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	36.3% Below average	MC Read 11.7 MC Write 11.7 MC Mixed 10.4 32% 11.3 GB/s	SC Read 11 SC Write 12.1 SC Mixed 11.4 33% 11.5 GB/s	Latency 55.2 72% 55.2 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 36.3% Great: 63%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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 $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