Asus SABERTOOTH Z77

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 76.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	68.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (34%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z77 (all builds)
Memory	25.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120803
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Feb 24 '18 at 20:01
Run Duration	257 Seconds
Run User	IND-User
Background CPU	34%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd 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 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	76.7% Very good	Memory 95.4 1-Core 102 2-Core 204 78% 134 Pts	4-Core 315 8-Core 470 49% 392 Pts	64-Core 499 31% 499 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 76.7% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Zotac(19DA 2375) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 390.77 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 30% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM830 256GB 2,468 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 135GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXM05H1Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 5951 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1300 (AA) Unknown 93 93 3772 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 94 94 202 (AE) Unknown 99 99 296 (B7) Unknown 99 99 2 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 38 32 (C4) Reallocation count 253 253 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 201 201 0	68.2% Good	Read 473 Write 355 Mixed 414 92% 414 MB/s	4K Read 16.7 4K Write 42.2 4K Mixed 18.7 72% 25.9 MB/s	DQ Read 160 DQ Write 94.6 DQ Mixed 68.9 67% 108 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 68.2% Great: 82%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$79 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC98 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 74 172774408 (03) Spinup time 93 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 88 88 13222 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 119131186 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 5105 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1686 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 6327 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295163911 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 40 236761841696 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 95 95 10775 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 13501 (C2) HDA temperature 32 60 77309411360 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 25 9 172774408 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 95 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 95 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 48172353197136 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3893540626 (F2) Unknown 100 253 365598020	55% Above average	Read 111 Write 80.9 Mixed 93.1 72% 94.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 0.99 4K Mixed 0.12 58% 0.58 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 55% Great: 75%
Kingston DataTraveler 2.0 32GB 21 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 24GB free, PID null Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	6.05% Terrible	Read 21.5 Write 6.66 Mixed 7.81 12% 12 MB/s	4K Read 6.1 4K Write 0.01 4K Mixed 0.006 23% 2.04 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 6.05% Great: 6%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 4x8GB 6,389 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1800 MHz Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	64.7% Good	MC Read 23.6 MC Write 23.4 MC Mixed 20.2 64% 22.4 GB/s	SC Read 17.9 SC Write 18.1 SC Mixed 20 53% 18.7 GB/s	Latency 55.8 72% 55.8 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 64.7% Great: 87%

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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	1,277x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	394x
Core i5-3570KIntel $136Bench 68%, 185,516 samples	379x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	168x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	161x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	157x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	82x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	75x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $79Bench 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: 89% - Excellent

Total price: $612

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $29	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16