Asus SABERTOOTH Z77

Performance Results


Gaming 21% Surfboard	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	21% 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	46.6% 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 (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z77 (all builds)
Memory	9.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130813
Uptime	1.4 Days
Run Date	Feb 22 '17 at 00:55
Run Duration	168 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2600K-$319 147,533 User benchmarks, average bench 71% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	73.8% Very good	Memory 93.6 1-Core 91.6 2-Core 176 72% 120 Pts	4-Core 294 8-Core 424 45% 359 Pts	64-Core 422 26% 422 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 73.8% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 570-$350 22,303 User benchmarks, average bench 20% EVGA(3842 1579) 2.5GB CLim: 732 MHz, MLim: 950 MHz, Ram: 2.5GB, Driver: 376.53 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	21% Poor	Lighting 24.8 Reflection 37.8 Parallax 26.8 20% 29.8 fps	MRender 37.9 Gravity 20.4 Splatting 25.5 22% 27.9 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 21% Great: 22%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$49 58,154 User benchmarks, average bench 116% 152GB free Firmware: PSF100C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	129% Outstanding	Read 1,199 Write 552 Mixed 732 182% 827 MB/s	4K Read 23.5 4K Write 83.4 4K Mixed 36.4 126% 47.8 MB/s	DQ Read 233 DQ Write 137 DQ Mixed 94.4 95% 155 MB/s
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 129% Great: 157%
OCZ Vertex 3 120GB-$42 25,948 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 35GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.15 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 94 94 56518887 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 5 (09) Power-on hours count 48 48 91293824889706 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 223 (AB) Unknown 0 0 5 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 50 (B1) Unknown 0 0 7 (B5) Unknown 0 0 5 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 56518887 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 5 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 56518887 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 56518887 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 98 98 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 41243 (EA) Unknown 0 0 36236 (F1) Unknown 0 0 36236 (F2) Unknown 0 0 61108	46.6% Average	Read 368 Write 111 Mixed 172 47% 217 MB/s	4K Read 16.8 4K Write 43.8 4K Mixed 14.2 67% 24.9 MB/s	DQ Read 117 DQ Write 114 DQ Mixed 41.2 51% 90.9 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 46.6% Great: 82%
WD Black 5TB (2015)-$71 7,245 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2.5TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 100 0 (03) Spinup time 224 100 7783 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3130 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 9230 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 96 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 100 69 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 100 3060 (C2) HDA temperature 104 94 48 (C4) Reallocation count 200 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 100 0	127% Outstanding	Read 192 Write 250 Mixed 170 152% 204 MB/s	4K Read 3.96 4K Write 2.71 4K Mixed 0.29 247% 2.32 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 107%
WD Green 2TB (2009)-$113 12,948 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 300GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 199 199 404654 (03) Spinup time 159 137 9033 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 503 (05) Reallocated sector count 173 173 213 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 15 15 62681 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 352 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 215 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 1969775 (C2) HDA temperature 104 98 48 (C4) Reallocation count 15 15 185 (C5) Current pending sector count 197 196 1052 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 2 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 178 1 4543	47.2% Average	Read 87.3 Write 77.1 Mixed 69.6 58% 78 MB/s	4K Read 0.39 4K Write 1.73 4K Mixed 0.32 84% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 47.2% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 43,127 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (35^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	54.4% Above average	MC Read 19.1 MC Write 19.2 MC Mixed 17.5 53% 18.6 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 16.1 SC Mixed 16.1 45% 15.9 GB/s	Latency 60.8 66% 60.8 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 54.4% Great: 63%

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Motherboard: Asus SABERTOOTH Z77 - $210

CPU
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	1,274x
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	167x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	161x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	156x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 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: 89% - Excellent

Total price: $612

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 $179	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) $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