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 (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 88.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z77 (all builds)
Memory	8.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.8 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20120502
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 30 '17 at 15:31
Run Duration	120 Seconds
Run User	CHE-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (80^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 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	88.5% Excellent	Memory 96.6 1-Core 116 2-Core 236 85% 150 Pts	4-Core 466 8-Core 465 62% 465 Pts	64-Core 467 29% 467 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 88.5% Great: 79%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 1TB-$210 25,365 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 431GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 7955 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1347 (B1) Unknown 99 99 18 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 62 58 38 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 56 (F1) Unknown 99 99 21525603270
Poor: 77% Great: 124%
Corsair Neutron GTX 240GB-$503 3,421 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 67GB free Firmware: M206 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 166 166 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 2 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 16140 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2820 (AB) Unknown 253 253 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 2 (B5) Unknown 253 253 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 2 (C2) HDA temperature 36 0 77312163876 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 99 99 2 (EA) Unknown 100 100 61751 (F1) Unknown 100 100 42608 (F2) Unknown 100 100 14542 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 4805	79.4% Very good	Read 520 Write 465 Mixed 452 107% 479 MB/s	4K Read 25.6 4K Write 39.3 4K Mixed 14.2 78% 26.4 MB/s	DQ Read 240 DQ Write 96.4 DQ Mixed 52.7 69% 130 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 79.4% Great: 100%
Seagate ST6000NE0021-2EN11C 6TB 185 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 4TB free Firmware: EN02 Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 64% Great: 125%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 1866 C9 2x8GB 18,444 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1800 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	71.3% Very good	MC Read 25.1 MC Write 25.6 MC Mixed 23.7 71% 24.8 GB/s	SC Read 19.3 SC Write 20.6 SC Mixed 20.9 58% 20.3 GB/s	Latency 51.8 77% 51.8 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 71.3% Great: 71%

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

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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 $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 $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