Asus SABERTOOTH Z77

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (32nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 68 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 79.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	44.1% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z77 (all builds)
Memory	3.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120502
Uptime	2.3 Days
Run Date	Feb 03 '18 at 10:33
Run Duration	548 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2700K-$89 20,692 User benchmarks, average bench 73% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	79.4% Very good	Memory 93.1 1-Core 109 2-Core 208 79% 137 Pts	4-Core 360 8-Core 484 54% 422 Pts	64-Core 511 32% 511 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 79.4% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 560-$180 23,273 User benchmarks, average bench 14% Gigabyte(1458 3527) 1GB CLim: 830 MHz, MLim: 1002 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 390.77 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 12% Great: 15%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 330 Series 120GB-$188 11,188 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 10GB free (System drive) Firmware: 300i Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 70952860643385 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3961 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 3961 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 499915 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 99 99 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 499915 (F2) Unknown 100 100 738895 (F9) Unknown 100 100 22461	44.1% Average	Read 312 Write 96.3 Mixed 139 40% 182 MB/s	4K Read 18.7 4K Write 48.4 4K Mixed 12.7 70% 26.6 MB/s	DQ Read 110 DQ Write 121 DQ Mixed 40.9 51% 90.5 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 44.1% Great: 80%
WD Blue 1TB (2010)-$39 55,121 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 125GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 170 4216 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5003 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 72 72 21069 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3314 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 557 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4445 (C2) HDA temperature 107 86 40 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	49.4% Average	Read 78.2 Write 93.6 Mixed 98.5 68% 90.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 2.09 4K Mixed 0.49 119% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 49.4% Great: 74%
Kingston DataTraveler 2.0 2GB 725 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 2GB free, PID 1603 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	3.45% Terrible	Read 13.2 Write 1.85 Mixed 3.22 6% 6.09 MB/s	4K Read 4.67 4K Write 0.009 4K Mixed 0.009 18% 1.56 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.45% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 78,181 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (32^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	48.9% Average	MC Read 16.9 MC Write 16.7 MC Mixed 15.4 47% 16.3 GB/s	SC Read 14.1 SC Write 16.7 SC Mixed 15.1 44% 15.3 GB/s	Latency 61.8 65% 61.8 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 48.9% Great: 62%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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 $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 $177	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