Asus SABERTOOTH Z77

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 36% Jet ski	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 28% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 88.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	38.5% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
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.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z77 (all builds)
Memory	5.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120717
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 19 '18 at 10:06
Run Duration	190 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (75^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 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	88.1% Excellent	Memory 97 1-Core 118 2-Core 236 86% 150 Pts	4-Core 458 8-Core 461 61% 460 Pts	64-Core 463 29% 463 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 88.1% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280X-$500 94,130 User benchmarks, average bench 35% XFX(1682 3214) 3GB CLim: 1050 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 17.7 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	38.5% Below average	Lighting 50 Reflection 33.7 Parallax 62.9 41% 48.9 fps	MRender 31.8 Gravity 49.7 Splatting 42.2 34% 41.2 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 38.5% Great: 39%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 3TB free (System drive) Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 170 170 6458 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 30 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 79 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 22 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 4 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 148 (C2) HDA temperature 123 114 27 (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	85.4% Excellent	Read 148 Write 150 Mixed 132 108% 143 MB/s	4K Read 0.92 4K Write 2.09 4K Mixed 0.25 104% 1.09 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 85.4% Great: 101%
Seagate ST3000DM003-1F216N 3TB 4,050 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 3TB free Firmware: CC54 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 171625792 (03) Spinup time 95 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 718 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 73 60 22363735 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 11857 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 136 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 44 142221836314 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 31 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 6218 (C2) HDA temperature 26 56 55834574874 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 108636902788728 (F1) Unknown 100 253 5272291939 (F2) Unknown 100 253 13829135160	79.4% Very good	Read 151 Write 126 Mixed 125 101% 134 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 1.73 4K Mixed 0.2 85% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 79.4% Great: 99%
JMicron 1TB 862 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 783GB free Firmware: 9122 Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	54.8% Above average	Read 88.2 Write 103 Mixed 95.8 72% 95.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.33 4K Write 1.86 4K Mixed 0.2 70% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 54.8% Great: 83%
WD WD1001FAES-60Z2A0 1TB 11,642 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 332GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 178 174 4058 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5356 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 60 60 29329 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3282 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 218 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5137 (C2) HDA temperature 116 98 31 (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	60.7% Good	Read 123 Write 88.2 Mixed 92.6 76% 101 MB/s	4K Read 1.09 4K Write 2.01 4K Mixed 0.48 136% 1.19 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 60.7% Great: 75%
JMicron 320GB 172 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 298GB free Firmware: 9122 Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	45.2% Average	Read 81.6 Write 75.8 Mixed 77.1 59% 78.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.44 4K Mixed 0.37 87% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 45.2% Great: 57%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1866 CL9 Series 2x4GB 1,143 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1800 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	69.1% Good	MC Read 24.9 MC Write 25.3 MC Mixed 21 68% 23.7 GB/s	SC Read 19.2 SC Write 20.4 SC Mixed 21.3 58% 20.3 GB/s	Latency 50.3 80% 50.3 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 69.1% Great: 70%

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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	1,271x
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 $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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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