Asus SABERTOOTH Z77

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 93.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	105% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait 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.

Very high background CPU (40%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z77 (all builds)
Memory	5.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130813
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 07 '17 at 16:16
Run Duration	199 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	40%

PC Performing as expected (59^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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.1% Outstanding	Memory 97.8 1-Core 129 2-Core 257 91% 161 Pts	4-Core 512 8-Core 505 68% 509 Pts	64-Core 505 31% 505 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 93.1% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290-$399 68,699 User benchmarks, average bench 46% PowerColor(148C 2343) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1145 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.1.2 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 41% Great: 50%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 92GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 6874 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1668 (B1) Unknown 97 97 46 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 99 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 49 27 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 100 (F1) Unknown 99 99 24058490330	105% Outstanding	Read 505 Write 382 Mixed 415 96% 434 MB/s	4K Read 39.7 4K Write 86.7 4K Mixed 46.7 166% 57.7 MB/s	DQ Read 275 DQ Write 169 DQ Mixed 99.4 107% 181 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 124%
OCZ Vector 150 240GB-$246 1,607 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 48GB free Firmware: 1.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 0 0 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5669 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1594 (AB) Unknown 80 80 82443088 (AE) Unknown 100 100 84 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (D0) Spin buzz 100 100 56 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 1 (E9) Unknown 99 99 99 (F1) Unknown 100 100 2658 (F2) Unknown 100 100 9856 (F9) Unknown 100 100 160332092	79.5% Very good	Read 374 Write 352 Mixed 373 82% 366 MB/s	4K Read 21.1 4K Write 80.7 4K Mixed 27.7 110% 43.2 MB/s	DQ Read 238 DQ Write 188 DQ Mixed 94.3 103% 174 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 79.5% Great: 110%
Seagate ST31000333AS 1TB-$750 12,067 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 395GB free Firmware: SD15 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 110 99 28848782 (03) Spinup time 94 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 9006 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (07) Seek error rate 80 60 112074307 (09) Power-on hours count 79 79 18611 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 103 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5755 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 6 (BD) vendor-specific 1 1 846 (BE) vendor-specific 72 50 470679580 (C2) HDA temperature 28 50 38654705692 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 36 21 28848782 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 6	51.9% Above average	Read 93.3 Write 87.3 Mixed 82.8 66% 87.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 1.28 4K Mixed 0.43 102% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 51.9% Great: 66%
Seagate ST3250410AS 250GB-$95 20,246 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 172GB free Firmware: 3.AAA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 113 97 55527022 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7649 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (07) Seek error rate 80 60 104314179 (09) Power-on hours count 74 74 23634 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 6594 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 55 470810652 (C2) HDA temperature 28 45 42949672988 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 76 58 59567880 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 5 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	46.7% Average	Read 79.8 Write 82.8 Mixed 79.5 61% 80.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.32 4K Mixed 0.35 82% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 46.7% Great: 54%
Hitachi HUA721010KLA330 1TB-$39 10,651 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 66GB free Firmware: GKAOAB0A Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 130 130 150 (03) Spinup time 104 104 55878353565 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 5519 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 134 134 32 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 18245 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 4345 (C0) Power-off retract count 95 95 6367 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 6367 (C2) HDA temperature 206 206 206158823453 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	29.1% Poor	Read 48.2 Write 52.9 Mixed 58.6 40% 53.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 1.24 4K Mixed 0.35 86% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 29.1% Great: 46%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown Quad-Xtreem-LV2133 2x4GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	74.9% Very good	MC Read 27.2 MC Write 27.5 MC Mixed 22.7 74% 25.8 GB/s	SC Read 22 SC Write 22 SC Mixed 21.6 62% 21.9 GB/s	Latency 46.9 85% 46.9 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 74.9% Great: 75%

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Workstation 49%

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Motherboard: Asus SABERTOOTH Z77 - $210

CPU
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	1,275x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	394x
Core i5-3570KIntel $136Bench 68%, 185,516 samples	378x

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 $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	75x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $75Bench 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 $300	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 $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16