Asus SABERTOOTH Z77

Performance Results


Gaming 6% Tree trunk	Desktop 51% Yacht	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (23rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 77 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 an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 56.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	2.23% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	67.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (23%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z77 (all builds)
Memory	22.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1024 x 768 - 32 Bit farver
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130813
Uptime	23.2 Days
Run Date	May 17 '16 at 13:16
Run Duration	351 Seconds
Run User	DNK-User
Background CPU	23%

PC Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3770K-$175 165,979 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 2.3 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	56.1% Above average	Memory 83.2 1-Core 44.1 2-Core 90.5 48% 72.6 Pts	4-Core 159 8-Core 338 29% 248 Pts	64-Core 490 30% 490 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 56.1% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4000 (Desktop 1.15 GHz)-$15 52,547 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Asus(1043 84CA) 3GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 10.18.10.4276 Relative performance (0^th percentile)	2.23% Terrible	Lighting 2.43 Reflection 3.19 Parallax 1.66 2% 2.43 fps	MRender 3.52 Gravity 1.33 Splatting 4.57 3% 3.14 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 2.23% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 EVO 250GB 17 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 375GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0AB0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 10939 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 85 (B1) Unknown 98 98 14 (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 70 64 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 66 (F1) Unknown 99 99 27871858302	67.9% Good	Read 494 Write 341 Mixed 353 88% 396 MB/s	4K Read 29.7 4K Write 38.7 4K Mixed 16.5 87% 28.3 MB/s	DQ Read 33.8 DQ Write 45.4 DQ Mixed 16 19% 31.7 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 67.9% Great: 125%
Samsung Spinpoint F4 2TB-$119 45,158 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2TB free Firmware: 1AQ10001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 1 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 68 45 9894 (04) Start/Stop count 89 89 11181 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 7878 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 224 (B5) Unknown 100 100 29030 (BF) G-sense error rate 252 252 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 64 154619674645 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 4 (DF) Load/unload retry count 252 252 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 11182	61.1% Good	Read 79 Write 134 Mixed 113 82% 109 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.29 79% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 61.1% Great: 72%
HGST Deskstar NAS 6TB-$250 974 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 268GB free Firmware: APGNT517 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 131 131 42982506997 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1374 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4015 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 6 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 1378 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 1378 (C2) HDA temperature 206 206 223339479069 (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	64.8% Good	Read 109 Write 116 Mixed 89.6 79% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 1.31 4K Mixed 0.41 99% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 64.8% Great: 120%
HGST Deskstar NAS 4TB-$60 7,986 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 195GB free Firmware: MJAOA5E0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 137 137 78 (03) Spinup time 128 128 51579257437 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 4327 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 121 121 34 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 12025 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 40 (C0) Power-off retract count 97 97 4349 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 4349 (C2) HDA temperature 214 214 201864642588 (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	61.5% Good	Read 117 Write 97 Mixed 165 97% 126 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 1.75 4K Mixed 0.22 80% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 61.5% Great: 92%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 41GB free Firmware: CC4C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 111226640 (03) Spinup time 92 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7645 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 67 60 5365360 (09) Power-on hours count 72 72 24682 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 145 (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 71 50 39377567773 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 13 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 74 74 52211 (C2) HDA temperature 29 50 -140737488355299 (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 96117073121718 (F1) Unknown 100 253 76485666056003 (F2) Unknown 100 253 25426245386466	67.8% Good	Read 119 Write 117 Mixed 122 90% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.38 4K Mixed 0.28 82% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 67.8% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 22GB free Firmware: CC24 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 99 40192536 (03) Spinup time 94 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6860 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 64 60 2674962 (09) Power-on hours count 76 76 21885 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 133 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 95 95 5 (BE) vendor-specific 73 50 43654316059 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 18 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 77 77 47469 (C2) HDA temperature 27 50 -140737488355301 (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 131314330112107 (F1) Unknown 100 253 12177624018 (F2) Unknown 100 253 12115723672	84.3% Excellent	Read 156 Write 139 Mixed 102 98% 132 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.13 4K Mixed 0.19 64% 0.61 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 84.3% Great: 113%
Generic- USB3.0 CRW -0 16GB 12 User benchmarks, average bench 12% 15GB free, PID 0306 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	5.82% Terrible	Read 16.6 Write 9.35 Mixed 11.2 15% 12.4 MB/s	4K Read 3.62 4K Write 0.17 4K Mixed 0.17 25% 1.32 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 5.82% Great: 21%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 4x8GB 2,445 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	45.9% Average	MC Read 17.1 MC Write 16.9 MC Mixed 14.9 47% 16.3 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 8.5 SC Mixed 9.6 31% 10.8 GB/s	Latency 74.8 54% 74.8 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 45.9% Great: 85%

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Gaming 60%

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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 $300	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