Asus SABERTOOTH Z77

Performance Results


Gaming 53% Yacht	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 42% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 89.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	56.1% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	59% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20130314
Uptime	6.3 Days
Run Date	Oct 06 '16 at 16:39
Run Duration	190 Seconds
Run User	IRL-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-2500K-$246 143,007 User benchmarks, average bench 66% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	89.7% Excellent	Memory 96.5 1-Core 120 2-Core 241 87% 153 Pts	4-Core 480 8-Core 476 64% 478 Pts	64-Core 480 30% 480 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 89.7% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290X-$549 37,353 User benchmarks, average bench 51% Asus(1043 0472) ≥ 4GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 16.300.2511.1001 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	56.1% Above average	Lighting 70.2 Reflection 60.4 Parallax 85.3 57% 72 fps	MRender 59 Gravity 58.5 Splatting 75.4 54% 64.3 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 56.1% Great: 55%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HyperX Savage 240GB-$120 39,518 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 113GB free Firmware: SAFM00.r Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (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 6950 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 88 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 537 (AD) Unknown 100 100 524305 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 1114120 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 27 (C2) HDA temperature 66 60 171799871522 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 2088 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1992 (F2) Unknown 100 100 2191 (F4) Unknown 100 100 8 (F5) Unknown 100 100 17 (F6) Unknown 100 100 546432	59.3% Above average	Read 266 Write 261 Mixed 229 56% 252 MB/s	4K Read 25.8 4K Write 55 4K Mixed 13.6 86% 31.5 MB/s	DQ Read 183 DQ Write 173 DQ Mixed 22.3 59% 126 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 59.3% Great: 111%
Crucial M4 256GB-$218 17,938 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 112GB free (System drive) Firmware: 070H Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 1 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 4096 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 35789 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 515 (AA) Unknown 100 100 1 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 95 95 172 (AE) Unknown 100 100 160 (B5) Unknown 100 100 12386775336427 (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 83 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 86 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 1 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 1 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 95 95 5 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0	59% Above average	Read 494 Write 248 Mixed 208 69% 317 MB/s	4K Read 19.7 4K Write 57.5 4K Mixed 5.88 68% 27.7 MB/s	DQ Read 120 DQ Write 113 DQ Mixed 6.13 35% 79.9 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 59% Great: 74%
WD Black 3TB (2013)-$151 16,992 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 1.5TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 161 156 10941 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1393 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 6428 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 66 (10) Unknown 1 199 21104699540 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 11 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1381 (C2) HDA temperature 120 111 32 (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	94.7% Outstanding	Read 165 Write 165 Mixed 144 118% 158 MB/s	4K Read 0.93 4K Write 2.23 4K Mixed 0.27 111% 1.15 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 94.7% Great: 100%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 933GB free Firmware: CC4B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 78 61993648 (03) Spinup time 93 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3197 (05) Reallocated sector count 93 93 10440 (07) Seek error rate 79 60 97170357 (09) Power-on hours count 61 61 34754 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 437 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 1 1 1177 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 14803 (BC) Unknown 100 94 47245361182 (BD) vendor-specific 94 94 6 (BE) vendor-specific 67 58 638910497 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 141 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 296359 (C2) HDA temperature 33 42 51539607585 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 66 144 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 66 144 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -59103044946336 (F1) Unknown 100 253 59318028267755 (F2) Unknown 100 253 -33875770942171	77.8% Very good	Read 141 Write 130 Mixed 74.7 85% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.88 4K Write 1.34 4K Mixed 0.28 93% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 77.8% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda Green 1TB-$580 15,105 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 146GB free Firmware: CC98 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 206908144 (03) Spinup time 93 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 88 88 12733 (05) Reallocated sector count 96 96 3240 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 79236055 (09) Power-on hours count 65 65 30917 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 525 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295163907 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 70 59 555089950 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 158 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 12867 (C2) HDA temperature 30 41 55834574878 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 23 9 206908144 (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 77030238478545 (F1) Unknown 100 253 311132910 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3785569291	56.5% Above average	Read 105 Write 92.4 Mixed 59.8 64% 85.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 0.37 4K Mixed 0.17 48% 0.36 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 56.5% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905403-439.A00LF 4x4GB 760 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	62.8% Good	MC Read 21.2 MC Write 22.4 MC Mixed 19.7 60% 21.1 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 21.2 SC Mixed 20.6 57% 19.8 GB/s	Latency 52.1 77% 52.1 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 62.8% Great: 84%

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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 $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