Asus SABERTOOTH Z77

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing CPU, GPU, SSD, RAM
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z77 (all builds)
Memory	6.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.8 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colori, 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colori
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130813
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 02 '15 at 01:32
Run Duration	205 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st 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 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		1-Core 115 2-Core 219 76% 167 Pts	4-Core 384 8-Core 663 63% 523 Pts	64-Core 661 41% 661 Pts
Poor: 59% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 660-$170 123,956 User benchmarks, average bench 20% Asus(1043 8423) 2GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.5598 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 18% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 121GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 476 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 21 (B1) Unknown 99 99 7 (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 69 53 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 886 (EB) Unknown 99 99 12 (F1) Unknown 99 99 4071776662
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
DATI 2TB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 705GB free Firmware: 1.0. Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples
Poor: 28% Great: 83%
Seagate ST31000333AS 1TB-$750 12,067 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 209GB free Firmware: CC3H Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 89 197790148 (03) Spinup time 99 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 6131 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 4 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 39783332 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 9573 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 6 (0C) Power cycle count 97 37 3394 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 10709 (BC) Unknown 100 99 12885098499 (BD) vendor-specific 1 1 107 (BE) vendor-specific 65 46 588644387 (C2) HDA temperature 35 54 47244640291 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 44 30 197790148 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 30 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 73705933775143 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2487376273 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2629679506	47.5% Average	Read 85.7 Write 79.8 Mixed 70.3 59% 78.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.58 4K Mixed 0.51 108% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 47.5% Great: 66%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 128GB free Firmware: CC29 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 182183872 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1330 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 16566412 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2931 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 208 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 97 97 3 (BE) vendor-specific 69 62 521469983 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 18 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 7506 (C2) HDA temperature 31 40 51539607583 (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 34033320854273 (F1) Unknown 100 253 34185409634 (F2) Unknown 100 253 17212151501	90.6% Outstanding	Read 149 Write 167 Mixed 152 118% 156 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 1.45 4K Mixed 0.28 81% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 90.6% Great: 114%
WD My Book 1112 999GB 129 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 215GB free, PID 1112 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	19.9% Very poor	Read 39.8 Write 39.9 Mixed 38.5 51% 39.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.74 4K Mixed 0.27 70% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 19.9% Great: 21%
WD My Book 1140 2TB 10,094 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 166GB free, PID 1140 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	39.5% Below average	Read 94.9 Write 91.1 Mixed 72.3 108% 86.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.87 4K Mixed 0.17 71% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 39.5% Great: 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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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

Asus SABERTOOTH Z77

Performance Results

PC Performing above expectations (61st percentile)

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