Asus SABERTOOTH Z77

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 96% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 79% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 91.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	109% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z77 (all builds)
Memory	27.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130813
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 23 '18 at 07:19
Run Duration	186 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (80^th 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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.7% Outstanding	Memory 96.1 1-Core 132 2-Core 264 92% 164 Pts	4-Core 474 8-Core 664 72% 569 Pts	64-Core 664 41% 664 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 91.7% Great: 83%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 4000 (Desktop 1.15 GHz)-$15 52,547 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Asus(1043 84CA) 2.2GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 10.18.10.4358 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 8592) CLim: 2050 MHz, MLim: 2758 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	109% Outstanding	Lighting 142 Reflection 157 Parallax 132 116% 144 fps	MRender 123 Gravity 137 Splatting 117 102% 125 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$210 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 27GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM04B6Q 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 98 98 6374 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1514 (B1) Unknown 99 1 49 (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 66 57 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 162 (F1) Unknown 99 99 33774569137
Poor: 71% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 197GB free Firmware: CC46 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 203680584 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 9099 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 82301016 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 13383 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2893 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 90 262168 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 56 471531548 (C2) HDA temperature 28 44 -34359738340 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 25 18 203680584 (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 -73796128056765 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3312210475 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1688396601	40.4% Average	Read 69.2 Write 71.6 Mixed 63.4 51% 68 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.15 4K Mixed 0.45 90% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 40.4% Great: 68%
WD Elements 1078 2TB 2,608 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 1TB free, PID 1078 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	41.7% Average	Read 95.2 Write 100 Mixed 90.2 123% 95.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.91 4K Mixed 0.23 75% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 41.7% Great: 43%
Seagate Expansion Desk 8TB 790 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 0GB free, PID 3322 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	78.2% Very good	Read 161 Write 143 Mixed 100 165% 134 MB/s	4K Read 11.1 4K Write 6.91 4K Mixed 0.57 296% 6.19 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 78.2% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLT8G3D1608DT1TX0. 4x8GB 1,529 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	60.8% Good	MC Read 21.6 MC Write 20.7 MC Mixed 18.8 58% 20.4 GB/s	SC Read 18 SC Write 20.6 SC Mixed 20.2 56% 19.6 GB/s	Latency 53.6 75% 53.6 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 60.8% Great: 69%

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Gaming 60%

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Desktop 79%

Battleship

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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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