Asus SABERTOOTH Z77

Performance Results


Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 75.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	13.2% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	160% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z77 (all builds)
Memory	19.7 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1600 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1600 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130813
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 27 '18 at 17:20
Run Duration	216 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing as expected (51^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, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	75.4% Very good	Memory 93 1-Core 108 2-Core 202 78% 134 Pts	4-Core 312 8-Core 550 52% 431 Pts	64-Core 530 33% 530 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 75.4% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GTX 295 (SLI Disabled) 1,059 User benchmarks, average bench 12% EVGA(3842 1297) 896MB Ram: 896MB, Driver: 342.1 Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	13.2% Very poor	Lighting 20.3 Reflection 9.19 Parallax 5.38 16% 11.6 fps	MRender 9.14 Gravity 9.53 Splatting 6.61 7% 8.43 fps
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 13.2% Great: 14%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 4TB 1,660 User benchmarks, average bench 427% 1TB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	160% Outstanding	Read 972 Write 969 Mixed 962 216% 968 MB/s	4K Read 38.8 4K Write 87.7 4K Mixed 41.1 158% 55.9 MB/s	DQ Read 344 DQ Write 268 DQ Mixed 144 152% 252 MB/s
Poor: 147% ↑ This bench: 160% Great: 672%
SK hynix SC300B SAT 256GB 96GB free Firmware: 2010 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 166 166 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 253 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 924 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 47 (64) Unknown 100 100 154275 (AB) Unknown 253 253 0 (AC) Unknown 253 253 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 14 (AF) Unknown 253 253 0 (B0) Unknown 253 253 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 2 (B2) Unknown 100 100 46 (B3) Unknown 100 100 92 (B4) Unknown 100 100 4196 (B5) Unknown 253 253 0 (B6) Unknown 253 253 0 (B7) Unknown 253 253 0 (BB) vendor-specific 253 253 0 (BC) Unknown 253 253 0 (BF) G-sense error rate 253 253 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 0 77312294942 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 253 253 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 253 253 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 838 (F1) Unknown 100 100 719 (F2) Unknown 100 100 2828 (FA) Read error retry rate 253 253 0	72.8% Very good	Read 380 Write 368 Mixed 373 84% 374 MB/s	4K Read 25.2 4K Write 56.3 4K Mixed 18.6 92% 33.4 MB/s	DQ Read 201 DQ Write 153 DQ Mixed 47 70% 134 MB/s

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 way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 141 (02) Throughput performance 50 50 22054 (03) Spinup time 66 43 10308 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4300 (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 27905 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2965 (B5) Unknown 82 82 407683389 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 24 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 58 197569413151 (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 20 (DF) Load/unload retry count 252 252 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 83 83 178299	75.2% Very good	Read 118 Write 145 Mixed 135 100% 133 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 0.75 4K Mixed 0.43 87% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 75.2% Great: 72%
External Disk 0 4TB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 855GB free Firmware: 1.15 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value	81.3% Excellent	Read 147 Write 136 Mixed 128 103% 137 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 1.98 4K Mixed 0.59 134% 1.11 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 81.3% Great: 81%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 4TB 6,400 User benchmarks, average bench 159% 584GB free Firmware: 1.0. Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	97.1% Outstanding	Read 165 Write 174 Mixed 97.9 108% 145 MB/s	4K Read 0.98 4K Write 2.58 4K Mixed 0.7 166% 1.42 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 97.1% Great: 236%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 1TB 4,255 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 129GB free, PID 0200 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	31.4% Below average	Read 64.6 Write 78.9 Mixed 54.2 86% 65.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.29 4K Write 1.55 4K Mixed 0.17 60% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 31.4% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT41GU6MFR8C-PB 04CD F3-2400C10-4GTX HMT41GU6MFR8C-PB 04CD F3-2400C10-4GTX 24GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	57% Above average	MC Read 21.2 MC Write 19.7 MC Mixed 17.3 55% 19.4 GB/s	SC Read 17.2 SC Write 18.3 SC Mixed 17.9 51% 17.8 GB/s	Latency 62.2 64% 62.2 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 57% Great: 67%

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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