Asus SABERTOOTH Z77

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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 81.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Very high background CPU (62%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z77 (all builds)
Memory	21.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20120605
Uptime	2.3 Days
Run Date	Apr 26 '17 at 17:26
Run Duration	205 Seconds
Run User	GEO-User
Background CPU	62%

PC Performing as expected (45^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-3470-$59 223,595 User benchmarks, average bench 63% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	81.4% Excellent	Memory 92 1-Core 104 2-Core 207 78% 134 Pts	4-Core 412 8-Core 402 55% 406 Pts	64-Core 405 25% 405 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 81.4% Great: 71%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 284GB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 186032664 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5379 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 33796923 (09) Power-on hours count 63 63 32435 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 174 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 1 1 116 (BE) vendor-specific 62 50 656474150 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 37 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 338555 (C2) HDA temperature 38 50 81604378662 (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 -9689446209274 (F1) Unknown 100 253 225663118393 (F2) Unknown 100 253 19207098372	80% Excellent	Read 154 Write 125 Mixed 138 105% 139 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.22 64% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 80% Great: 114%
Hitachi HDS5C1010CLA382 1TB 2,729 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 156GB free Firmware: JC4OA3MA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 136 136 114 (03) Spinup time 122 122 21494169877 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 4807 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 133 133 37 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 36146 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 232 (C0) Power-off retract count 95 95 6247 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 6247 (C2) HDA temperature 162 162 223339610149 (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	36.6% Below average	Read 54 Write 73.8 Mixed 62.9 48% 63.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.15 4K Write 0.81 4K Mixed 0.18 42% 0.38 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 36.6% Great: 64%
Seagate Video SV35.6 Series 1TB-$50 17,310 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 123GB free Firmware: CV13 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 174426776 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3559 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 85 60 395205127 (09) Power-on hours count 63 63 32929 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 193 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 2 (BD) vendor-specific 1 1 761 (BE) vendor-specific 67 60 572260385 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 48 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 272003 (C2) HDA temperature 33 40 81604378657 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	63.5% Good	Read 102 Write 120 Mixed 116 85% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.86 4K Write 0.98 4K Mixed 0.15 70% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 63.5% Great: 119%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$22 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 63GB free Firmware: KC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 7168 (03) Spinup time 100 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 6082 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 70 60 17226401766 (09) Power-on hours count 60 60 35108 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 284 (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 70 57 4833542174 (C2) HDA temperature 30 43 -140737488355298 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 25 19 7168 (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 133178345944836 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3042792596 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1634034824	42.6% Average	Read 71.6 Write 76.7 Mixed 78.1 57% 75.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 0.95 4K Mixed 0.44 85% 0.61 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 42.6% Great: 88%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 48GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 91414400 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 85 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 88 60 802267706 (09) Power-on hours count 79 79 18625 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 85 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 80 80 20 (BE) vendor-specific 70 57 521732126 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 14 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 287 (C2) HDA temperature 30 43 85899345950 (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 54610509187267 (F1) Unknown 100 253 117711376059 (F2) Unknown 100 253 774259681773	64.3% Good	Read 104 Write 120 Mixed 137 91% 120 MB/s	4K Read 0.31 4K Write 1.45 4K Mixed 0.17 58% 0.64 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 64.3% Great: 112%
Seagate Expansion 500GB 1,703 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 340GB free, PID 2320 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	39.5% Below average	Read 102 Write 97.7 Mixed 57.2 106% 85.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.07 4K Mixed 0.19 44% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 39.5% Great: 41%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5471-039.A00LF 4x8GB 271 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	58.7% Above average	MC Read 20.3 MC Write 21.6 MC Mixed 18.6 58% 20.2 GB/s	SC Read 17 SC Write 17.3 SC Mixed 19.6 51% 18 GB/s	Latency 64.2 62% 64.2 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 58.7% Great: 95%

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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	1,270x
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 $129Bench 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 $275	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) $35	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