Asus SABERTOOTH Z77

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 62% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 87.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	87.9% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z77 (all builds)
Memory	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130813
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Apr 28 '17 at 22:51
Run Duration	283 Seconds
Run User	CHE-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd 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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	87.6% Excellent	Memory 97.6 1-Core 117 2-Core 231 85% 149 Pts	4-Core 421 8-Core 590 64% 505 Pts	64-Core 585 36% 585 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 87.6% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Asus(1043 855B) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1800 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 381.89 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	87.9% Excellent	Lighting 114 Reflection 122 Parallax 110 93% 115 fps	MRender 99.2 Gravity 104 Splatting 87.3 78% 97 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 87.9% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 500GB-$150 68,337 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 294GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q 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 8363 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1258 (B1) Unknown 89 89 128 (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 52 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 1 (EB) Unknown 99 99 268 (F1) Unknown 99 99 39691310110
Poor: 72% Great: 126%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$66 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1TB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 1 (03) Spinup time 163 159 6808 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2628 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 15037 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2303 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 755 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 116 116 252457 (C2) HDA temperature 119 107 31 (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	57% Above average	Read 96.2 Write 102 Mixed 91 73% 96.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 1.62 4K Mixed 0.18 81% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 57% Great: 67%
Seagate ST3320820AS_P 320GB 115 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 197GB free Firmware: 3.BQE Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 253 0 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 10561 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 89 60 865923531 (09) Power-on hours count 69 69 27227 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5229 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 51 605421603 (C2) HDA temperature 35 49 38654705699 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 68 55 29073499 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	40% Average	Read 73.2 Write 66.2 Mixed 61.4 50% 66.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.23 4K Mixed 0.39 89% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 40% Great: 44%
Samsung Spinpoint T166 500GB-$40 43,024 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 128GB free Firmware: CR100-12 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 7424 (04) Start/Stop count 84 84 16408 (05) Reallocated sector count 253 253 0 (07) Seek error rate 253 253 0 (08) Seek timer performance 253 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 23843 (0A) Spinup retry count 253 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 253 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5114 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 590885 (BB) vendor-specific 253 253 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 11 (BE) vendor-specific 71 54 29 (C2) HDA temperature 151 97 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 590885 (C4) Reallocation count 253 253 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 253 253 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 253 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 98 98 828	31.6% Below average	Read 53.9 Write 56.1 Mixed 52.5 41% 54.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 0.94 4K Mixed 0.34 81% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 31.6% Great: 44%
Lacie ST2000DM001-9YN1 4TB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 120% 3.5TB free, PID null Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 299 Write 258 Mixed 141 280% 233 MB/s	4K Read 2.96 4K Write 2.64 4K Mixed 0.49 118% 2.03 MB/s
Poor: 101% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 130%
WDC WD30 EZRX-00DC0B0 3TB 56 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 1.5TB free, PID 0539 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	55.4% Above average	Read 135 Write 126 Mixed 80.6 140% 114 MB/s	4K Read 0.93 4K Write 2.63 4K Mixed 0.24 101% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 55.4% Great: 55%
WD My Book 1140 2TB 10,094 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 1.5TB free, PID 1140 Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	39.4% Below average	Read 88.1 Write 103 Mixed 54.8 104% 82 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 1.28 4K Mixed 0.15 51% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 39.4% Great: 49%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 2133 C11 4x4GB 2,772 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	75% Very good	MC Read 28.7 MC Write 26.2 MC Mixed 22.5 74% 25.8 GB/s	SC Read 22.1 SC Write 20.7 SC Mixed 23.8 63% 22.2 GB/s	Latency 47.7 84% 47.7 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 75% Great: 104%

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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	1,291x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	396x
Core i5-3570KIntel $93Bench 68%, 185,516 samples	386x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	172x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	162x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	160x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	84x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	75x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	74x

RAM
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 54%, 43,127 samples	109x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 20,667 samples	102x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 34,385 samples	65x

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Total price: $757

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $150
Intel Core i5-13600K $234	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $388	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $90
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4070 $520	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $406