Asus SABERTOOTH Z77

Performance Results


Gaming 63% Destroyer	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 48% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	75.6% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	52.1% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
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	3.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130813
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 17 '17 at 23:37
Run Duration	174 Seconds
Run User	NZL-User
Background CPU	6%

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PC Performing as expected (46^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-3330 51,926 User benchmarks, average bench 61% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	79.3% Very good	Memory 95.9 1-Core 94.1 2-Core 183 74% 124 Pts	4-Core 363 8-Core 370 49% 366 Pts	64-Core 380 24% 380 Pts
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 79.3% Great: 69%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 5173) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	75.6% Very good	Lighting 95 Reflection 106 Parallax 90.6 77% 97.1 fps	MRender 88 Gravity 81.1 Splatting 92.8 72% 87.3 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 75.6% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 520 Series 120GB-$199 19,348 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 20GB free (System drive) Firmware: 400i Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 -11063834845153 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3674 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 3674 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 105 105 9795605 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 3674 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 853151 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 49 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 98 98 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 853151 (F2) Unknown 100 100 829931 (F9) Unknown 100 100 26317	52.1% Above average	Read 472 Write 135 Mixed 151 55% 253 MB/s	4K Read 20.3 4K Write 63.5 4K Mixed 11.1 78% 31.6 MB/s	DQ Read 27.7 DQ Write 78.8 DQ Mixed 11.9 21% 39.5 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 52.1% Great: 88%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 8GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2670 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 313 (B1) Unknown 99 99 5 (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 69 59 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 1 (F1) Unknown 99 99 2320348420	98.1% Outstanding	Read 511 Write 416 Mixed 424 100% 450 MB/s	4K Read 33.5 4K Write 76.1 4K Mixed 38.2 140% 49.3 MB/s	DQ Read 234 DQ Write 179 DQ Mixed 19.8 66% 144 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 98.1% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 209541656 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6443 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 77 60 56742466 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 15158 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 879 (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 71 49 504627229 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 56 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 90 90 20412 (C2) HDA temperature 29 51 17179869213 (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 46179488369103 (F1) Unknown 100 253 80341711110 (F2) Unknown 100 253 16881633476	96.6% Outstanding	Read 188 Write 150 Mixed 128 116% 155 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 0.58 4K Mixed 0.28 73% 0.54 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 96.6% Great: 114%
Seagate ST2000DM001-1ER164 1TB 63 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 2GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 167 4216 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8139 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 72 72 20906 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4405 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 955 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 7183 (C2) HDA temperature 114 99 33 (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	43% Average	Read 74.9 Write 75.1 Mixed 70.6 55% 73.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.25 4K Write 1.32 4K Mixed 0.21 58% 0.59 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 43% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905403-437.A01LF 2x4GB 703 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	64.3% Good	MC Read 23.2 MC Write 22.9 MC Mixed 20.7 64% 22.3 GB/s	SC Read 17.9 SC Write 17.1 SC Mixed 18.8 51% 17.9 GB/s	Latency 54.1 74% 54.1 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 64.3% Great: 64%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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	1,271x
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