Asus SABERTOOTH Z77

Performance Results


Gaming 45% Speed boat	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 38% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 78.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	54.7% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z77 (all builds)
Memory	19.7 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121005
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 12 '18 at 22:26
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	17%

PC Performing as expected (49^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 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	78.2% Very good	Memory 84.1 1-Core 122 2-Core 205 79% 137 Pts	4-Core 390 8-Core 601 61% 495 Pts	64-Core 599 37% 599 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 78.2% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Asus(1043 8508) CLim: 1605 MHz, MLim: 1952 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 416.34 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	54.7% Above average	Lighting 67.7 Reflection 73.8 Parallax 65.3 55% 69 fps	MRender 78.7 Gravity 65.5 Splatting 57.1 54% 67.1 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 54.7% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 12GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable		Read 240 Write 233 Mixed 223 52% 232 MB/s	4K Read 32.9 4K Write 84 4K Mixed 43.4 150% 53.4 MB/s	DQ Read 204 DQ Write 193 DQ Mixed 197 148% 198 MB/s
Poor: 64% Great: 115%
Corsair Force GT 120GB-$155 13,464 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 35GB free Firmware: 5.03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 132 124 135 133 134 MB/s Performing below potential (28^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	62.4% Good	Read 234 Write 150 Mixed 174 SusWrite 128 38% 172 MB/s	4K Read 27.4 4K Write 77.8 4K Mixed 31.3 123% 45.5 MB/s	DQ Read 185 DQ Write 158 DQ Mixed 122 105% 155 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 62.4% Great: 83%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 750GB-$60 30,974 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 95GB free Firmware: 1AA01113 SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 79 78 78 79 79 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	44.1% Average	Read 74 Write 78.8 Mixed 54 SusWrite 79.1 53% 71.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.9 176% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 44.1% Great: 60%
Hitachi Deskstar P7K500 500GB-$159 43,620 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 127GB free Firmware: GM4OA5CA SusWrite @10s intervals: 56 57 57 55 57 55 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	34% Below average	Read 61.8 Write 62.8 Mixed 38 SusWrite 56.3 40% 54.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.9 158% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 34% Great: 51%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CML16GX3M2A1600C10 029E CML8GX3M2A1600C9 029E CML16GX3M2A1600C10 029E CML8GX3M2A1600C9 24GB 71 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 8192, 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	44.7% Average	MC Read 15.4 MC Write 15.3 MC Mixed 13 42% 14.6 GB/s	SC Read 14.5 SC Write 18.1 SC Mixed 16.1 46% 16.2 GB/s	Latency 73.2 55% 73.2 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 44.7% Great: 61%

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

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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	1,275x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	393x
Core i5-3570KIntel $136Bench 68%, 185,516 samples	378x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	168x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	161x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	157x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	82x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	75x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $75Bench 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 $254	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 $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16