Asus SABERTOOTH Z77

Performance Results


Gaming 21% Surfboard	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 77.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	20.6% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	73.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z77 (all builds)
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit farver, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit farver
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130813
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 10 '16 at 23:27
Run Duration	359 Seconds
Run User	DNK-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3770-$297 278,207 User benchmarks, average bench 69% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	77.6% Very good	Memory 95.3 1-Core 109 2-Core 218 81% 141 Pts	4-Core 324 8-Core 555 53% 440 Pts	64-Core 551 34% 551 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 77.6% Great: 76%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 4000 (Desktop 1.15 GHz)-$15 52,547 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Asus(1043 84CA) 2GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 10.18.10.4358 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%
Nvidia GTX 660-$170 123,956 User benchmarks, average bench 20% Device(0000 0000) 2GB CLim: 1202 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 358.91 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	20.6% Poor	Lighting 24.5 Reflection 24.1 Parallax 29.2 20% 25.9 fps	MRender 33.3 Gravity 22.6 Splatting 24.9 22% 27 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 20.6% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$90 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 372GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	73.8% Very good	Read 381 Write 307 Mixed 311 74% 333 MB/s	4K Read 21.2 4K Write 38.7 4K Mixed 33 95% 31 MB/s	DQ Read 257 DQ Write 173 DQ Mixed 121 116% 184 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 73.8% Great: 134%
Kingston SSDNow V Series 128GB 244 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 119GB free Firmware: E120506a Performing below potential (96^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	47.4% Average	Read 240 Write 205 Mixed 218 49% 221 MB/s	4K Read 15 4K Write 38.4 4K Mixed 16.2 64% 23.2 MB/s	DQ Read 115 DQ Write 150 DQ Mixed 24.8 49% 96.8 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 47.4% Great: 45%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$45 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 1TB free Firmware: CC43 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 186 Write 172 Mixed 136 123% 165 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 5.45 4K Mixed 0.63 197% 2.23 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 108%
WD WD10JUCT-63J6SY0 1TB 3,317 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 928GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	61.9% Good	Read 107 Write 109 Mixed 105 81% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 2.12 4K Mixed 0.27 91% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 61.9% Great: 62%
USB DISK 2.0 32GB 1,393 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 30GB free, PID 4200 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	8.24% Terrible	Read 26.1 Write 8.67 Mixed 12.8 17% 15.9 MB/s	4K Read 8.42 4K Write 0.19 4K Mixed 0.26 47% 2.96 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 8.24% Great: 11%
USB DISK 3.0 32GB 1,909 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 29GB free, PID 5500 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	26.8% Poor	Read 105 Write 33.7 Mixed 32.2 58% 57.1 MB/s	4K Read 4.84 4K Write 0.99 4K Mixed 0.45 67% 2.09 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 26.8% Great: 40%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905403-500.A01LF 2x8GB 924 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	60% Above average	MC Read 21.6 MC Write 20.5 MC Mixed 18.9 58% 20.3 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 18.8 SC Mixed 19.2 53% 18.6 GB/s	Latency 56.3 71% 56.3 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 60% Great: 61%

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Workstation 49%

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Motherboard: Asus SABERTOOTH Z77 - $210

CPU
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	1,277x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	394x
Core i5-3570KIntel $136Bench 68%, 185,516 samples	379x

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 $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	82x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	75x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $79Bench 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: 90% - Excellent

Total price: $607

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16