Asus SABERTOOTH Z77

Performance Results


Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (30th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 70 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 84.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	17.6% 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	63.3% 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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z77 (all builds)
Memory	10.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121219
Uptime	17.7 Days
Run Date	May 05 '20 at 20:16
Run Duration	153 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	6%

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PC Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-3570K-$136 185,516 User benchmarks, average bench 68% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	84.3% Excellent	Memory 91.7 1-Core 115 2-Core 230 83% 145 Pts	4-Core 446 8-Core 437 59% 442 Pts	64-Core 449 28% 449 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 84.3% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 445.75 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	17.6% Very poor	Lighting 19.9 Reflection 23 Parallax 18.6 16% 20.5 fps	MRender 28.3 Gravity 19.8 Splatting 25.9 20% 24.7 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 17.6% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Trion 150 960GB-$190 3,375 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 199GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFZ12.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 221 226 150 236 100 103 MB/s Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	63.3% Good	Read 253 Write 239 Mixed 220 SusWrite 173 50% 221 MB/s	4K Read 23.7 4K Write 71.6 4K Mixed 28.8 111% 41.4 MB/s	DQ Read 206 DQ Write 188 DQ Mixed 144 122% 179 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 63.3% Great: 103%
WDC WD10 EADS-00M2B0 1TB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 162GB free, PID 0567 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 23 23 23 23 23 23 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	14.8% Very poor	Read 28.5 Write 25.3 Mixed 24.5 SusWrite 23 34% 25.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 87% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 14.8% Great: 32%
ST310005 28AS 1TB 69 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 69GB free, PID 0567 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 2.9 3.1 2.9 3 3 2.9 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	8.93% Terrible	Read 30.5 Write 25.8 Mixed 23 SusWrite 2.9 26% 20.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.8 71% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 8.93% Great: 48%
ST2000DM 001-1CH164 2TB 64 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 239GB free, PID 0567 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 0.1 0 0 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	7.5% Terrible	Read 29.2 Write 26 Mixed 24.5 SusWrite 0 25% 19.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.6 57% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 7.5% Great: 71%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 10,124 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	52.4% Above average	MC Read 18.3 MC Write 18.5 MC Mixed 16.3 51% 17.7 GB/s	SC Read 14.7 SC Write 18.3 SC Mixed 16.7 47% 16.6 GB/s	Latency 64.7 62% 64.7 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 52.4% Great: 62%

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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	1,275x
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