Asus SABERTOOTH Z77

Performance Results


Gaming 44% Speed boat	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 37% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 79%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	55.6% 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)
Boot Drive	68.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z77 (all builds)
Memory	17.3 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130813
Uptime	1.6 Days
Run Date	Feb 18 '21 at 00:13
Run Duration	179 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2600K-$319 147,533 User benchmarks, average bench 71% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	79% Very good	Memory 89.5 1-Core 111 2-Core 209 79% 137 Pts	4-Core 370 8-Core 560 58% 465 Pts	64-Core 555 34% 555 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 79% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Gigabyte(1458 367A) CLim: 1519 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 461.40 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	55.6% Above average	Lighting 70 Reflection 74.7 Parallax 66.4 57% 70.4 fps	MRender 70.3 Gravity 67.6 Splatting 58.6 53% 65.5 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 55.6% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Extreme 120GB-$160 11,787 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 36GB free (System drive) Firmware: R112 SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 83 80 77 72 71 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	68.9% Good	Read 426 Write 116 Mixed 174 SusWrite 79.5 44% 199 MB/s	4K Read 28.4 4K Write 87.4 4K Mixed 32.3 131% 49.4 MB/s	DQ Read 204 DQ Write 120 DQ Mixed 137 109% 154 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 68.9% Great: 81%
SanDisk SSD Plus 120GB-$42 87,912 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 70GB free Firmware: Z22000RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 203 205 206 204 206 206 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	61.1% Good	Read 358 Write 194 Mixed 190 SusWrite 205 53% 237 MB/s	4K Read 24.2 4K Write 74.5 4K Mixed 12.5 92% 37.1 MB/s	DQ Read 162 DQ Write 189 DQ Mixed 71.8 83% 141 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 61.1% Great: 78%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$60 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 465GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 64 68 69 72 67 68 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	44.5% Average	Read 86.5 Write 85.7 Mixed 63.7 SusWrite 68.2 56% 76 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 153% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 44.5% Great: 67%
Seagate FreeAgentDesktop 1TB 125 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 393GB free, PID 3000 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 34 35 35 35 35 35 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	13.4% Very poor	Read 33.2 Write 5 Mixed 9.2 SusWrite 34.5 25% 20.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.3 4K Mixed 0.8 40% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 13.4% Great: 18%
USB Flash Disk 16GB 2,340 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 8GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 9.5 11 12 12 12 12 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	6.65% Terrible	Read 23.7 Write 2 Mixed 8.5 SusWrite 11.5 13% 11.4 MB/s	4K Read 3 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 11% 1 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 6.65% Great: 32%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C10D3/8G KHX1600C10D3/8G KHX1600C9D3/4GX KHX1600C9D3/4GX 24GB 97 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 8192, 8192, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	30.5% Below average	MC Read 10 MC Write 9.6 MC Mixed 8.8 27% 9.47 GB/s	SC Read 9.5 SC Write 10.3 SC Mixed 9.8 28% 9.87 GB/s	Latency 67.8 59% 67.8 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 30.5% 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%

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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	381x

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	158x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	82x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	75x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 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 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16