Asus SABERTOOTH Z77

Performance Results


Gaming 25% Surfboard	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 21% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (19th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 81 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 good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 72%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	29.3% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Very high background CPU (41%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z77 (all builds)
Memory	10 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20120502
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 01 '19 at 00:39
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	41%

PC Performing way below expectations (19^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 Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	72% Very good	Memory 89.2 1-Core 100 2-Core 167 71% 119 Pts	4-Core 298 8-Core 417 45% 358 Pts	64-Core 468 29% 468 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 72% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280X-$500 94,130 User benchmarks, average bench 35% Diamond(1092 0B00) 3GB CLim: 1025 MHz, MLim: 1450 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 18.5.1 Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	29.3% Poor	Lighting 39 Reflection 25.8 Parallax 42.8 32% 35.9 fps	MRender 23.2 Gravity 36 Splatting 30.3 25% 29.8 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 29.3% Great: 39%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 450GB free Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 305 300 307 302 309 309 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	63.4% Good	Read 266 Write 238 Mixed 233 SusWrite 305 59% 261 MB/s	4K Read 18.3 4K Write 33.9 4K Mixed 28 82% 26.7 MB/s	DQ Read 241 DQ Write 126 DQ Mixed 226 156% 197 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 63.4% Great: 129%
Seagate ST500NM0011 500GB-$66 1,945 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 31GB free (System drive) Firmware: SN03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 69 47 59 49 51 35 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	47.8% Average	Read 115 Write 98 Mixed 60.5 SusWrite 51.7 60% 81.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.6 115% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 47.8% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 20,667 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (26^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	47.4% Average	MC Read 16.5 MC Write 16.4 MC Mixed 14.8 45% 15.9 GB/s	SC Read 13.4 SC Write 16 SC Mixed 15.5 43% 15 GB/s	Latency 68.2 59% 68.2 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 47.4% Great: 77%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Typical SABERTOOTH Z77 Builds (Compare 2,507 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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	1,272x
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 $94Bench 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: 89% - Excellent

Total price: $612

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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