Asus SABERTOOTH Z77

Performance Results


Gaming 60% Destroyer	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 47% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 89.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	66% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	84.9% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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	8 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130813
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 15 '19 at 10:10
Run Duration	177 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-2500K-$246 143,007 User benchmarks, average bench 66% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	89.9% Excellent	Memory 96.1 1-Core 123 2-Core 245 88% 155 Pts	4-Core 484 8-Core 483 65% 484 Pts	64-Core 483 30% 483 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 89.9% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% EVGA(3842 2983) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 436.30 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	66% Good	Lighting 83 Reflection 89.1 Parallax 78.1 68% 83.4 fps	MRender 83.1 Gravity 77.7 Splatting 71.4 63% 77.4 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 66% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
TEAML5Lite3D120G 120GB 2,389 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 92GB free (System drive) Firmware: Q0720A SusWrite @10s intervals: 186 154 134 136 138 137 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	84.9% Excellent	Read 358 Write 339 Mixed 305 SusWrite 148 64% 287 MB/s	4K Read 39.5 4K Write 78.8 4K Mixed 49.4 165% 55.9 MB/s	DQ Read 250 DQ Write 203 DQ Mixed 117 117% 190 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 84.9% Great: 110%
PNY USB 3.0 FD 32GB 2,112 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 24GB free, PID 00ed Operating at USB 3.2 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 16 13 14 14 14 13 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	19.5% Very poor	Read 106 Write 23.5 Mixed 13 SusWrite 14 38% 39.1 MB/s	4K Read 4.9 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 18% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 19.5% Great: 25%
SanDisk Cruzer Glide 8GB 6,342 User benchmarks, average bench 11% 6GB free, PID 5575 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 7.1 7.6 7.1 7.2 7.8 7.7 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	11.8% Very poor	Read 23.6 Write 4.5 Mixed 7.7 SusWrite 7.4 12% 10.8 MB/s	4K Read 5.2 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 2.5 166% 3.17 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 11.8% Great: 14%
sobetter Ext 1TB 23 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 159GB free, PID 0578 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 40 51 43 38 46 39 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	17.9% Very poor	Read 43.5 Write 55.5 Mixed 25.3 SusWrite 42.9 57% 41.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.5 42% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 17.9% Great: 304%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-12800CL9-4GBXL 8GBH2X04E999-15-H 12GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	46.9% Average	MC Read 16.1 MC Write 16.6 MC Mixed 12.7 43% 15.1 GB/s	SC Read 14.8 SC Write 17.1 SC Mixed 13.2 43% 15 GB/s	Latency 53.7 74% 53.7 ns
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 46.9% Great: 47%

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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	1,281x
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 $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	82x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 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: 91% - Outstanding

Total price: $603

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $44	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16