Asus SABERTOOTH Z77

Performance Results


Gaming 48% Yacht	Desktop 83% 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 80.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	55.9% 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	46.4% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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.

High background CPU (26%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z77 (all builds)
Memory	24.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20121219
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 02 '19 at 23:33
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	26%

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 i5-3570K-$136 185,516 User benchmarks, average bench 68% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	80.8% Excellent	Memory 91.3 1-Core 103 2-Core 200 77% 132 Pts	4-Core 409 8-Core 397 54% 403 Pts	64-Core 402 25% 402 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 80.8% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 2978) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	55.9% Above average	Lighting 69.9 Reflection 73.2 Parallax 65.5 57% 69.5 fps	MRender 74.7 Gravity 65.6 Splatting 60 54% 66.7 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 55.9% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 830 256GB-$261 25,763 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 29GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXM03B1Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 116 114 108 94 75 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	46.4% Average	Read 302 Write 163 Mixed 127 SusWrite 102 38% 174 MB/s	4K Read 15.8 4K Write 42.2 4K Mixed 17.8 69% 25.3 MB/s	DQ Read 266 DQ Write 50 DQ Mixed 71.1 74% 129 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 46.4% Great: 86%
Mushkin Reactor 1TB-$50 9,565 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 597GB free Firmware: P1003B SusWrite @10s intervals: 227 226 243 222 257 256 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	56.6% Above average	Read 318 Write 317 Mixed 230 SusWrite 238 62% 276 MB/s	4K Read 15.4 4K Write 43.1 4K Mixed 22 74% 26.8 MB/s	DQ Read 149 DQ Write 126 DQ Mixed 172 120% 149 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 56.6% Great: 105%
Toshiba X300 5TB-$125 12,743 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: FP2A SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 125 120 121 126 120 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	71.6% Very good	Read 128 Write 125 Mixed 50.3 SusWrite 122 77% 106 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1 212% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 71.6% Great: 109%
Seagate ST3250820AS 250GB-$60 16,391 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 233GB free Firmware: 3.AHG SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 77 78 74 78 79 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	44.9% Average	Read 79.3 Write 47 Mixed 43.5 SusWrite 77.1 45% 61.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.8 144% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 44.9% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ares DDR3 1866 C10 4x8GB 1,073 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	52.9% Above average	MC Read 18.5 MC Write 19 MC Mixed 16.7 52% 18.1 GB/s	SC Read 14.8 SC Write 17 SC Mixed 16.1 46% 16 GB/s	Latency 65.3 61% 65.3 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 52.9% Great: 85%

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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 $94Bench 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: 89% - Excellent

Total price: $612

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	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