Asus SABERTOOTH Z77

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 76.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	10.6% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
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	10.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130813
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 28 '20 at 06:34
Run Duration	153 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (49^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 (93^rd percentile)	76.8% Very good	Memory 83.7 1-Core 96.9 2-Core 209 74% 130 Pts	4-Core 396 8-Core 446 55% 421 Pts	64-Core 440 27% 440 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 76.8% Great: 79%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk PLUS 240GB 86,316 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 65GB free Firmware: UF5000RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 117 22 28 46 86 MB/s Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	31.4% Below average	Read 129 Write 120 Mixed 116 SusWrite 68.7 24% 108 MB/s	4K Read 18.8 4K Write 24.7 4K Mixed 16.2 62% 19.9 MB/s	DQ Read 67.8 DQ Write 67.1 DQ Mixed 40 38% 58.3 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 31.4% Great: 56%
PNY CS900 120GB-$25 42,924 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 16GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS900612 SusWrite @10s intervals: 56 79 43 44 29 21 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	10.6% Very poor	Read 16.7 Write 102 Mixed 6 SusWrite 45.5 10% 42.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 3.2 4K Mixed 13 19% 5.6 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 10.6% Great: 87%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 309 336 332 334 333 336 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 50% Great: 108%
WD My Passport 07A8 1TB 5,659 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 709GB free, PID 07a8 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 27 26 27 28 27 27 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	17.8% Very poor	Read 32.8 Write 28.1 Mixed 26.2 SusWrite 27.1 38% 28.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.7 104% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 17.8% Great: 46%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1600 CL9 Series 029E CMX8GX3M2A1600C9 8502 1600 CL9 Series 029E CMX8GX3M2A1600C9 16GB 13 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	57.3% Above average	MC Read 20.1 MC Write 21.7 MC Mixed 18.1 57% 20 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 18.9 SC Mixed 16.3 49% 17.3 GB/s	Latency 74 54% 74 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 57.3% Great: 57%

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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	1,275x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	394x
Core i5-3570KIntel $136Bench 68%, 185,516 samples	379x

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 $90Bench 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: 90% - Excellent

Total price: $607

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16