Asus SABERTOOTH Z77

Performance Results


Gaming 49% Yacht	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 41% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	63.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	56.1% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 8 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z77 (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20121219
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Jan 06 '18 at 06:03
Run Duration	112 Seconds
Run User	NZL-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing as expected (44^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 above expectations (84^th percentile)	78.1% Very good	Memory 93.1 1-Core 83 2-Core 161 68% 112 Pts	4-Core 340 8-Core 551 55% 446 Pts	64-Core 571 35% 571 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 78.1% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% EVGA(3842 2982) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	63.5% Good	Lighting 80.1 Reflection 88.7 Parallax 77.3 65% 82 fps	MRender 80.4 Gravity 74 Splatting 68 60% 74.1 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 63.5% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 520 Series 120GB-$199 19,348 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 18GB free (System drive) Firmware: 400i Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	56.1% Above average	Read 360 Write 126 Mixed 171 48% 219 MB/s	4K Read 28.7 4K Write 57.5 4K Mixed 13.7 91% 33.3 MB/s	DQ Read 204 DQ Write 138 DQ Mixed 52.8 71% 132 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 56.1% Great: 88%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 475GB free Firmware: CC43 Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	81% Excellent	Read 143 Write 139 Mixed 137 105% 140 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 1.61 4K Mixed 0.23 87% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 81% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 992055 (997055) 2x8GB 124 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	31.9% Below average	MC Read 10.9 MC Write 9.8 MC Mixed 9.1 28% 9.93 GB/s	SC Read 8.9 SC Write 10 SC Mixed 10.5 28% 9.8 GB/s	Latency 61.8 65% 61.8 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 31.9% Great: 62%

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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 2,506 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 60%

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Desktop 79%

Battleship

Workstation 49%

Yacht

Motherboard: Asus SABERTOOTH Z77 - $210

CPU
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	1,271x
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 $109Bench 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: 86% - Excellent

Total price: $626

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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