Asus SABERTOOTH Z77

Performance Results


Gaming 15% Tree trunk	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	12.5% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	79.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z77 (all builds)
Memory	5.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130813
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 12 '20 at 18:03
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-3450-$59 34,199 User benchmarks, average bench 66% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	77.4% Very good	Memory 92.3 1-Core 96.7 2-Core 190 74% 126 Pts	4-Core 365 8-Core 354 48% 359 Pts	64-Core 371 23% 371 Pts
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 77.4% Great: 76%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 460-$203 31,648 User benchmarks, average bench 12% Asus(1043 835D) 1GB CLim: 675 MHz, MLim: 900 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	12.5% Very poor	Lighting 14.4 Reflection 16.7 Parallax 12.9 12% 14.7 fps	MRender 20.5 Gravity 14.6 Splatting 16.9 14% 17.3 fps
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 12.5% Great: 14%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Tcsunbow X3 480GB 2,146 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 388GB free (System drive) Firmware: S0509A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 273 388 400 406 410 127 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	79.8% Very good	Read 420 Write 394 Mixed 344 SusWrite 334 84% 373 MB/s	4K Read 24.3 4K Write 74 4K Mixed 29 113% 42.4 MB/s	DQ Read 27.1 DQ Write 334 DQ Mixed 45.7 76% 136 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 79.8% Great: 99%
Samsung Spinpoint T166 500GB-$40 43,024 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 37GB free Firmware: CR100-12 SusWrite @10s intervals: 53 58 56 58 58 59 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	31.9% Below average	Read 54 Write 61 Mixed 22.7 SusWrite 56.9 35% 48.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.7 119% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 31.9% Great: 44%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 1TB-$100 65,786 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 146GB free Firmware: 1AA01112 SusWrite @10s intervals: 62 64 61 56 55 61 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	50.1% Above average	Read 114 Write 51.7 Mixed 67.7 SusWrite 59.9 54% 73.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 3.1 4K Mixed 1.1 217% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 50.1% Great: 62%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 1TB-$100 65,786 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 555GB free Firmware: 1AA01112 SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 83 84 84 84 84 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	54.4% Above average	Read 106 Write 91.3 Mixed 62.2 SusWrite 82.7 63% 85.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.1 206% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 54.4% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 991770 2x4GB 544 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	54.1% Above average	MC Read 19.3 MC Write 19.2 MC Mixed 16.8 53% 18.4 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 16.6 SC Mixed 17.1 47% 16.6 GB/s	Latency 63.6 63% 63.6 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 54.1% Great: 54%

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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	1,274x
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	167x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	161x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	156x

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 $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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