Asus SABERTOOTH Z77

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 50%
Yacht
Desktop
Desktop 73%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 39%
Jet ski
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing below expectations (32nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 68 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
ProcessorWith 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 73.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics73.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot DriveThe boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory8GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Very high background CPU (49%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardAsus SABERTOOTH Z77  (all builds)
Memory4.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20120803
Uptime0.3 Days
Run DateMar 07 '17 at 02:59
Run Duration123 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 49%
Watch Gameplay: 1070 + 9600K How to compare your gameplay

 PC Performing below expectations (32nd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Xeon E31230
LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (83rd percentile)
73.3% Very good
Memory 88.6
1-Core 88.6
2-Core 175
69% 117 Pts
4-Core 318
8-Core 434
48% 376 Pts
64-Core 434
27% 434 Pts
Poor: 59%
This bench: 73.3%
Great: 75%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.66
Performing below potential (12th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
73.4% Very good
Lighting 88.1
Reflection 90.8
Parallax 78.4
72% 85.8 fps
MRender 93.7
Gravity 90.9
Splatting 94.8
76% 93.1 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 73.4%
Great: 88%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33
390GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing below expectations (23rd percentile)
76.9% Very good
Read 132
Write 136
Mixed 118
97% 129 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 1.41
4K Mixed 0.26
72% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 55%
This bench: 76.9%
Great: 112%
U32 Shadow 2TB
2TB free, PID 55aa
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples
57.7% Above average
Read 110
Write 120
Mixed 111
148% 114 MB/s
4K Read 0.68
4K Write 5.02
4K Mixed 0.59
193% 2.1 MB/s
Poor: 26%
This bench: 57.7%
Great: 58%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB
2 of 4 slots used
8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz
Performing below potential (8th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
26.7% Poor
MC Read 8.7
MC Write 7.9
MC Mixed 7.9
23% 8.17 GB/s
SC Read 8.3
SC Write 8.7
SC Mixed 8
24% 8.33 GB/s
Latency 68.9
58% 68.9 ns
Poor: 27%
This bench: 26.7%
Great: 62%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Typical SABERTOOTH Z77 Builds (Compare 2,506 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 60%
Gunboat
Desktop
Desktop 79%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 49%
Yacht

Motherboard: Asus SABERTOOTH Z77 - $210

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 77% - Very good Total price: $677
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