Asus SABERTOOTH Z77

Performance Results


Gaming 55% Gunboat	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 42% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (31st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 69 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.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 69.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	78.4% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	61.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

High background CPU (26%). 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	11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130813
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 08 '17 at 23:05
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	26%

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PC Performing below expectations (31^st 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 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	69.1% Good	Memory 83.9 1-Core 91.3 2-Core 174 68% 117 Pts	4-Core 308 8-Core 348 43% 328 Pts	64-Core 276 17% 276 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 69.1% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Nvidia(10DE 119D) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing below potential (42^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	78.4% Very good	Lighting 96.6 Reflection 106 Parallax 92.4 79% 98.4 fps	MRender 95.3 Gravity 90.9 Splatting 97.3 78% 94.5 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 78.4% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SM871 2.5 7mm 256GB 1,320 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 233GB free Firmware: EMM02D0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 2 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1254 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (F1) Unknown 99 99 17370867 (F2) Unknown 99 99 4504596	78.6% Very good	Read 366 Write 353 Mixed 364 81% 361 MB/s	4K Read 29.8 4K Write 52.3 4K Mixed 30.9 112% 37.7 MB/s	DQ Read 197 DQ Write 152 DQ Mixed 97.2 94% 149 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 78.6% Great: 118%
SanDisk Ultra Plus 256GB-$139 17,545 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 100GB free (System drive) Firmware: 6RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 15758 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1733 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 23 (A8) Unknown 100 100 257 (A9) Unknown 100 100 285 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 140 (AE) Unknown 100 100 168 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 66 41 176095232034 (D4) Unknown 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 1090 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 36793 (F1) Unknown 253 253 15633 (F2) Unknown 253 253 18934 (F3) Unknown 100 100 0	61.2% Good	Read 264 Write 239 Mixed 244 56% 249 MB/s	4K Read 26.1 4K Write 58.5 4K Mixed 18.8 94% 34.5 MB/s	DQ Read 191 DQ Write 169 DQ Mixed 48.6 72% 136 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 61.2% Great: 99%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905403-559.A00LF 2x8GB 3,453 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (23^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	45.7% Average	MC Read 16.8 MC Write 15.9 MC Mixed 15.1 46% 15.9 GB/s	SC Read 11.4 SC Write 12.4 SC Mixed 12.3 34% 12 GB/s	Latency 73.7 54% 73.7 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 45.7% Great: 60%

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

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Gaming 60%

Gunboat

Desktop 79%

Battleship

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 $293	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) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16