Asus SABERTOOTH Z77

Performance Results


Gaming 59% Gunboat	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 47% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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 72%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	81.7% 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	19.1% 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.

High background CPU (24%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z77 (all builds)
Memory	8.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120803
Uptime	3.3 Days
Run Date	Jul 20 '18 at 05:19
Run Duration	132 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	24%

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PC Performing as expected (45^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, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	72% Very good	Memory 90.1 1-Core 94.4 2-Core 173 71% 119 Pts	4-Core 293 8-Core 421 45% 357 Pts	64-Core 382 24% 382 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 72% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8599) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing below potential (73^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	81.7% Excellent	Lighting 103 Reflection 109 Parallax 90.4 84% 101 fps	MRender 94.1 Gravity 93.7 Splatting 97.2 78% 95 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 81.7% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Drevo X1 PRO SSD 256GB 737 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 77GB free (System drive) Firmware: P1222A SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 11 65 1.1 48 58 MB/s Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	19.1% Very poor	Read 201 Write 216 Mixed 13.8 SusWrite 42.9 26% 119 MB/s	4K Read 17.9 4K Write 7.5 4K Mixed 0.5 32% 8.63 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 19.1% Great: 102%
WD Blue 1TB (2015)-$40 52,322 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 869GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 146 148 147 148 148 149 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	84.3% Excellent	Read 146 Write 144 Mixed 89.3 SusWrite 148 97% 132 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 201% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 84.3% Great: 87%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 122GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 69 54 66 67 70 71 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	50.6% Above average	Read 110 Write 100 Mixed 86.7 SusWrite 66.2 67% 90.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.8 165% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 50.6% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 23,732 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 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	45.5% Average	MC Read 16.4 MC Write 15.8 MC Mixed 14.1 44% 15.4 GB/s	SC Read 12.3 SC Write 13.8 SC Mixed 13.5 38% 13.2 GB/s	Latency 67.1 60% 67.1 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 45.5% Great: 61%

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Typical SABERTOOTH Z77 Builds (Compare 2,516 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 60%

Gunboat

Desktop 79%

Battleship

Workstation 49%

Yacht

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	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 $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	82x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	75x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $79Bench 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 $290	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 $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16