Asus SABERTOOTH Z77

Performance Results


Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 53% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 91.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	68.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	113% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

Very high background CPU (32%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z77 (all builds)
Memory	5.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130813
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 12 '18 at 16:46
Run Duration	130 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	32%

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PC Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-3570K-$136 185,516 User benchmarks, average bench 68% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.4% Outstanding	Memory 98.3 1-Core 131 2-Core 237 89% 155 Pts	4-Core 488 8-Core 491 65% 490 Pts	64-Core 497 31% 497 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 91.4% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 590-$200 122,060 User benchmarks, average bench 57% XFX(1682 9587) CLim: 1614 MHz, MLim: 2079 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 18.11.2 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	68.5% Good	Lighting 88.5 Reflection 81.8 Parallax 106 72% 92.2 fps	MRender 79.8 Gravity 84.1 Splatting 65.8 62% 76.6 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 68.5% Great: 62%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 737GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 401 449 446 451 454 454 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 467 Write 479 Mixed 432 SusWrite 442 103% 455 MB/s	4K Read 32.8 4K Write 80.4 4K Mixed 53 160% 55.4 MB/s	DQ Read 390 DQ Write 355 DQ Mixed 369 278% 372 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 133%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 420GB free Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 402 452 447 451 453 297 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 470 Write 461 Mixed 436 SusWrite 417 100% 446 MB/s	4K Read 33.9 4K Write 73.5 4K Mixed 44.7 148% 50.7 MB/s	DQ Read 393 DQ Write 356 DQ Mixed 369 278% 373 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 129%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsZ DDR3 2133 C9 2x4GB 205 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	80.4% Excellent	MC Read 28.5 MC Write 29.2 MC Mixed 26.2 80% 28 GB/s	SC Read 22.1 SC Write 22.8 SC Mixed 22.4 64% 22.4 GB/s	Latency 44.8 89% 44.8 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 80.4% Great: 80%

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

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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	1,275x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	394x
Core i5-3570KIntel $136Bench 68%, 185,516 samples	378x

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 $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: 89% - Excellent

Total price: $612

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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 $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16