Asus SABERTOOTH Z77

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (98th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 2 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 91.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	66.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z77 (all builds)
Memory	29 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130813
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 03 '19 at 00:11
Run Duration	166 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-2500K-$246 143,007 User benchmarks, average bench 66% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.6% Outstanding	Memory 93.8 1-Core 132 2-Core 265 91% 164 Pts	4-Core 516 8-Core 518 69% 517 Pts	64-Core 524 32% 524 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 91.6% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 85AB) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 2404 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 417.71 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	66.4% Good	Lighting 82.4 Reflection 83.3 Parallax 72.9 67% 79.5 fps	MRender 85.6 Gravity 75.8 Splatting 77.6 65% 79.7 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 66.4% Great: 60%

Drives	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra Plus 256GB-$139 17,545 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 108GB free (System drive) Firmware: X2316RL Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete	Read 467 Write 411 Mixed 209 80% 362 MB/s	4K Read 25.7 4K Write 57.2 4K Mixed 27.5 104% 36.8 MB/s	DQ Read 323 DQ Write 213 DQ Mixed 120 130% 219 MB/s
Poor: 58% Great: 99%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$27 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 801GB free Firmware: HP51 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete	Read 194 Write 162 Mixed 79.5 107% 145 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 149% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 55% Great: 112%
Seagate ST31000526SV 1TB 901 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 134GB free Firmware: CV15 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete	Read 89.3 Write 78 Mixed 60.5 57% 75.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.8 134% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 37% Great: 70%
WD Elements 2TB 35,768 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 662GB free, PID 10b8 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete	Read 82.7 Write 83.8 Mixed 48.3 89% 71.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 90% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 11% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 16JTF1G64AZ-1G6E1 Samsung M378B1G73EB0-YK0 Samsung M378B1G73EB0-YK0 Samsung M378B1G73EB0-YK0 32GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	60.3% Good	MC Read 20.1 MC Write 22.3 MC Mixed 18.8 58% 20.4 GB/s	SC Read 16.4 SC Write 22.2 SC Mixed 20.4 56% 19.7 GB/s	Latency 60.2 66% 60.2 ns
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 60.3% Great: 61%

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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	1,281x
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 $140Bench 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 i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16