Asus SABERTOOTH Z77

Performance Results


Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 57% Gunboat	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (35th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 65 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 an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 50.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	26.8% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	50.1% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Very high background CPU (37%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z77 (all builds)
Memory	7.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130813
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Apr 29 '19 at 00:45
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	37%

PC Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3770-$297 278,207 User benchmarks, average bench 69% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 2.5 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	50.4% Above average	Memory 70.7 1-Core 42.4 2-Core 77.6 42% 63.6 Pts	4-Core 162 8-Core 406 32% 284 Pts	64-Core 428 26% 428 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 50.4% Great: 76%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 660-Ti-$362 42,960 User benchmarks, average bench 26% EVGA(3842 3662) 2GB CLim: 1267 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 419.17 Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	26.8% Poor	Lighting 31.8 Reflection 33.5 Parallax 40.7 26% 35.3 fps	MRender 40.5 Gravity 38.3 Splatting 28.5 28% 35.8 fps
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 26.8% Great: 29%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force GT 180GB-$395 889 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 17GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 98 100 102 94 110 MB/s Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	50.1% Above average	Read 219 Write 164 Mixed 230 SusWrite 103 40% 179 MB/s	4K Read 20.2 4K Write 36.5 4K Mixed 23.1 80% 26.6 MB/s	DQ Read 282 DQ Write 185 DQ Mixed 178 148% 215 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 50.1% Great: 87%
Hitachi HUA721010KLA330 1TB-$28 10,651 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 51GB free Firmware: GKAOA70M SusWrite @10s intervals: 44 44 43 45 45 45 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	32.2% Below average	Read 67.3 Write 72 Mixed 40.5 SusWrite 44.4 41% 56.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 1 180% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 32.2% Great: 46%
Hitachi HUA723030ALA641 3TB 2,582 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 2.5TB free Firmware: MKAOA840 SusWrite @10s intervals: 149 149 149 151 151 152 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	85% Excellent	Read 146 Write 150 Mixed 79 SusWrite 150 96% 131 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 179% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 85% Great: 88%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 208GB free Firmware: CC4B SusWrite @10s intervals: 169 171 171 170 173 171 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	86.2% Excellent	Read 130 Write 116 Mixed 78.2 SusWrite 171 91% 124 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.9 163% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1866 C9 4x4GB 75 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	42.4% Average	MC Read 16.7 MC Write 15.9 MC Mixed 14.2 45% 15.6 GB/s	SC Read 9.8 SC Write 7.7 SC Mixed 9.4 26% 8.97 GB/s	Latency 99.7 40% 99.7 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 42.4% Great: 87%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming 60%

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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	1,272x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	392x
Core i5-3570KIntel $136Bench 68%, 185,516 samples	377x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	166x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	161x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	155x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 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: 86% - Excellent

Total price: $626

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16