Asus SABERTOOTH Z77

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	56.4% 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.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z77 (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130813
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 12 '19 at 06:58
Run Duration	170 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (55^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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	88.6% Excellent	Memory 96.5 1-Core 122 2-Core 253 88% 157 Pts	4-Core 435 8-Core 623 66% 529 Pts	64-Core 628 39% 628 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 88.6% Great: 83%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 120GB-$109 51,792 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 60GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXT0AB0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 111 126 126 117 127 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	56.4% Above average	Read 352 Write 132 Mixed 126 SusWrite 122 40% 183 MB/s	4K Read 21.3 4K Write 70.3 4K Mixed 17.7 92% 36.4 MB/s	DQ Read 214 DQ Write 128 DQ Mixed 46.4 68% 130 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 56.4% Great: 73%
Crucial MX300 525GB-$150 105,037 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 99GB free Firmware: M0CR040 SusWrite @10s intervals: 248 262 248 249 251 242 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	73.3% Very good	Read 350 Write 252 Mixed 308 SusWrite 250 65% 290 MB/s	4K Read 19.8 4K Write 79.4 4K Mixed 30 110% 43.1 MB/s	DQ Read 243 DQ Write 204 DQ Mixed 219 166% 222 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 73.3% Great: 99%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$80 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 175 179 176 176 177 179 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	95.8% Outstanding	Read 157 Write 125 Mixed 77.5 SusWrite 177 98% 134 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 144% 1 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 95.8% Great: 114%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 564GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 135% 417GB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 84 67 84 73 72 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	92.1% Outstanding	Read 242 Write 244 Mixed 104 SusWrite 76.5 122% 167 MB/s	4K Read 2.9 4K Write 6.9 4K Mixed 0.8 338% 3.53 MB/s
Poor: 92% ↑ This bench: 92.1% Great: 179%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 717GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 151% 653GB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 79 75 79 76 84 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	139% Outstanding	Read 404 Write 192 Mixed 86.3 SusWrite 78.6 138% 190 MB/s	4K Read 3.4 4K Write 6.2 4K Mixed 1.6 434% 3.73 MB/s
Poor: 139% ↑ This bench: 139% Great: 164%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Sniper DDR3 1866 C9 2x8GB 4,251 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	66.2% Good	MC Read 23.4 MC Write 23.5 MC Mixed 20.8 64% 22.6 GB/s	SC Read 19.1 SC Write 21.4 SC Mixed 19.8 57% 20.1 GB/s	Latency 52.1 77% 52.1 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 66.2% Great: 71%

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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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	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) $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