Asus SABERTOOTH Z77

Performance Results


Gaming 23% Surfboard	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (26th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 74 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 a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 65.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	29.1% 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)
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 (68%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z77 (all builds)
Memory	3.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130813
Uptime	5.8 Days
Run Date	Jul 16 '19 at 21:06
Run Duration	169 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	68%

PC Performing below expectations (26^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 way below expectations (13^th percentile)	65.3% Good	Memory 83.8 1-Core 76.6 2-Core 167 64% 109 Pts	4-Core 255 8-Core 361 39% 308 Pts	64-Core 443 27% 443 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 65.3% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 670-$435 47,610 User benchmarks, average bench 28% EVGA(3842 2678) 2GB CLim: 1293 MHz, MLim: 1552 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 419.67 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	29.1% Poor	Lighting 33.3 Reflection 33.9 Parallax 42.2 27% 36.5 fps	MRender 48.4 Gravity 39.5 Splatting 35.2 33% 41 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 29.1% Great: 31%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 71GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 26 28 28 26 28 24 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
OCZ Vertex 3 120GB-$42 25,948 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 65GB free Firmware: 2.15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 118 133 129 125 130 MB/s Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	54.8% Above average	Read 260 Write 132 Mixed 160 SusWrite 127 38% 170 MB/s	4K Read 22 4K Write 49.9 4K Mixed 27.3 95% 33.1 MB/s	DQ Read 183 DQ Write 141 DQ Mixed 151 116% 159 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 54.8% Great: 82%
WD Blue 2.5" 750GB-$71 14,401 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 92GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 39 41 40 38 41 36 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	23.9% Poor	Read 44.2 Write 41 Mixed 29.3 SusWrite 38.8 28% 38.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.6 113% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 23.9% Great: 62%
WD My Passport 0741 2TB 1,643 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 486GB free, PID 0741 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 52 55 52 51 45 10 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	23.5% Poor	Read 65.2 Write 64.2 Mixed 43 SusWrite 44.2 72% 54.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.7 73% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 23.5% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 43,127 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	48% Average	MC Read 18.6 MC Write 15.6 MC Mixed 16 48% 16.7 GB/s	SC Read 11.8 SC Write 12.4 SC Mixed 14.9 37% 13 GB/s	Latency 73.8 54% 73.8 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 48% Great: 63%

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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 $274	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 $183	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