Asus SABERTOOTH Z77

Performance Results


Gaming 71% Battleship	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 58% Gunboat


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 a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 86.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	81.3% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	56.1% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z77 (all builds)
Memory	10.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120605
Uptime	6 Days
Run Date	Sep 17 '19 at 19:15
Run Duration	167 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	13%

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 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	86.1% Excellent	Memory 94.5 1-Core 118 2-Core 231 84% 148 Pts	4-Core 422 8-Core 589 64% 506 Pts	64-Core 585 36% 585 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 86.1% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3233) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 436.2 Performing below potential (68^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	81.3% Excellent	Lighting 106 Reflection 108 Parallax 106 86% 107 fps	MRender 89.7 Gravity 93.6 Splatting 83.1 72% 88.8 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 81.3% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HyperX Savage 240GB-$120 39,518 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 18GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM02.H SusWrite @10s intervals: 202 211 225 176 160 119 MB/s Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	56.1% Above average	Read 254 Write 245 Mixed 220 SusWrite 182 51% 225 MB/s	4K Read 23 4K Write 73.7 4K Mixed 16.4 95% 37.7 MB/s	DQ Read 123 DQ Write 196 DQ Mixed 140 111% 153 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 56.1% Great: 111%
WD Green 4TB (2013)-$136 31,988 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 3TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 90 89 87 92 92 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	53.4% Above average	Read 96 Write 88 Mixed 70.5 SusWrite 89.6 64% 86 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.8 164% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 53.4% Great: 87%
WD Green 4TB (2013)-$136 31,988 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 2.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 112 110 107 112 113 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	61.9% Good	Read 105 Write 113 Mixed 73.8 SusWrite 110 74% 101 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1 190% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 61.9% Great: 87%
WD Black 2.5" 250GB (2010)-$50 8,525 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 230GB free Firmware: 11.01A11 SusWrite @10s intervals: 66 66 66 66 66 67 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	38.4% Below average	Read 67.5 Write 66.8 Mixed 51 SusWrite 66 46% 62.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 151% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 38.4% Great: 52%
Seagate Expansion 2TB 1,303 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 856GB free, PID 2322 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 125 122 124 123 125 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	51.1% Above average	Read 76.2 Write 100 Mixed 50.8 SusWrite 124 123% 87.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 4.2 4K Mixed 0.5 163% 1.87 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 51.1% Great: 52%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLT4G3D1608DT1TX0. 4x4GB 1,688 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	53% Above average	MC Read 18.6 MC Write 17.8 MC Mixed 16.1 50% 17.5 GB/s	SC Read 15.4 SC Write 19.3 SC Mixed 18.2 50% 17.6 GB/s	Latency 58.6 68% 58.6 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 53% Great: 65%

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

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Gaming 60%

Gunboat

Desktop 79%

Battleship

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 $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 $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