Asus SABERTOOTH Z77

Performance Results


Gaming 103% UFO	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 82% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 80.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	127% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	67.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

High background CPU (26%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z77 (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130813
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 18 '19 at 07:16
Run Duration	177 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	26%

PC Performing as expected (57^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2600K-$319 147,533 User benchmarks, average bench 71% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	80.6% Excellent	Memory 97.5 1-Core 111 2-Core 225 83% 144 Pts	4-Core 349 8-Core 480 52% 414 Pts	64-Core 490 30% 490 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 80.6% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 3607) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 436.15 Performing below potential (72^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	127% Outstanding	Lighting 173 Reflection 192 Parallax 177 141% 181 fps	MRender 126 Gravity 187 Splatting 131 120% 148 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$210 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 408GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 253 185 188 221 205 275 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	67.5% Good	Read 328 Write 285 Mixed 252 SusWrite 221 61% 271 MB/s	4K Read 29.1 4K Write 41.2 4K Mixed 32.2 107% 34.2 MB/s	DQ Read 154 DQ Write 183 DQ Mixed 200 142% 179 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 67.5% Great: 124%
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139 63,520 User benchmarks, average bench 266% 126GB free Firmware: 4B6QCXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 978 911 1020 1183 1168 1113 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	204% Outstanding	Read 1,262 Write 1,169 Mixed 771 SusWrite 1,062 240% 1,066 MB/s	4K Read 42.9 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 57.6 194% 68.2 MB/s	DQ Read 687 DQ Write 568 DQ Mixed 648 480% 634 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 204% Great: 353%
Corsair Force 3 120GB-$109 22,358 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 11GB free Firmware: 5.07 SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 98 99 101 94 86 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	54.9% Above average	Read 164 Write 118 Mixed 132 SusWrite 96.1 29% 128 MB/s	4K Read 25.1 4K Write 85.5 4K Mixed 28.9 120% 46.5 MB/s	DQ Read 143 DQ Write 122 DQ Mixed 89.7 79% 118 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 54.9% Great: 61%
Seagate ST3500630AS 500GB-$102 29,256 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 190GB free Firmware: 3.AAE SusWrite @10s intervals: 54 52 54 54 53 53 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	36.5% Below average	Read 73.6 Write 55 Mixed 52.1 SusWrite 53.2 43% 58.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.9 155% 1 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 36.5% Great: 43%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC27 SusWrite @10s intervals: 183 175 182 183 180 181 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 176 Write 146 Mixed 87.1 SusWrite 181 108% 148 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair XMS3 DDR3 2000 C9 4x4GB 488 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	68.3% Good	MC Read 23.4 MC Write 24.3 MC Mixed 21.8 66% 23.2 GB/s	SC Read 19.3 SC Write 21 SC Mixed 22.1 59% 20.8 GB/s	Latency 48.5 83% 48.5 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 68.3% Great: 77%

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

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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