Asus SABERTOOTH Z77

Performance Results


Gaming 22% Surfboard	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 84.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	17.6% 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	81.5% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z77 (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130813
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Nov 11 '19 at 05:57
Run Duration	184 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing as expected (51^st 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 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	84.9% Excellent	Memory 97.3 1-Core 113 2-Core 224 84% 145 Pts	4-Core 392 8-Core 559 60% 476 Pts	64-Core 569 35% 569 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 84.9% 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: 441.12 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	17.6% Very poor	Lighting 19.9 Reflection 23 Parallax 18.7 16% 20.5 fps	MRender 28.3 Gravity 19.9 Splatting 25.9 20% 24.7 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 17.6% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$210 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 405GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 285 286 293 286 280 278 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	81.5% Excellent	Read 350 Write 339 Mixed 294 SusWrite 285 71% 317 MB/s	4K Read 27.8 4K Write 59.8 4K Mixed 40.6 126% 42.7 MB/s	DQ Read 263 DQ Write 207 DQ Mixed 223 170% 231 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 81.5% Great: 124%
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139 63,520 User benchmarks, average bench 266% 122GB free Firmware: 4B6QCXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1097 1106 1104 1103 1100 1102 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	192% Outstanding	Read 1,124 Write 1,043 Mixed 713 SusWrite 1102 224% 995 MB/s	4K Read 33.8 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 50.7 170% 62 MB/s	DQ Read 659 DQ Write 544 DQ Mixed 620 459% 608 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 192% Great: 353%
Corsair Force 3 120GB-$109 22,358 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 11GB free Firmware: 5.07 SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 99 100 98 99 86 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	52% Above average	Read 165 Write 117 Mixed 124 SusWrite 97.6 28% 126 MB/s	4K Read 21.5 4K Write 86.3 4K Mixed 25.7 111% 44.5 MB/s	DQ Read 143 DQ Write 119 DQ Mixed 84.2 76% 116 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 52% Great: 61%
Seagate ST3500630AS 500GB-$102 29,256 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 190GB free Firmware: 3.AAE SusWrite @10s intervals: 52 54 54 54 54 54 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	30.5% Below average	Read 52.7 Write 30.5 Mixed 42.2 SusWrite 53.3 33% 44.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.8 138% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 30.5% Great: 43%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC27 SusWrite @10s intervals: 168 182 184 183 183 185 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 176 Write 134 Mixed 87.5 SusWrite 181 106% 145 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 146% 1 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 as expected (60^th percentile)	66.8% Good	MC Read 22.7 MC Write 23.9 MC Mixed 21.3 65% 22.6 GB/s	SC Read 19.1 SC Write 20.2 SC Mixed 21.7 58% 20.3 GB/s	Latency 48.9 82% 48.9 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 66.8% Great: 77%

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

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Motherboard: Asus SABERTOOTH Z77 - $210

CPU
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	1,271x
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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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