Asus SABERTOOTH Z77

Performance Results


Gaming 52% Yacht	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 42% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (39th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 61 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. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	64.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	58.5% 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	10 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120717
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Dec 06 '19 at 23:27
Run Duration	198 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2700K-$89 20,692 User benchmarks, average bench 73% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	77% Very good	Memory 91.6 1-Core 92.9 2-Core 185 73% 123 Pts	4-Core 340 8-Core 473 51% 406 Pts	64-Core 477 30% 477 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 77% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% EVGA(3842 2983) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 432.0 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	64.9% Good	Lighting 81.4 Reflection 87.2 Parallax 84.8 66% 84.5 fps	MRender 82.1 Gravity 77.4 Splatting 70.2 62% 76.6 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 64.9% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Trion 150 480GB-$300 13,412 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 157GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFZ12.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 164 163 127 126 96 105 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	58.5% Above average	Read 346 Write 335 Mixed 295 SusWrite 130 62% 276 MB/s	4K Read 21.6 4K Write 40.7 4K Mixed 25.2 87% 29.2 MB/s	DQ Read 247 DQ Write 197 DQ Mixed 158 136% 200 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 58.5% Great: 101%
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$125 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 79GB free Firmware: EXM02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 183 168 234 239 254 288 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	68.6% Good	Read 350 Write 334 Mixed 294 SusWrite 228 68% 301 MB/s	4K Read 23.5 4K Write 43.8 4K Mixed 30.9 98% 32.7 MB/s	DQ Read 258 DQ Write 184 DQ Mixed 224 167% 222 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 68.6% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 213GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 140 154 154 154 155 155 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	87.2% Excellent	Read 152 Write 106 Mixed 69.8 SusWrite 152 88% 120 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.7 129% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 87.2% Great: 114%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 261GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 85 85 85 85 84 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	47.5% Average	Read 80.5 Write 82.2 Mixed 72 SusWrite 84.4 59% 79.8 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 193% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 47.5% Great: 76%
Intel Raid 1 Volume 2TB 7,767 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 1TB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 125 126 126 126 126 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	47% Average	Read 39 Write 111 Mixed 44.3 SusWrite 124 58% 79.7 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 1.1 199% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 47% Great: 123%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1600EL Series 4x4GB 672 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	48.4% Average	MC Read 16.8 MC Write 17 MC Mixed 15 46% 16.3 GB/s	SC Read 12.9 SC Write 16.4 SC Mixed 15.7 43% 15 GB/s	Latency 64.8 62% 64.8 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 48.4% Great: 82%

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

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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 $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