Asus SABERTOOTH Z77

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 35% Sail boat	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 27% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 86.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	38.2% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z77 (all builds)
Memory	6.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20130510
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 28 '19 at 18:59
Run Duration	183 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing as expected (58^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-3570K-$136 185,516 User benchmarks, average bench 68% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	86.6% Excellent	Memory 95.8 1-Core 113 2-Core 227 83% 145 Pts	4-Core 452 8-Core 431 60% 441 Pts	64-Core 445 28% 445 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 86.6% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280X-$500 94,130 User benchmarks, average bench 35% MSI(1462 2775) 3GB CLim: 1020 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 17.7.1 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	38.2% Below average	Lighting 49.9 Reflection 33 Parallax 62.9 41% 48.6 fps	MRender 31.7 Gravity 48.5 Splatting 41 33% 40.4 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 38.2% Great: 39%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 13GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 354 Write 340 Mixed 260 71% 318 MB/s	4K Read 24.8 4K Write 53.9 4K Mixed 20.4 92% 33 MB/s	DQ Read 373 DQ Write 1.6 DQ Mixed 93.5 91% 156 MB/s
Poor: 64% Great: 118%
Samsung HD502HJ 500GB-$50 72,924 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 332GB free Firmware: 1AJ100E4 SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 88 90 91 92 91 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	42.2% Average	Read 56.8 Write 35.5 Mixed 48 SusWrite 90 43% 57.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 143% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 42.2% Great: 77%
Samsung HD502HJ 500GB-$50 72,924 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 331GB free Firmware: 1AJ100E4 SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 103 104 107 107 106 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	53.7% Above average	Read 81.5 Write 38.5 Mixed 40 SusWrite 105 48% 66.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.7 145% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 53.7% Great: 77%
Hitachi HUS726040ALN610 4TB 22 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 2.5TB free Firmware: APGNT7J0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 146 167 154 160 171 166 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	82.9% Excellent	Read 128 Write 152 Mixed 71 SusWrite 161 93% 128 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 3.4 4K Mixed 0.7 178% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 83% ↑ This bench: 82.9% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 47,852 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	64.8% Good	MC Read 23.2 MC Write 23.6 MC Mixed 21.2 65% 22.7 GB/s	SC Read 12.6 SC Write 19.1 SC Mixed 20 49% 17.2 GB/s	Latency 54.7 73% 54.7 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 64.8% Great: 62%

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Gaming 60%

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Desktop 79%

Battleship

Workstation 49%

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Motherboard: Asus SABERTOOTH Z77 - $210

CPU
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	1,274x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	393x
Core i5-3570KIntel $136Bench 68%, 185,516 samples	377x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	167x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	161x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	156x

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 $269	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 $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16