Asus SABERTOOTH Z77

Performance Results


Gaming 71% Battleship	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 59% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 91.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	76.5% 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	58.1% 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.

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, 4 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 2 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z77 (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130813
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 29 '20 at 05:35
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (70^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.3% Outstanding	Memory 96.5 1-Core 122 2-Core 244 88% 154 Pts	4-Core 475 8-Core 615 70% 545 Pts	64-Core 615 38% 615 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 91.3% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$233 428,800 User benchmarks, average bench 71% MSI(1462 C75A) CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 445.75 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	76.5% Very good	Lighting 95.9 Reflection 87.2 Parallax 83.1 78% 88.7 fps	MRender 121 Gravity 80.1 Splatting 75.5 73% 92.2 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 76.5% Great: 76%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 250GB-$251 41,998 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 131GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXT06B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 222 241 219 209 187 120 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	58.1% Above average	Read 442 Write 89.5 Mixed 115 SusWrite 200 46% 212 MB/s	4K Read 22 4K Write 38.5 4K Mixed 13.9 72% 24.8 MB/s	DQ Read 278 DQ Write 40.2 DQ Mixed 39.7 60% 119 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 58.1% Great: 85%
Adata Ultimate SU800 1TB-$112 26,139 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 694GB free Firmware: R0918B SusWrite @10s intervals: 354 356 339 336 328 337 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	93% Outstanding	Read 363 Write 346 Mixed 305 SusWrite 342 76% 339 MB/s	4K Read 32.6 4K Write 81.1 4K Mixed 46.6 152% 53.4 MB/s	DQ Read 245 DQ Write 201 DQ Mixed 111 114% 186 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 93% Great: 126%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 932GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 129 130 131 129 129 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	79.5% Very good	Read 151 Write 124 Mixed 114 SusWrite 126 95% 129 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1 204% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 79.5% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLT8G3D1608ET3LX0. 2x8GB 3,774 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	60.8% Good	MC Read 21.6 MC Write 20.7 MC Mixed 18.9 58% 20.4 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 20.1 SC Mixed 19.2 54% 19 GB/s	Latency 52.3 76% 52.3 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 60.8% 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%

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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	1,272x
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 $295	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