Asus SABERTOOTH Z77

Performance Results


Gaming 77% Battleship	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 63% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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	82.4% 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	67.2% 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.

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	13 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 30 '20 at 03:26
Run Duration	184 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing above expectations (74^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.3% Outstanding	Memory 96.7 1-Core 128 2-Core 244 89% 156 Pts	4-Core 466 8-Core 649 70% 558 Pts	64-Core 649 40% 649 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: 2310 MHz, MLim: 3800 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 445.75 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	82.4% Excellent	Lighting 103 Reflection 93.7 Parallax 98.3 84% 98.3 fps	MRender 129 Gravity 85.8 Splatting 84.4 80% 99.7 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 82.4% Great: 76%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 250GB-$251 41,998 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 130GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXT06B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 229 230 226 242 243 231 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	67.2% Good	Read 439 Write 250 Mixed 160 SusWrite 234 60% 271 MB/s	4K Read 22.2 4K Write 47 4K Mixed 18.6 82% 29.3 MB/s	DQ Read 358 DQ Write 124 DQ Mixed 53.1 88% 178 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 67.2% Great: 85%
Adata Ultimate SU800 1TB-$112 26,139 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 680GB free Firmware: R0918B SusWrite @10s intervals: 406 412 389 409 398 383 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	90.1% Outstanding	Read 482 Write 386 Mixed 366 SusWrite 399 92% 408 MB/s	4K Read 26.8 4K Write 56.6 4K Mixed 34.2 114% 39.2 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 105 DQ Mixed 109 115% 198 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 90.1% Great: 126%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$40 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 932GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 124 123 131 131 127 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	76.5% Very good	Read 141 Write 129 Mixed 93.5 SusWrite 126 90% 122 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 189% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 76.5% 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 way above expectations (87^th percentile)	62.4% Good	MC Read 22.1 MC Write 21.3 MC Mixed 19.4 60% 20.9 GB/s	SC Read 17.9 SC Write 21.1 SC Mixed 20 56% 19.7 GB/s	Latency 51.4 78% 51.4 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 62.4% 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 $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 $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