Asus SABERTOOTH Z77

Performance Results


Gaming 57% Gunboat	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 47% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 70.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	76.7% 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	71.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (61%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z77 (all builds)
Memory	26.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130813
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 04 '20 at 19:11
Run Duration	166 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	61%

PC Performing as expected (53^rd 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 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	70.9% Very good	Memory 93.3 1-Core 80.5 2-Core 152 67% 109 Pts	4-Core 263 8-Core 426 42% 345 Pts	64-Core 494 31% 494 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 70.9% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Nvidia(10DE 1151) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 445.75 Performing below potential (43^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	76.7% Very good	Lighting 99.3 Reflection 105 Parallax 94.8 81% 99.7 fps	MRender 88.4 Gravity 90.9 Splatting 75.2 68% 84.8 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 76.7% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston HyperX 3K 240GB-$70 27,495 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 43GB free (System drive) Firmware: 501ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 157 154 152 153 147 141 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	71.4% Very good	Read 376 Write 253 Mixed 249 SusWrite 151 57% 257 MB/s	4K Read 26.2 4K Write 64 4K Mixed 34.1 117% 41.4 MB/s	DQ Read 261 DQ Write 222 DQ Mixed 210 166% 231 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 71.4% Great: 94%
Hitachi HUA723020ALA640 2TB-$41 7,860 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 985GB free Firmware: MK7OAA10 SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 72 70 70 74 75 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	54% Above average	Read 115 Write 118 Mixed 80.3 SusWrite 72.5 71% 96.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 163% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 54% Great: 83%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 771GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 149 150 145 152 152 152 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	97.2% Outstanding	Read 188 Write 172 Mixed 93.2 SusWrite 150 111% 151 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.3 255% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 97.2% Great: 108%
Samsung Spinpoint F4 2TB-$119 45,158 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2TB free Firmware: 1AQ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 127 127 127 128 130 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	72% Very good	Read 124 Write 38.5 Mixed 55.8 SusWrite 128 63% 86.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.4 94% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 72% Great: 72%
Hitachi HDP725050GLA360 500GB 14 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 78GB free, PID b159 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 37 37 36 37 37 37 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	18.5% Very poor	Read 35 Write 37 Mixed 28 SusWrite 37 47% 34.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 88% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 18.5% Great: 20%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1866 CL10 Series 4x8GB 2,056 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	58.5% Above average	MC Read 21.1 MC Write 20.7 MC Mixed 18.6 58% 20.1 GB/s	SC Read 15.9 SC Write 16.8 SC Mixed 19.2 49% 17.3 GB/s	Latency 61.4 65% 61.4 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 58.5% Great: 77%

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

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Gaming 60%

Gunboat

Desktop 79%

Battleship

Workstation 49%

Yacht

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