Asus SABERTOOTH Z77

Performance Results


Gaming 81% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	88.2% 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	77.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z77 (all builds)
Memory	21.8 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130813
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	May 15 '20 at 20:41
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	IRL-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd 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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91% Outstanding	Memory 96.8 1-Core 128 2-Core 254 90% 159 Pts	4-Core 462 8-Core 645 70% 553 Pts	64-Core 648 40% 648 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 91% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3230) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1647 MHz, MLim: 1984 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 445.87 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	88.2% Excellent	Lighting 112 Reflection 120 Parallax 108 91% 113 fps	MRender 102 Gravity 107 Splatting 96.9 83% 102 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 88.2% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston HyperX 3K 240GB-$70 27,495 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 151GB free (System drive) Firmware: 526ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 186 196 204 207 196 208 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	77.1% Very good	Read 383 Write 248 Mixed 249 SusWrite 200 60% 270 MB/s	4K Read 26.8 4K Write 75.2 4K Mixed 35.5 126% 45.8 MB/s	DQ Read 260 DQ Write 217 DQ Mixed 236 177% 238 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 77.1% Great: 94%
Kingston SHSS37A480G 480GB 14,802 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 82GB free Firmware: SAFM00.Y SusWrite @10s intervals: 352 458 465 466 458 273 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	91.8% Outstanding	Read 477 Write 462 Mixed 315 SusWrite 412 94% 417 MB/s	4K Read 23.7 4K Write 57.1 4K Mixed 32.6 108% 37.8 MB/s	DQ Read 286 DQ Write 337 DQ Mixed 67.1 118% 230 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 91.8% Great: 110%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$80 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 178 196 193 195 195 192 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	97.5% Outstanding	Read 149 Write 136 Mixed 71.4 SusWrite 191 100% 137 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 140% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 97.5% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 3x8GB 495 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 3 of 4 slots used 24GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	64.2% Good	MC Read 24.3 MC Write 21.6 MC Mixed 18.5 61% 21.5 GB/s	SC Read 19.3 SC Write 22.1 SC Mixed 21.3 60% 20.9 GB/s	Latency 50.9 79% 50.9 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 64.2% Great: 63%

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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