Asus SABERTOOTH Z77

Performance Results


Gaming 43% Speed boat	Desktop 66% Battle cruiser	Workstation 36% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (11th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 89 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 55.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	75.4% 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	52.4% 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.

Very high background CPU (59%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z77 (all builds)
Memory	7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120803
Uptime	1.3 Days
Run Date	Jun 27 '20 at 03:46
Run Duration	168 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	59%

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PC Performing way below expectations (11^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 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	55.1% Above average	Memory 73.2 1-Core 77.4 2-Core 141 58% 97.1 Pts	4-Core 201 8-Core 305 31% 253 Pts	64-Core 463 29% 463 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 55.1% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6276) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 442.19 Performing below potential (21^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	75.4% Very good	Lighting 95.6 Reflection 97.3 Parallax 82.6 78% 91.8 fps	MRender 86.1 Gravity 84.7 Splatting 87.3 71% 86 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 75.4% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 796GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 194 205 215 199 183 187 MB/s Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	52.4% Above average	Read 206 Write 78.5 Mixed 192 SusWrite 197 38% 168 MB/s	4K Read 17.2 4K Write 44.7 4K Mixed 20.5 76% 27.5 MB/s	DQ Read 203 DQ Write 191 DQ Mixed 186 143% 193 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 52.4% Great: 133%
Seagate Backup+ Hub BK 5TB 1,106 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 1.5TB free Firmware: D781 SusWrite @10s intervals: 17 18 18 18 18 18 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	13.5% Very poor	Read 28 Write 28.7 Mixed 16.5 SusWrite 17.8 17% 22.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 0.6 156% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 13.5% Great: 90%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 80GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 108 108 77 82 83 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	56.5% Above average	Read 102 Write 98 Mixed 70.5 SusWrite 95.1 67% 91.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.9 165% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 56.5% Great: 85%
WD WD2500KS-00MJB0 250GB-$78 8,440 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 16GB free Firmware: 02.01C03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 34 35 35 35 35 35 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	21.9% Poor	Read 40.7 Write 39.7 Mixed 29.5 SusWrite 35.1 27% 36.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1 173% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 21.9% Great: 35%
Patriot Memory 64GB 591 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 19GB free, PID 5200 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 16 16 16 16 16 16 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	9.8% Terrible	Read 28.5 Write 25 Mixed 12 SusWrite 15.8 26% 20.3 MB/s	4K Read 2.9 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.7 52% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 9.8% Great: 48%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Sniper DDR3 1866 C9 2x8GB 4,251 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	40.4% Average	MC Read 15.6 MC Write 13.6 MC Mixed 14.1 41% 14.4 GB/s	SC Read 9.6 SC Write 9.8 SC Mixed 10 28% 9.8 GB/s	Latency 94.2 42% 94.2 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 40.4% Great: 71%

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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 $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 $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16