Asus SABERTOOTH Z77

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 28% Raft	Desktop 70% Battleship	Workstation 21% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (17th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 83 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 63%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	46.3% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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 (71%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z77 (all builds)
Memory	9 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120502
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 02 '20 at 15:24
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	71%

PC Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2700K-$89 20,692 User benchmarks, average bench 73% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	63% Good	Memory 86.8 1-Core 99 2-Core 143 68% 110 Pts	4-Core 223 8-Core 257 31% 240 Pts	64-Core 340 21% 340 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 63% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Gigabyte(1458 3684) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 446.14 Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	46.3% Average	Lighting 56.5 Reflection 60.3 Parallax 54.6 46% 57.2 fps	MRender 65 Gravity 59.5 Splatting 50.1 47% 58.2 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 46.3% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 17GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 355 Write 339 Mixed 321 76% 338 MB/s	4K Read 32.8 4K Write 76.5 4K Mixed 42.3 144% 50.5 MB/s	DQ Read 253 DQ Write 209 DQ Mixed 223 169% 228 MB/s
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 2TB 13,609 User benchmarks, average bench 146% 374GB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 195 196 196 198 190 191 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	120% Outstanding	Read 223 Write 196 Mixed 68.5 SusWrite 194 124% 171 MB/s	4K Read 3.6 4K Write 4.8 4K Mixed 1 350% 3.13 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 213%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR3 1600G 3x4GB 25 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 3 of 4 slots used 12GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	28.3% Poor	MC Read 9.4 MC Write 9 MC Mixed 8.8 26% 9.07 GB/s	SC Read 8.3 SC Write 8.1 SC Mixed 6.6 22% 7.67 GB/s	Latency 70.6 57% 70.6 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 28.3% Great: 64%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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