Asus SABERTOOTH Z77

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 36% Jet ski	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 27% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	47.2% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z77 (all builds)
Memory	8.4 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 15:27
Run Duration	123 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing as expected (44^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 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	78.5% Very good	Memory 96.1 1-Core 90.6 2-Core 185 74% 124 Pts	4-Core 343 8-Core 408 49% 375 Pts	64-Core 412 26% 412 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 78.5% 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 (37^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	47.2% Average	Lighting 58.6 Reflection 59.5 Parallax 55.2 48% 57.7 fps	MRender 66.1 Gravity 56.7 Splatting 49.3 46% 57.4 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 47.2% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 16GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 364 Write 347 Mixed 318 77% 343 MB/s	4K Read 32.6 4K Write 77 4K Mixed 42.6 145% 50.7 MB/s	DQ Read 258 DQ Write 157 DQ Mixed 230 165% 215 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: 192 196 197 199 204 206 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	121% Outstanding	Read 223 Write 205 Mixed 72.1 SusWrite 199 127% 175 MB/s	4K Read 3.2 4K Write 4.9 4K Mixed 0.8 313% 2.97 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 121% 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 below potential (27^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	35.6% Below average	MC Read 11.5 MC Write 11 MC Mixed 10.2 31% 10.9 GB/s	SC Read 10.4 SC Write 12.7 SC Mixed 10.9 32% 11.3 GB/s	Latency 53.7 74% 53.7 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 35.6% Great: 64%

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

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Typical SABERTOOTH Z77 Builds (Compare 2,505 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 60%

Gunboat

Desktop 79%

Battleship

Workstation 49%

Yacht

Motherboard: Asus SABERTOOTH Z77 - $210

CPU
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	1,270x
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 $129Bench 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 $275	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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