Asus SABERTOOTH Z77

Performance Results


Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 55% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	79.6% 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	68% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

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, 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	9.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130813
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 02 '20 at 22:52
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing as expected (56^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3770-$297 278,207 User benchmarks, average bench 69% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	81.1% Excellent	Memory 95.8 1-Core 114 2-Core 213 82% 141 Pts	4-Core 359 8-Core 566 57% 462 Pts	64-Core 572 35% 572 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 81.1% Great: 76%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$239 428,800 User benchmarks, average bench 71% PNY(196E 1347) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 451.67 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	79.6% Very good	Lighting 99.7 Reflection 91.7 Parallax 86.5 81% 92.6 fps	MRender 124 Gravity 83 Splatting 80.7 76% 95.9 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 79.6% Great: 76%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M500 480GB-$84 9,168 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 236GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 199 248 187 209 186 176 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	68% Good	Read 401 Write 375 Mixed 320 SusWrite 201 73% 324 MB/s	4K Read 18 4K Write 51 4K Mixed 25.1 86% 31.4 MB/s	DQ Read 300 DQ Write 282 DQ Mixed 118 136% 233 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 68% Great: 100%
Intel 520 Series 120GB-$199 19,348 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 112GB free Firmware: 400i SusWrite @10s intervals: 142 146 146 148 148 147 MB/s Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	54.8% Above average	Read 235 Write 164 Mixed 186 SusWrite 146 41% 183 MB/s	4K Read 23.8 4K Write 42.3 4K Mixed 26.4 92% 30.8 MB/s	DQ Read 194 DQ Write 160 DQ Mixed 167 128% 174 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 54.8% Great: 88%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 742GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 104 103 103 103 102 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	67.1% Good	Read 131 Write 108 Mixed 112 SusWrite 102 84% 114 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 197% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 67.1% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DHX DDR3 1600 C7 4x4GB 208 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	60.9% Good	MC Read 21.6 MC Write 20.7 MC Mixed 19 58% 20.4 GB/s	SC Read 19.1 SC Write 19.3 SC Mixed 20.3 56% 19.6 GB/s	Latency 54.6 73% 54.6 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 60.9% Great: 88%

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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	1,277x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	394x
Core i5-3570KIntel $136Bench 68%, 185,516 samples	379x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	168x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	161x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	157x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	82x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	75x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $79Bench 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: 90% - Excellent

Total price: $607

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16