Asus SABERTOOTH Z77

Performance Results


Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (33rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 67 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 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 76.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	18.6% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	57.4% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
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.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z77 (all builds)
Memory	3.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121005
Uptime	12 Days
Run Date	Aug 09 '20 at 01:32
Run Duration	153 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-3570K-$136 185,516 User benchmarks, average bench 68% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	76.8% Very good	Memory 91.5 1-Core 97.1 2-Core 204 76% 131 Pts	4-Core 355 8-Core 388 49% 371 Pts	64-Core 390 24% 390 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 76.8% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 660-$170 123,956 User benchmarks, average bench 20% EVGA(3842 2667) 3GB CLim: 1293 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 436.48 Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	18.6% Very poor	Lighting 21.4 Reflection 22 Parallax 26.8 17% 23.4 fps	MRender 29.3 Gravity 25.4 Splatting 23.3 21% 26 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 18.6% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$52 296,814 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 91GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 164 197 223 223 224 218 MB/s Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	57.4% Above average	Read 240 Write 224 Mixed 180 SusWrite 208 48% 213 MB/s	4K Read 22 4K Write 38.2 4K Mixed 24.6 85% 28.3 MB/s	DQ Read 204 DQ Write 189 DQ Mixed 165 132% 186 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 57.4% Great: 128%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 393GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 60 62 62 62 62 61 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	36.2% Below average	Read 64.3 Write 59 Mixed 37.5 SusWrite 61.5 41% 55.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 140% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 36.2% Great: 67%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$109 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 77GB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 67 73 73 75 76 76 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	43.8% Average	Read 79.3 Write 84 Mixed 33 SusWrite 73.4 49% 67.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 0.3 4K Mixed 0.6 106% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 43.8% Great: 88%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 652GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 111 114 111 113 114 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	66.1% Good	Read 118 Write 108 Mixed 106 SusWrite 112 82% 111 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 193% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 66.1% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 73,650 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	29.4% Poor	MC Read 9.3 MC Write 9.4 MC Mixed 8.3 26% 9 GB/s	SC Read 8.9 SC Write 9.8 SC Mixed 9.6 27% 9.43 GB/s	Latency 65 62% 65 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 29.4% Great: 62%

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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	1,270x
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