Asus SABERTOOTH Z77

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (35th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 65 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	94.8% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

High background CPU (23%). 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	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130813
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Oct 24 '20 at 12:45
Run Duration	177 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	23%

PC Performing below expectations (35^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	85.3% Excellent	Memory 90.5 1-Core 120 2-Core 221 82% 144 Pts	4-Core 437 8-Core 594 65% 515 Pts	64-Core 590 36% 590 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 85.3% Great: 83%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 37GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 303 96 78 77 77 77 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	94.8% Outstanding	Read 473 Write 403 Mixed 369 SusWrite 118 76% 341 MB/s	4K Read 30.8 4K Write 91.1 4K Mixed 54.6 165% 58.8 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 353 DQ Mixed 368 277% 369 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 94.8% Great: 124%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 125GB free Firmware: 1B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 400 573 646 627 624 625 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	151% Outstanding	Read 1,065 Write 962 Mixed 563 SusWrite 582 177% 793 MB/s	4K Read 27.3 4K Write 90 4K Mixed 42.1 143% 53.1 MB/s	DQ Read 702 DQ Write 596 DQ Mixed 641 482% 646 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 151% Great: 254%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 74GB free Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 339 305 170 167 163 158 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	86.2% Excellent	Read 353 Write 343 Mixed 331 SusWrite 217 70% 311 MB/s	4K Read 30.2 4K Write 75.2 4K Mixed 51.5 152% 52.3 MB/s	DQ Read 264 DQ Write 211 DQ Mixed 231 175% 236 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 133%
Seagate Barracuda Pro 6TB (2016)-$149 321 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2TB free Firmware: DN04 SusWrite @10s intervals: 172 177 179 178 177 178 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 23% Great: 118%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 432GB free Firmware: CC4C SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 99 99 98 100 100 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	58.2% Above average	Read 106 Write 113 Mixed 70 SusWrite 97.2 71% 96.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.6 116% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 58.2% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 40,596 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	64% Good	MC Read 24.1 MC Write 22.8 MC Mixed 20 64% 22.3 GB/s	SC Read 18 SC Write 20.4 SC Mixed 19.9 56% 19.4 GB/s	Latency 66.5 60% 66.5 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 64% Great: 85%

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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 $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