Asus SABERTOOTH Z77

Performance Results


Gaming 11% Tree trunk	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	7.4% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
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 (29%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z77 (all builds)
Memory	10.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130813
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 27 '20 at 13:15
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	29%

PC Performing as expected (48^th 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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	78% Very good	Memory 92.3 1-Core 121 2-Core 208 82% 141 Pts	4-Core 360 8-Core 416 51% 388 Pts	64-Core 433 27% 433 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 78% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 640 34,519 User benchmarks, average bench 6% Gigabyte(1458 353E) 2GB CLim: 1045 MHz, MLim: 450 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 432.00 Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	7.4% Terrible	Lighting 8.6 Reflection 8.3 Parallax 10.3 7% 9.07 fps	MRender 8.5 Gravity 11.9 Splatting 9.5 8% 9.97 fps
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 7.4% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Vertex 3 120GB-$42 25,948 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 6GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.22 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 327 Write 124 Mixed 158 44% 203 MB/s	4K Read 29.3 4K Write 73.7 4K Mixed 32.3 125% 45.1 MB/s	DQ Read 140 DQ Write 136 DQ Mixed 118 94% 131 MB/s
Poor: 53% Great: 82%
Samsung MZ7PA128HMCD-010 128GB 3,175 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 40GB free Firmware: AXM08L1Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 21 42 51 35 35 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	26.5% Poor	Read 52 Write 184 Mixed 94.7 SusWrite 47.4 22% 94.7 MB/s	4K Read 15.9 4K Write 32.1 4K Mixed 14.7 60% 20.9 MB/s	DQ Read 121 DQ Write 28.8 DQ Mixed 22.4 30% 57.4 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 26.5% Great: 51%
WD Blue 320GB (2008)-$39 64,707 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 17GB free Firmware: 01.03E01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 55 56 53 54 54 66 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	44.4% Average	Read 98 Write 99 Mixed 65.5 SusWrite 56.4 59% 79.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.8 157% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 44.4% Great: 60%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 196GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 77 77 77 76 77 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	36.2% Below average	Read 49.3 Write 51.5 Mixed 41.8 SusWrite 76.4 40% 54.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 151% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 36.2% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CML8GX3M2A1600C9 029E CML16GX3M4A1600C9 029E CML8GX3M2A1600C9 029E CML16GX3M4A1600C9 16GB 30 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (32^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	51.8% Above average	MC Read 17.6 MC Write 18.5 MC Mixed 16.1 50% 17.4 GB/s	SC Read 14.5 SC Write 18.2 SC Mixed 16.7 47% 16.5 GB/s	Latency 63.5 63% 63.5 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 51.8% Great: 63%

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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	1,281x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	394x
Core i5-3570KIntel $136Bench 68%, 185,516 samples	381x

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	158x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	82x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	75x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 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 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16