Asus SABERTOOTH Z77

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 58% Gunboat	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 47% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 75.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	79.8% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

High background CPU (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z77 (all builds)
Memory	9.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20120502
Uptime	3.6 Days
Run Date	Dec 15 '20 at 11:21
Run Duration	166 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	22%

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PC Performing above expectations (65^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 Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	75.1% Very good	Memory 92.5 1-Core 99.8 2-Core 194 76% 129 Pts	4-Core 312 8-Core 476 49% 394 Pts	64-Core 488 30% 488 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 75.1% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 5173) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 460.79 Performing below potential (58^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	79.8% Very good	Lighting 98.6 Reflection 113 Parallax 100 80% 104 fps	MRender 90.1 Gravity 97.9 Splatting 99.1 79% 95.7 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 79.8% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Vertex 3 120GB-$42 25,948 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 3GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.22 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 333 Write 125 Mixed 188 47% 215 MB/s	4K Read 21.6 4K Write 46.7 4K Mixed 24.8 89% 31 MB/s	DQ Read 142 DQ Write 132 DQ Mixed 135 102% 136 MB/s
Poor: 53% Great: 82%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 63GB free Firmware: 05.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 86 86 81 89 67 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	58.3% Above average	Read 121 Write 116 Mixed 99.3 SusWrite 81.7 78% 105 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 0.9 202% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 58.3% Great: 76%
Seagate FreeAgent GoFlex 1TB 251 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 192GB free, PID 5033 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 54 54 55 53 54 55 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	20.7% Poor	Read 52.3 Write 61.3 Mixed 25.8 SusWrite 54 65% 48.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.4 29% 0.43 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 20.7% Great: 30%
WD My Passport 260D 5TB 716 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 3.5TB free, PID 260d Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 107 108 106 106 107 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	66.4% Good	Read 98.8 Write 94.8 Mixed 64.2 SusWrite 107 123% 91.1 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 9.3 4K Mixed 0.8 348% 3.77 MB/s	DQ Read 0.4 DQ Write 11.5 DQ Mixed 0.6 413% 4.17 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 66.4% Great: 65%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 22,320 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (38^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	54.7% Above average	MC Read 20.7 MC Write 19.8 MC Mixed 17.1 55% 19.2 GB/s	SC Read 10.1 SC Write 13.5 SC Mixed 18.3 40% 14 GB/s	Latency 63 63% 63 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 54.7% Great: 63%

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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 2,507 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	1,272x
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 $109Bench 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: 86% - Excellent

Total price: $626

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	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) $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