Asus SABERTOOTH Z77

Performance Results


Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 59% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	79% 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	55.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 2 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z77 (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130813
Uptime	12.5 Days
Run Date	May 11 '21 at 04:30
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	14%

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PC Performing above expectations (61^st 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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	89.4% Excellent	Memory 96 1-Core 122 2-Core 244 87% 154 Pts	4-Core 452 8-Core 612 67% 532 Pts	64-Core 611 38% 611 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 89.4% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$233 428,800 User benchmarks, average bench 71% MSI(1462 C75A) CLim: 2310 MHz, MLim: 3750 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 461.09 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	79% Very good	Lighting 98.5 Reflection 98.9 Parallax 101 80% 99.4 fps	MRender 122 Gravity 88.1 Splatting 78.7 77% 96.2 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 79% Great: 76%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 250GB-$251 41,998 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 94GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXT06B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 137 137 165 192 201 MB/s Performing below potential (16^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	55.7% Above average	Read 271 Write 68 Mixed 97.2 SusWrite 158 33% 149 MB/s	4K Read 20.2 4K Write 55.1 4K Mixed 20.4 86% 31.9 MB/s	DQ Read 349 DQ Write 64 DQ Mixed 53.1 78% 155 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 55.7% Great: 85%
Adata Ultimate SU800 1TB-$112 26,139 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 128GB free Firmware: R0918B SusWrite @10s intervals: 341 339 341 323 338 334 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	82.1% Excellent	Read 352 Write 342 Mixed 317 SusWrite 336 76% 337 MB/s	4K Read 26.2 4K Write 76 4K Mixed 33.5 123% 45.2 MB/s	DQ Read 239 DQ Write 195 DQ Mixed 111 112% 182 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 82.1% Great: 126%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$40 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 1GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 150 Write 123 Mixed 92.2 91% 122 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.9 200% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 35% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLT8G3D1608ET3LX0. 2x8GB 3,774 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	60.7% Good	MC Read 21.6 MC Write 20.7 MC Mixed 19.1 58% 20.5 GB/s	SC Read 17.5 SC Write 20.4 SC Mixed 18.9 54% 18.9 GB/s	Latency 53.9 74% 53.9 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 60.7% Great: 65%

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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	1,272x
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