Asus SABERTOOTH Z77

Performance Results


Gaming 73% Battleship	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	85.6% 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	108% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z77 (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130813
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 21 '21 at 20:14
Run Duration	184 Seconds
Run User	MYS-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-2500K-$246 143,007 User benchmarks, average bench 66% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	84.7% Excellent	Memory 84.7 1-Core 124 2-Core 248 84% 152 Pts	4-Core 488 8-Core 491 65% 490 Pts	64-Core 488 30% 488 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 84.7% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Nvidia(10DE 17C8) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1644 MHz, MLim: 1862 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 466.47 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	85.6% Excellent	Lighting 105 Reflection 151 Parallax 98.7 86% 118 fps	MRender 108 Gravity 109 Splatting 99.5 86% 105 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85.6% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 250GB-$39 77,177 User benchmarks, average bench 101% 104GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 306 415 435 441 442 440 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 462 Write 389 Mixed 392 SusWrite 413 93% 414 MB/s	4K Read 34.9 4K Write 87 4K Mixed 44.9 156% 55.6 MB/s	DQ Read 364 DQ Write 340 DQ Mixed 273 226% 326 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 123%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$90 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 55GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 337 450 468 477 477 476 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	129% Outstanding	Read 502 Write 481 Mixed 402 SusWrite 448 103% 458 MB/s	4K Read 45.9 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 62 208% 73 MB/s	DQ Read 389 DQ Write 354 DQ Mixed 366 276% 370 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 129% Great: 134%
WD WD10EACS-00ZJB0 1TB 28,352 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 190GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 40 42 41 42 43 43 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	34.2% Below average	Read 77.1 Write 75.8 Mixed 55.9 SusWrite 41.6 46% 62.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.8 153% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 34.2% Great: 51%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 113GB free Firmware: 05.00K05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 94 92 95 97 95 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	56.2% Above average	Read 101 Write 92.6 Mixed 72.9 SusWrite 94.3 67% 90.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 0.8 166% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 56.2% Great: 76%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 72GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 71 75 73 75 76 76 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	46.6% Average	Read 87.7 Write 64.5 Mixed 74.3 SusWrite 74.4 56% 75.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.6 117% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 46.6% Great: 59%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 33GB free Firmware: 12.01C01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 43 45 44 45 45 45 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	28.6% Poor	Read 54.3 Write 39.2 Mixed 44.2 SusWrite 44.6 34% 45.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.8 155% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 28.6% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905403-038.A00LF 99U5471-034.A00LF 9905471-006.A01LF 99U5471-034.A00LF 16GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	52.2% Above average	MC Read 17.7 MC Write 18.9 MC Mixed 16.3 50% 17.6 GB/s	SC Read 15.1 SC Write 19.7 SC Mixed 17.6 50% 17.5 GB/s	Latency 72.3 55% 72.3 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 52.2% Great: 53%

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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	1,277x
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 $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	82x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 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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Total price: $607

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16