Asus SABERTOOTH Z77

Performance Results


Gaming 70% Battleship	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 54% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	78.7% 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	99.4% 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.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z77 (all builds)
Memory	12.6 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	Jun 11 '21 at 20:24
Run Duration	185 Seconds
Run User	MYS-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing as expected (47^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-2500K-$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)	88.1% Excellent	Memory 91 1-Core 125 2-Core 250 87% 155 Pts	4-Core 496 8-Core 472 65% 484 Pts	64-Core 409 25% 409 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 88.1% 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: 1544 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing below potential (55^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	78.7% Very good	Lighting 95.8 Reflection 118 Parallax 103 78% 106 fps	MRender 98 Gravity 102 Splatting 93.8 80% 98 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 78.7% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 250GB-$40 77,177 User benchmarks, average bench 101% 98GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 385 419 423 433 431 435 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	99.4% Outstanding	Read 464 Write 427 Mixed 408 SusWrite 421 97% 430 MB/s	4K Read 27.1 4K Write 66 4K Mixed 37.9 125% 43.7 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 352 DQ Mixed 277 232% 336 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 99.4% Great: 123%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 70GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 397 430 433 443 382 138 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 468 Write 433 Mixed 386 SusWrite 370 93% 414 MB/s	4K Read 33.8 4K Write 66.8 4K Mixed 43.4 142% 48 MB/s	DQ Read 389 DQ Write 354 DQ Mixed 367 277% 370 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 134%
WD WD10EACS-00ZJB0 1TB 28,352 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 195GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 39 42 43 43 43 43 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	36% Below average	Read 82.8 Write 74.1 Mixed 53.9 SusWrite 42 47% 63.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.7 141% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 36% Great: 51%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$40 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 113GB free Firmware: 05.00K05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 94 93 95 97 80 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	53.7% Above average	Read 94.9 Write 94.9 Mixed 60.7 SusWrite 91.8 63% 85.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.9 178% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 53.7% Great: 76%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 72GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 75 76 76 76 76 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	47.4% Average	Read 90.2 Write 67.6 Mixed 61.4 SusWrite 74.8 54% 73.5 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.7 145% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 47.4% Great: 59%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 37GB free Firmware: 12.01C01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 46 48 46 47 48 48 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	28% Poor	Read 50.1 Write 41.4 Mixed 43.9 SusWrite 46.9 34% 45.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 147% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 28% 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	51.1% Above average	MC Read 17 MC Write 18.9 MC Mixed 16.3 50% 17.4 GB/s	SC Read 10.2 SC Write 18.8 SC Mixed 17.3 44% 15.4 GB/s	Latency 65.8 61% 65.8 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 51.1% 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	1,272x
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