Asus SABERTOOTH Z77

Performance Results


Gaming 63% Destroyer	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 51% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 71.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	86.3% 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	134% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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

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

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z77 (all builds)
Memory	8.5 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130813
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 10 '21 at 06:24
Run Duration	166 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing as expected (54^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2600K-$319 147,533 User benchmarks, average bench 71% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	71.3% Very good	Memory 88.5 1-Core 93.7 2-Core 172 70% 118 Pts	4-Core 293 8-Core 427 45% 360 Pts	64-Core 458 28% 458 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 71.3% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4998) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1582 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 471.96 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	86.3% Excellent	Lighting 108 Reflection 122 Parallax 107 88% 112 fps	MRender 103 Gravity 105 Splatting 96.4 82% 101 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 86.3% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 500GB 13,939 User benchmarks, average bench 179% 331GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 658 502 501 511 514 510 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	134% Outstanding	Read 1,024 Write 808 Mixed 522 SusWrite 533 161% 722 MB/s	4K Read 32.7 4K Write 74 4K Mixed 41.9 142% 49.5 MB/s	DQ Read 390 DQ Write 350 DQ Mixed 354 270% 365 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 134% Great: 313%
Seagate ST3300831AS 300GB 1,245 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 161GB free Firmware: 3.06 SusWrite @10s intervals: 26 25 23 27 22 28 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	10.5% Very poor	Read 11.7 Write 21.6 Mixed 16.7 SusWrite 24.9 14% 18.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.2 4K Write 0.3 4K Mixed 0.3 47% 0.27 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 10.5% Great: 37%
Seagate ST3300831AS 300GB 1,245 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 259GB free Firmware: 3.06 SusWrite @10s intervals: 57 59 60 59 60 60 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	33.7% Below average	Read 58.1 Write 14 Mixed 37 SusWrite 59.1 31% 42 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.7 122% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 33.7% Great: 37%
Seagate ST3300831AS 300GB 1,245 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 253GB free Firmware: 3.06 SusWrite @10s intervals: 51 51 53 53 53 53 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	32.3% Below average	Read 60.3 Write 14.2 Mixed 36.6 SusWrite 52.3 30% 40.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.6 108% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 32.3% Great: 37%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-12800CL9-2GBRL 04CD F3-12800CL9-4GBRL 04CD F3-12800CL9-2GBRL 04CD F3-12800CL9-4GBRL 12GB 52 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 2048, 4096, 2048, 4096 MB Performing below potential (33^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	49.2% Average	MC Read 17.5 MC Write 17.5 MC Mixed 15.7 48% 16.9 GB/s	SC Read 11.9 SC Write 15.7 SC Mixed 15.2 41% 14.3 GB/s	Latency 69 58% 69 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 49.2% Great: 62%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

SkillBench Score 0: 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	9	6	60	23"	1280 720	VIZ0062 E260MV

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Gaming 60%

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Desktop 79%

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Workstation 49%

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Motherboard: Asus SABERTOOTH Z77 - $210

CPU
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	1,271x
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 $129Bench 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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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