Asus SABERTOOTH Z77

Performance Results


Gaming 26% Raft	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 22% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 78.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	26.9% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	78.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

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.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z77 (all builds)
Memory	7.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20130813
Uptime	1.4 Days
Run Date	Sep 19 '21 at 15:14
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	IND-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (74^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, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	78.6% Very good	Memory 91.5 1-Core 107 2-Core 197 77% 132 Pts	4-Core 355 8-Core 523 55% 439 Pts	64-Core 521 32% 521 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 78.6% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 660-Ti-$362 42,960 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Asus(1043 841E) 2GB CLim: 1202 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 471.68 Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	26.9% Poor	Lighting 31.3 Reflection 30.4 Parallax 43.1 26% 34.9 fps	MRender 38.9 Gravity 39.7 Splatting 31.4 30% 36.7 fps
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 26.9% Great: 29%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue 250GB-$90 26,761 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 72GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41110WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 272 153 175 177 121 66 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	78.4% Very good	Read 476 Write 453 Mixed 343 SusWrite 161 80% 358 MB/s	4K Read 26.9 4K Write 51.8 4K Mixed 33.9 112% 37.5 MB/s	DQ Read 375 DQ Write 286 DQ Mixed 247 207% 303 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 78.4% Great: 100%
WD WD1004FBYZ-01YCBB1 1TB 802 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 250GB free Firmware: RR04 SusWrite @10s intervals: 166 161 158 157 159 159 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	88.7% Excellent	Read 148 Write 194 Mixed 110 SusWrite 160 112% 153 MB/s	4K Read 4.4 4K Write 3.5 4K Mixed 1 359% 2.97 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 88.7% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905403-559.A00LF 2x8GB 3,453 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	58.3% Above average	MC Read 21.1 MC Write 20.3 MC Mixed 18.4 57% 19.9 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 18.2 SC Mixed 18.8 53% 18.4 GB/s	Latency 64.9 62% 64.9 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 58.3% Great: 60%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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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	1,281x
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 $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	82x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 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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Value: 89% - Excellent

Total price: $612

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $288	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16