Asus SABERTOOTH Z77

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 79.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	74.4% 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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z77 (all builds)
Memory	11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130813
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 24 '22 at 19:10
Run Duration	266 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3770-$297 278,207 User benchmarks, average bench 69% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	79.3% Very good	Memory 94.5 1-Core 109 2-Core 201 79% 135 Pts	4-Core 346 8-Core 553 55% 449 Pts	64-Core 547 34% 547 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 79.3% Great: 76%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 120GB-$28 166,392 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 52GB free (System drive) Firmware: S3500102 SusWrite @10s intervals: 283 51 93 75 55 37 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	74.4% Very good	Read 456 Write 408 Mixed 364 SusWrite 98.9 74% 332 MB/s	4K Read 32.9 4K Write 92.4 4K Mixed 29.2 136% 51.5 MB/s	DQ Read 91 DQ Write 331 DQ Mixed 78.3 99% 167 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 74.4% Great: 85%
Samsung 870 QVO 1TB-$112 80,665 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 243GB free Firmware: SVQ01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 313 469 446 443 455 455 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	119% Outstanding	Read 510 Write 484 Mixed 443 SusWrite 430 105% 467 MB/s	4K Read 38.6 4K Write 96.1 4K Mixed 53.2 178% 62.6 MB/s	DQ Read 389 DQ Write 353 DQ Mixed 367 276% 369 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 128%
SK hynix SC308 SATA 512G 512GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 107GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 191 260 222 330 268 219 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	60.5% Good	Read 358 Write 368 Mixed 246 SusWrite 248 69% 305 MB/s	4K Read 19.4 4K Write 38.5 4K Mixed 22.6 79% 26.8 MB/s	DQ Read 140 DQ Write 158 DQ Mixed 60.6 70% 119 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 60.5% Great: 84%
TO Exter nal USB 3.0 240GB 44 User benchmarks, average bench 121% 96GB free, PID a001 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 114 111 113 83 63 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	137% Outstanding	Read 239 Write 143 Mixed 181 SusWrite 99 210% 166 MB/s	4K Read 19.9 4K Write 24.9 4K Mixed 18 1,533% 20.9 MB/s	DQ Read 19.5 DQ Write 23.8 DQ Mixed 18.9 1,525% 20.7 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 137% Great: 309%
ST1000LM 024 HN-M101M 1TB 103 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 149GB free, PID 0711 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 69 89 88 89 88 82 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	36.8% Below average	Read 83.8 Write 39 Mixed 34.5 SusWrite 84.1 77% 60.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 101% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 36.8% Great: 44%
TO Exter nal USB 3.0 240GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 125% 54GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 117 115 117 143 162 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	148% Outstanding	Read 251 Write 102 Mixed 255 SusWrite 128 237% 184 MB/s	4K Read 20.1 4K Write 25.7 4K Mixed 21.6 1,683% 22.5 MB/s	DQ Read 22.3 DQ Write 28 DQ Mixed 23.3 1,828% 24.5 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 148% Great: 148%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 12,350 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	58.7% Above average	MC Read 20.5 MC Write 20.5 MC Mixed 18.4 57% 19.8 GB/s	SC Read 18.9 SC Write 19.2 SC Mixed 18.5 54% 18.9 GB/s	Latency 58.4 68% 58.4 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 58.7% Great: 64%

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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	1,281x
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 $90Bench 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: 90% - Excellent

Total price: $607

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	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