Asus SABERTOOTH Z77

Performance Results


Gaming 59% Gunboat	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 49% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (31st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 69 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 69.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	84.1% 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	64% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z77 (all builds)
Memory	9.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121219
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 29 '23 at 19:07
Run Duration	167 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	12%

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PC Performing below expectations (31^st 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 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	69.4% Good	Memory 82.9 1-Core 93.8 2-Core 188 70% 122 Pts	4-Core 303 8-Core 430 46% 367 Pts	64-Core 487 30% 487 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 69.4% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 516.94 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	84.1% Excellent	Lighting 106 Reflection 110 Parallax 99.9 86% 105 fps	MRender 94.8 Gravity 100 Splatting 98.1 80% 97.8 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 84.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 2TB-$146 44,787 User benchmarks, average bench 108% 872GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR043 SusWrite @10s intervals: 165 162 163 168 154 167 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	64% Good	Read 278 Write 307 Mixed 280 SusWrite 163 58% 257 MB/s	4K Read 28.1 4K Write 44.3 4K Mixed 33.8 109% 35.4 MB/s	DQ Read 210 DQ Write 179 DQ Mixed 154 126% 181 MB/s
Poor: 83% ↑ This bench: 64% Great: 125%
Crucial MX300 525GB-$150 105,037 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 382GB free Firmware: M0CR060 SusWrite @10s intervals: 182 178 169 193 204 193 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	62.1% Good	Read 335 Write 324 Mixed 295 SusWrite 186 64% 285 MB/s	4K Read 20.4 4K Write 44.2 4K Mixed 27.4 89% 30.7 MB/s	DQ Read 222 DQ Write 198 DQ Mixed 206 155% 209 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 62.1% Great: 99%
Crucial MX500 1TB-$66 202,785 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 929GB free Firmware: M3CR043 SusWrite @10s intervals: 402 396 382 431 414 429 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 349 Write 444 Mixed 367 SusWrite 409 89% 392 MB/s	4K Read 36.3 4K Write 74.1 4K Mixed 48 156% 52.8 MB/s	DQ Read 391 DQ Write 351 DQ Mixed 160 178% 301 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 125%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 601GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 139 141 138 140 139 141 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	77.9% Very good	Read 132 Write 106 Mixed 74.4 SusWrite 140 83% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.8 138% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 77.9% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair XMS3 DDR3 1600 C11 2x8GB 4,192 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	47% Average	MC Read 17.1 MC Write 16.7 MC Mixed 14.4 46% 16.1 GB/s	SC Read 13.1 SC Write 16.1 SC Mixed 13.7 41% 14.3 GB/s	Latency 75.3 53% 75.3 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 47% Great: 59%

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

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Gaming 60%

Gunboat

Desktop 79%

Battleship

Workstation 49%

Yacht

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 $109Bench 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: 86% - Excellent

Total price: $626

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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