Asus SABERTOOTH Z77

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 54% Yacht	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 44% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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 72.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	75.9% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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 (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	9.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121109
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 31 '21 at 16:42
Run Duration	199 Seconds
Run User	UKR-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing as expected (46^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 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	72.6% Very good	Memory 84.8 1-Core 103 2-Core 184 72% 124 Pts	4-Core 327 8-Core 491 51% 409 Pts	64-Core 515 32% 515 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 72.6% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% PNY(196E 1511) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 496.49 Performing below potential (36^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	75.9% Very good	Lighting 95.1 Reflection 108 Parallax 95.6 78% 99.5 fps	MRender 93 Gravity 92 Splatting 84.2 73% 89.7 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 75.9% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 270GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 39 38 35 47 50 50 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	54.5% Above average	Read 147 Write 59.6 Mixed 27.8 SusWrite 43.3 50% 69.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.4 81% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 54.5% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 110 117 113 111 107 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	62.5% Good	Read 106 Write 97.5 Mixed 55.6 SusWrite 112 68% 92.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.1 33% 0.3 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 62.5% Great: 90%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 154GB free Firmware: CC46 SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 93 97 95 95 97 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	56.4% Above average	Read 101 Write 96.7 Mixed 52.3 SusWrite 95.2 63% 86.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.9 153% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 56.4% Great: 68%
WD My Passport 07A8 1TB 5,659 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 95GB free, PID 07a8 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 71 68 70 71 74 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	33.4% Below average	Read 82.4 Write 35.1 Mixed 31.1 SusWrite 71.2 69% 55 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 97% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 33.4% Great: 46%
Seagate BUP Slim SL 1.5TB 146 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 1.5TB free, PID ab24 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 88 88 88 88 88 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	48.8% Average	Read 116 Write 80.6 Mixed 61.6 SusWrite 86.7 111% 86.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 4.2 4K Mixed 1.1 182% 1.97 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 48.8% Great: 49%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 28,461 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	49.5% Average	MC Read 17.5 MC Write 17.3 MC Mixed 15 47% 16.6 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 17.7 SC Mixed 16.9 48% 16.7 GB/s	Latency 72.2 55% 72.2 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 49.5% Great: 76%

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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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Gaming 60%

Gunboat

Desktop 79%

Battleship

Workstation 49%

Yacht

Motherboard: Asus SABERTOOTH Z77 - $210

CPU
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	1,274x
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	167x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	161x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	156x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 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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Total price: $607

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $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