Asus SABERTOOTH Z77

Performance Results


Gaming 12% Tree trunk	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 82.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	7.1% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
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	7.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130813
Uptime	5.8 Days
Run Date	Mar 22 '19 at 16:37
Run Duration	332 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing as expected (50^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-3570K-$136 185,516 User benchmarks, average bench 68% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	82.6% Excellent	Memory 95.8 1-Core 111 2-Core 222 82% 143 Pts	4-Core 402 8-Core 403 54% 402 Pts	64-Core 427 26% 427 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 82.6% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 640 34,519 User benchmarks, average bench 6% XFX(1682 291A) 2GB CLim: 901 MHz, MLim: 445 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	7.1% Terrible	Lighting 8.1 Reflection 7.69 Parallax 9.84 7% 8.55 fps	MRender 8.57 Gravity 10.2 Splatting 10.5 8% 9.75 fps
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 7.1% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Pro 256GB-$190 73,119 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 125GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM06B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 303 241 274 0.5 0.5 449 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 68% Great: 116%
Intel 520 Series 180GB-$132 14,258 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 135GB free Firmware: 400i SusWrite @10s intervals: 33 18 74 0.5 0.5 44 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	55% Above average	Read 307 Write 207 Mixed 220 SusWrite 28.4 42% 190 MB/s	4K Read 25.4 4K Write 51.8 4K Mixed 28.5 102% 35.2 MB/s	DQ Read 240 DQ Write 183 DQ Mixed 182 144% 201 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 55% Great: 88%
WD Black 500GB (2008)-$95 28,095 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 430GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 20 9.2 44 0.5 0.5 23 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	34.9% Below average	Read 105 Write 90 Mixed 77.2 SusWrite 16 54% 72.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 159% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 34.9% Great: 69%
Esata-2 ExternalRAID 1.5TB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 74GB free SusWrite @10s intervals: 24 12 55 0.5 0.5 35 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	46.9% Average	Read 142 Write 92 Mixed 44.5 SusWrite 21.2 55% 75 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.3 76% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 46.9% Great: 61%
WD Black 500GB (2008)-$95 28,095 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 346GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 21 12 51 0.5 0.5 27 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	42.3% Average	Read 128 Write 110 Mixed 59.3 SusWrite 18.8 58% 78.9 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 172% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 42.3% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1866 C9 4x4GB 1,972 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	66.7% Good	MC Read 23.8 MC Write 24.4 MC Mixed 22.2 67% 23.5 GB/s	SC Read 18.6 SC Write 14.3 SC Mixed 19.8 50% 17.6 GB/s	Latency 54.6 73% 54.6 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 66.7% Great: 106%

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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	1,277x
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 $139Bench 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 i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16