Asus SABERTOOTH Z77

Performance Results


Gaming 68% Battle cruiser	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (30th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 70 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 68.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	99.6% 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	89.3% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z77 (all builds)
Memory	22.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130813
Uptime	2.4 Days
Run Date	Sep 21 '19 at 02:51
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing below expectations (30^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 below expectations (24^th percentile)	68.2% Good	Memory 83.3 1-Core 96.6 2-Core 165 68% 115 Pts	4-Core 288 8-Core 447 45% 367 Pts	64-Core 458 28% 458 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 68.2% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6183) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 436.30 Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	99.6% Outstanding	Lighting 124 Reflection 146 Parallax 137 101% 136 fps	MRender 114 Gravity 131 Splatting 110 96% 118 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 99.6% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 90GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 278 185 167 165 172 172 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	89.3% Excellent	Read 453 Write 436 Mixed 339 SusWrite 190 79% 354 MB/s	4K Read 32.6 4K Write 66.5 4K Mixed 42.3 139% 47.1 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 359 271% 363 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 89.3% Great: 124%
Intel 520 Series 120GB-$199 19,348 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 35GB free Firmware: 400i SusWrite @10s intervals: 148 137 142 150 151 156 MB/s Performing below potential (12^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	59.9% Above average	Read 241 Write 162 Mixed 181 SusWrite 147 41% 183 MB/s	4K Read 28.1 4K Write 53.1 4K Mixed 29.9 109% 37 MB/s	DQ Read 191 DQ Write 154 DQ Mixed 171 128% 172 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 59.9% Great: 88%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 490GB free Firmware: CC29 SusWrite @10s intervals: 169 172 173 172 171 173 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	98.7% Outstanding	Read 173 Write 134 Mixed 83.5 SusWrite 172 103% 141 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 153% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 98.7% Great: 114%
Toshiba DT01ACA050 500GB-$25 163,843 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 239GB free Firmware: MS1OA750 SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 109 102 112 127 123 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	77.4% Very good	Read 156 Write 78.7 Mixed 34.3 SusWrite 114 69% 95.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.5 126% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 77.4% Great: 103%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR3 2133 C9 4x8GB 587 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	44.2% Average	MC Read 15.5 MC Write 15.1 MC Mixed 13.9 42% 14.8 GB/s	SC Read 13.1 SC Write 14.7 SC Mixed 14.6 40% 14.1 GB/s	Latency 74.6 54% 74.6 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 44.2% Great: 124%

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

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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	1,271x
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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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