Asus SABERTOOTH Z77

Performance Results


Gaming 46% Yacht	Desktop 68% Battle cruiser	Workstation 38% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (21st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 79 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 58%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	76.9% 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	58.5% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Very high background CPU (60%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z77 (all builds)
Memory	7.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130813
Uptime	8.4 Days
Run Date	Jan 06 '21 at 19:38
Run Duration	182 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	60%

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PC Performing below expectations (21^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	58% Above average	Memory 70.5 1-Core 84.3 2-Core 165 61% 107 Pts	4-Core 247 8-Core 365 38% 306 Pts	64-Core 397 25% 397 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 58% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6573) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 457.09 Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	76.9% Very good	Lighting 94.2 Reflection 105 Parallax 94.8 77% 98.1 fps	MRender 91.2 Gravity 94.9 Splatting 95.9 77% 94 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 76.9% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Pro 256GB-$190 73,119 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 23GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM06B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 75 78 78 77 77 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	58.5% Above average	Read 342 Write 182 Mixed 198 SusWrite 80.6 44% 201 MB/s	4K Read 20.2 4K Write 53.1 4K Mixed 25.6 92% 33 MB/s	DQ Read 369 DQ Write 154 DQ Mixed 115 124% 213 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 58.5% Great: 116%
Samsung 860 QVO 1TB-$109 201,200 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 598GB free Firmware: RVQ02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 164 179 201 197 199 197 MB/s Performing below potential (18^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	59.6% Above average	Read 209 Write 202 Mixed 185 SusWrite 189 44% 196 MB/s	4K Read 22.4 4K Write 53.2 4K Mixed 29.2 100% 34.9 MB/s	DQ Read 202 DQ Write 191 DQ Mixed 195 147% 196 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 59.6% Great: 121%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 132 133 132 132 132 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	86.8% Excellent	Read 172 Write 145 Mixed 71.5 SusWrite 131 95% 130 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 86.8% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$95 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 121GB free Firmware: CC32 SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 97 100 101 100 98 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	46.5% Average	Read 63.3 Write 59.7 Mixed 47.7 SusWrite 98.8 50% 67.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.7 114% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 46.5% Great: 75%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 127 127 125 126 125 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	81.3% Excellent	Read 160 Write 138 Mixed 73.3 SusWrite 124 91% 124 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.9 155% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 81.3% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Team Vulcan-2133 2x8GB 734 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	46.9% Average	MC Read 18.4 MC Write 17.2 MC Mixed 17.2 50% 17.6 GB/s	SC Read 9.3 SC Write 8.9 SC Mixed 8.6 26% 8.93 GB/s	Latency 100 40% 100 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 46.9% Great: 79%

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

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Typical SABERTOOTH Z77 Builds (Compare 2,507 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 60%

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Desktop 79%

Battleship

Workstation 49%

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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 $94Bench 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: 89% - Excellent

Total price: $612

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $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