Asus SABERTOOTH Z77

Performance Results


Gaming 68% Battle cruiser	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (37th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 63 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 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 75.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	89.4% 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	70.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z77 (all builds)
Memory	18.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120502
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Aug 16 '18 at 10:35
Run Duration	242 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing below expectations (37^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 above expectations (69^th percentile)	75.4% Very good	Memory 86.7 1-Core 108 2-Core 212 78% 136 Pts	4-Core 346 8-Core 519 54% 432 Pts	64-Core 528 33% 528 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 75.4% 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 6274) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89.4% Excellent	Lighting 115 Reflection 114 Parallax 108 93% 112 fps	MRender 97.5 Gravity 99.9 Splatting 101 82% 99.5 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89.4% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 500GB-$150 68,337 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 42GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 251 168 47 44 41 43 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	70.7% Very good	Read 359 Write 345 Mixed 277 SusWrite 98.9 60% 270 MB/s	4K Read 31.1 4K Write 71.7 4K Mixed 35.4 130% 46.1 MB/s	DQ Read 248 DQ Write 208 DQ Mixed 172 144% 210 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 70.7% Great: 126%
Seagate Backup+ Desk 4TB 1,852 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 2TB free Firmware: 050B SusWrite @10s intervals: 15 16 16 16 16 16 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	14.3% Very poor	Read 33.7 Write 27.8 Mixed 24.5 SusWrite 15.6 19% 25.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.6 114% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 14.3% Great: 91%
Seagate Expansion Desk 8TB 11,959 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 6TB free Firmware: 9401 SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 84 84 85 85 87 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	64% Good	Read 136 Write 158 Mixed 94.3 SusWrite 85.4 87% 118 MB/s	4K Read 3.7 4K Write 4.5 4K Mixed 0.8 326% 3 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 64% Great: 94%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 234GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 113 113 116 115 115 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	62.5% Good	Read 103 Write 91.7 Mixed 92 SusWrite 114 74% 100 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 0.9 186% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 62.5% Great: 76%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1TB free Firmware: CC24 SusWrite @10s intervals: 16 16 16 16 16 16 MB/s Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	14.3% Very poor	Read 33.3 Write 28.7 Mixed 29 SusWrite 15.8 20% 26.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 14.3% Great: 114%
Seagate Expansion Desk 8TB 11,959 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 711GB free Firmware: 9401 SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 82 85 85 85 86 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	49.3% Average	Read 85.8 Write 97.9 Mixed 31 SusWrite 84.2 54% 74.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 6.7 4K Mixed 0.6 228% 2.73 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 49.3% Great: 94%
WD My Book 1230 3TB 7,778 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 33GB free, PID 1230 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 82 82 82 82 82 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	33.5% Below average	Read 70 Write 71 Mixed 60.3 SusWrite 82.1 97% 70.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 88% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 33.5% Great: 59%
WD My Book 1230 3TB 7,778 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 60GB free, PID 1230 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 65 65 64 65 65 64 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	32.8% Below average	Read 78.7 Write 79.5 Mixed 59 SusWrite 64.7 95% 70.5 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.9 112% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 32.8% Great: 59%
Seagate FreeAgent 1.5TB 1,031 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 1.5TB free, PID 3008 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 21 21 21 21 21 21 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	15.7% Very poor	Read 37.2 Write 37.1 Mixed 28.3 SusWrite 21 41% 30.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 1 98% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 15.7% Great: 20%
Fantom External HDD 2TB 76 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 35GB free, PID 1e40 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 21 21 21 21 21 21 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	14.3% Very poor	Read 36.7 Write 37.4 Mixed 33.3 SusWrite 20.7 43% 32 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.8 78% 1 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 14.3% Great: 20%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 4x8GB 7,519 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (18^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	49.1% Average	MC Read 17.8 MC Write 16.9 MC Mixed 14.7 47% 16.5 GB/s	SC Read 14.5 SC Write 18.1 SC Mixed 16.4 47% 16.3 GB/s	Latency 70.7 57% 70.7 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 49.1% Great: 119%

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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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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