Asus SABERTOOTH Z77

Performance Results


Gaming 30% Raft	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 25% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (33rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 67 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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 70.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	37.6% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	59.3% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Very high background CPU (51%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z77 (all builds)
Memory	11.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20120224
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Aug 01 '20 at 21:01
Run Duration	150 Seconds
Run User	BEL-User
Background CPU	51%

PC Performing below expectations (33^rd 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 Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	70.3% Very good	Memory 80 1-Core 85.3 2-Core 192 68% 119 Pts	4-Core 327 8-Core 484 51% 406 Pts	64-Core 509 32% 509 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 70.3% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 680-$360 38,995 User benchmarks, average bench 32% Asus(1043 83F7) 2GB CLim: 1346 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 430.86 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	37.6% Below average	Lighting 45.5 Reflection 41.8 Parallax 54.8 37% 47.4 fps	MRender 52.8 Gravity 53.2 Splatting 39.4 39% 48.5 fps
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 37.6% Great: 35%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force GS 240GB-$261 4,179 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 23GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 154 189 149 135 109 76 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	59.3% Above average	Read 373 Write 158 Mixed 174 SusWrite 135 46% 210 MB/s	4K Read 17.4 4K Write 50.9 4K Mixed 25 85% 31.1 MB/s	DQ Read 242 DQ Write 190 DQ Mixed 200 154% 211 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 59.3% Great: 93%
WD WD2000JD-00HBB0 200GB 2,211 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 124GB free Firmware: 02.05D02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 29 29 29 29 29 29 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	13.1% Very poor	Read 16.8 Write 25 Mixed 20.5 SusWrite 28.8 17% 22.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.3 55% 0.37 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 13.1% Great: 32%
WD WD2000JD-00HBB0 200GB 2,211 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 176GB free Firmware: 02.05D02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 52 52 52 52 52 52 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	21.9% Poor	Read 23.8 Write 49.8 Mixed 26.8 SusWrite 52.2 28% 38.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 142% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 21.9% Great: 32%
Seagate Expansion Desk 4TB 713 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 247GB free, PID 3322 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 12 13 12 12 11 12 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	6.04% Terrible	Read 13 Write 13.5 Mixed 12.3 SusWrite 11.9 17% 12.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.1 21% 0.23 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 6.04% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR3 1866 C9 2x8GB 2,880 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	48.9% Average	MC Read 17.8 MC Write 17.3 MC Mixed 16.1 49% 17.1 GB/s	SC Read 13.1 SC Write 15 SC Mixed 14 40% 14 GB/s	Latency 80.6 50% 80.6 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 48.9% Great: 71%

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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%

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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 $129Bench 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