Asus SABERTOOTH Z77

Performance Results


Gaming 61% Destroyer	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 51% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	79.5% 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	62% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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 (54%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z77 (all builds)
Memory	9.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130813
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 04 '21 at 23:27
Run Duration	169 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	54%

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PC Performing as expected (42^nd 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 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	74.4% Very good	Memory 92.8 1-Core 91.5 2-Core 167 71% 117 Pts	4-Core 303 8-Core 513 50% 408 Pts	64-Core 549 34% 549 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 74.4% 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 6276) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 461.09 Performing below potential (58^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	79.5% Very good	Lighting 96.7 Reflection 134 Parallax 82.4 79% 104 fps	MRender 94.3 Gravity 103 Splatting 98.9 81% 98.6 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 79.5% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Pro 128GB-$150 34,842 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 15GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM04B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 72 73 68 84 85 68 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	62% Good	Read 310 Write 102 Mixed 134 SusWrite 74.8 34% 155 MB/s	4K Read 25.2 4K Write 73 4K Mixed 30 115% 42.7 MB/s	DQ Read 352 DQ Write 87.6 DQ Mixed 84.4 97% 175 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 62% Great: 110%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 25GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 93 97 97 96 94 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	55% Above average	Read 95.9 Write 92.1 Mixed 86.2 SusWrite 95.2 68% 92.4 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 195% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 55% Great: 76%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 600GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 99 101 97 102 102 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	65.6% Good	Read 129 Write 104 Mixed 92.8 SusWrite 99.1 79% 106 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 178% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 65.6% Great: 76%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 598GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 15 13 23 28 30 24 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	37.8% Below average	Read 109 Write 10 Mixed 48.7 SusWrite 22.1 35% 47.4 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.9 190% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 37.8% Great: 85%
Hitachi HDN726040ALE614 4TB 4,649 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 161GB free Firmware: APGNW7JH SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 105 109 111 105 109 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	61.7% Good	Read 106 Write 109 Mixed 67.3 SusWrite 108 72% 97.6 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 3.4 4K Mixed 0.5 164% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 61.7% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 20,667 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	58.3% Above average	MC Read 21.2 MC Write 20.7 MC Mixed 19.1 58% 20.3 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 17.1 SC Mixed 17.3 46% 16.2 GB/s	Latency 62.6 64% 62.6 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 58.3% Great: 77%

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Gaming 60%

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Desktop 79%

Battleship

Workstation 49%

Yacht

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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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