Asus SABERTOOTH Z77

Performance Results


Gaming 52% Yacht	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 43% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 83.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	58.2% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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 (32%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z77 (all builds)
Memory	6.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.8 GHz
Display	1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20130813
Uptime	2.4 Days
Run Date	Nov 27 '18 at 06:55
Run Duration	169 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	32%

PC Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3770-$297 278,207 User benchmarks, average bench 69% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	83.3% Excellent	Memory 95.7 1-Core 111 2-Core 216 82% 141 Pts	4-Core 383 8-Core 582 60% 482 Pts	64-Core 583 36% 583 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 83.3% Great: 76%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Asus(1043 8508) CLim: 1615 MHz, MLim: 1877 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 417.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	58.2% Above average	Lighting 72.8 Reflection 77.2 Parallax 69.2 59% 73.1 fps	MRender 80 Gravity 69.2 Splatting 60.1 56% 69.8 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 58.2% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 61GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,758 Write 1,067 Mixed 673 256% 1,166 MB/s	4K Read 39.2 4K Write 185 4K Mixed 51.4 223% 91.8 MB/s	DQ Read 1,138 DQ Write 316 DQ Mixed 103 238% 519 MB/s
Poor: 138% Great: 283%
OCZ Vertex 3 120GB-$42 25,948 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 112GB free Firmware: 2.11 SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 120 134 136 131 131 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	52.5% Above average	Read 308 Write 130 Mixed 189 SusWrite 126 42% 188 MB/s	4K Read 22.7 4K Write 39.4 4K Mixed 26.1 89% 29.4 MB/s	DQ Read 85.9 DQ Write 133 DQ Mixed 95.3 76% 105 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 52.5% Great: 82%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 378GB free Firmware: CC27 SusWrite @10s intervals: 156 179 179 166 165 184 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 188 Write 135 Mixed 71.2 SusWrite 172 103% 142 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 137% 1 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 114%
Seagate Desktop HDD 6TB (2015)-$107 691 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 402GB free Firmware: DN02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 140 157 158 156 156 156 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 55% Great: 117%
Toshiba X300 6TB-$78 5,594 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2TB free Firmware: FS2A SusWrite @10s intervals: 139 154 156 153 155 158 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 58% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ares DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 3,104 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1800 MHz Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	66.2% Good	MC Read 23.7 MC Write 23.4 MC Mixed 21.1 65% 22.7 GB/s	SC Read 19.1 SC Write 20.1 SC Mixed 20.9 57% 20 GB/s	Latency 54.9 73% 54.9 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 66.2% Great: 70%

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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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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