Asus SABERTOOTH Z77

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 63% Destroyer	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 51% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 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 79%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	83.1% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z77 (all builds)
Memory	9.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120803
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Nov 27 '18 at 20:07
Run Duration	199 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing above expectations (82^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 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	79% Very good	Memory 92.3 1-Core 104 2-Core 203 77% 133 Pts	4-Core 356 8-Core 509 54% 432 Pts	64-Core 495 31% 495 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 79% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3232) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 417.1 Performing below potential (80^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	83.1% Excellent	Lighting 107 Reflection 113 Parallax 100 87% 107 fps	MRender 93 Gravity 97.7 Splatting 85.6 75% 92.1 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 83.1% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$129 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 610GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 871 508 503 503 506 504 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 81% Great: 133%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2TB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 138 137 138 140 141 140 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	84.3% Excellent	Read 154 Write 136 Mixed 99.8 SusWrite 139 98% 132 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 207% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 84.3% Great: 85%
WD My Book 1TB 10,299 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 583GB free, PID 1100 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 41 42 42 42 42 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	21.9% Poor	Read 39.3 Write 39.3 Mixed 30.5 SusWrite 41.4 51% 37.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.8 108% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 21.9% Great: 22%

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 @ 1333 MHz Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	49.9% Average	MC Read 17.5 MC Write 17.1 MC Mixed 15.4 48% 16.7 GB/s	SC Read 14.7 SC Write 17.3 SC Mixed 15.9 46% 16 GB/s	Latency 63.5 63% 63.5 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 49.9% Great: 77%

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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%

Battleship

Workstation 49%

Yacht

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