Asus SABERTOOTH Z77

Performance Results


Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 15% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 90.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	10.8% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	81.2% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z77 (all builds)
Memory	10.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130813
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 24 '19 at 04:23
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-3570K-$136 185,516 User benchmarks, average bench 68% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	90.6% Outstanding	Memory 97.1 1-Core 122 2-Core 245 88% 155 Pts	4-Core 487 8-Core 484 65% 485 Pts	64-Core 476 30% 476 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 90.6% Great: 79%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 4000 (Desktop 1.15 GHz)-$15 52,547 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Asus(1043 84CA) 2GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 10.18.10.5069 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%
Nvidia GeForce GTX 285 2,842 User benchmarks, average bench 9% Gainward(10B0 0401) 2GB Ram: 2GB, Driver: 342.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	10.8% Very poor	Lighting 14.7 Reflection 11 Parallax 6.75 12% 10.8 fps	MRender 11.2 Gravity 12 Splatting 8.13 8% 10.4 fps
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 10.8% Great: 10%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 330 Series 180GB 5,848 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 35GB free (System drive) Firmware: 300i SusWrite @10s intervals: 144 125 147 144 145 118 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	81.2% Excellent	Read 367 Write 178 Mixed 220 SusWrite 137 50% 226 MB/s	4K Read 34.9 4K Write 99.5 4K Mixed 39.6 156% 58 MB/s	DQ Read 297 DQ Write 174 DQ Mixed 190 154% 220 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 81.2% Great: 83%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$31 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 365GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 86 85 85 84 87 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	59.4% Above average	Read 121 Write 117 Mixed 65 SusWrite 85.5 71% 97.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 1.1 195% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 59.4% Great: 109%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 552GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 111 110 109 112 113 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	68.1% Good	Read 126 Write 81 Mixed 65 SusWrite 111 70% 95.8 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1 203% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 68.1% Great: 84%
Seagate ST1000LM048-2E7172 1TB 89,596 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 444GB free Firmware: SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 120 120 122 124 124 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	60.4% Good	Read 87.5 Write 91.5 Mixed 60.5 SusWrite 122 66% 90.3 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 4.9 4K Mixed 0.6 203% 2.2 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 60.4% Great: 71%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMZ8GX3M2A1600C8 029E CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 029E CMZ8GX3M2A1600C8 029E CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 16GB 117 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2000, 2000, 2000, 2000 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	73.9% Very good	MC Read 26.7 MC Write 26.8 MC Mixed 23.1 73% 25.5 GB/s	SC Read 21.2 SC Write 21.4 SC Mixed 22.7 62% 21.8 GB/s	Latency 50 80% 50 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 73.9% Great: 74%

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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	1,275x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	394x
Core i5-3570KIntel $136Bench 68%, 185,516 samples	378x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	168x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	161x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	157x

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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $64	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16