Asus SABERTOOTH Z77

Performance Results


Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (32nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 68 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 68.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	20.3% 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)
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.

High background CPU (27%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z77 (all builds)
Memory	3.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120803
Uptime	12.7 Days
Run Date	Aug 03 '20 at 17:51
Run Duration	172 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	27%

PC Performing below expectations (32^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 below expectations (24^th percentile)	68.1% Good	Memory 83.1 1-Core 91.7 2-Core 146 65% 107 Pts	4-Core 292 8-Core 391 43% 342 Pts	64-Core 388 24% 388 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 68.1% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7850-$174 49,592 User benchmarks, average bench 19% Sapphire(174B E221) 2GB CLim: 860 MHz, MLim: 1200 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 19.20 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	20.3% Poor	Lighting 24.3 Reflection 26.1 Parallax 29.2 20% 26.5 fps	MRender 23.8 Gravity 20.9 Splatting 31.2 21% 25.3 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 20.3% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 2TB 9,880 User benchmarks, average bench 307% 20GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 978 Write 735 Mixed 587 170% 766 MB/s	4K Read 32.4 4K Write 65.6 4K Mixed 40.8 136% 46.3 MB/s	DQ Read 355 DQ Write 359 DQ Mixed 355 267% 356 MB/s
Poor: 113% Great: 541%
SanDisk Ultra II 960GB-$226 35,454 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 53GB free Firmware: X41200RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 209 148 168 182 63 87 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	59.1% Above average	Read 300 Write 301 Mixed 160 SusWrite 143 51% 226 MB/s	4K Read 23.2 4K Write 49.2 4K Mixed 24.4 92% 32.3 MB/s	DQ Read 262 DQ Write 188 DQ Mixed 176 145% 209 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 59.1% Great: 107%
Seagate Backup+ Hub BK 8TB 16,705 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 3TB free Firmware: D781 SusWrite @10s intervals: 29 30 30 30 30 30 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	16.9% Very poor	Read 28 Write 19 Mixed 23.5 SusWrite 29.5 19% 25 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 4.1 4K Mixed 0.6 188% 1.93 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 16.9% Great: 92%
Seagate Backup+ Desk 5TB 85 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2.5TB free, PID ab31 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 155 159 158 158 158 157 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	63.6% Good	Read 48.8 Write 127 Mixed 69 SusWrite 157 150% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 7.2 4K Mixed 0.7 271% 2.8 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 63.6% Great: 78%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 21,220 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	23.8% Poor	MC Read 7.9 MC Write 7.2 MC Mixed 6.9 21% 7.33 GB/s	SC Read 6.6 SC Write 7.4 SC Mixed 6.5 20% 6.83 GB/s	Latency 75 53% 75 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 23.8% Great: 62%

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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 $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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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