Asus SABERTOOTH Z77

Performance Results


Gaming 81% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 63% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 81.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	95.3% 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	148% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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 (50%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z77 (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130813
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 22 '18 at 06:33
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	50%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st 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 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	81.8% Excellent	Memory 96.7 1-Core 105 2-Core 195 78% 132 Pts	4-Core 386 8-Core 404 52% 395 Pts	64-Core 399 25% 399 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 81.8% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 1996) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1481 MHz, MLim: 1902 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 411.63 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.3% Outstanding	Lighting 124 Reflection 125 Parallax 123 101% 124 fps	MRender 104 Gravity 109 Splatting 99 85% 104 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 95.3% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston HyperX Predator AHCI PCIe M.2 240GB-$141 6,458 User benchmarks, average bench 131% 125GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C4005T3 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 655 679 735 770 769 774 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	148% Outstanding	Read 1,119 Write 758 Mixed 516 SusWrite 730 174% 781 MB/s	4K Read 33.6 4K Write 75.3 4K Mixed 39.7 142% 49.5 MB/s	DQ Read 341 DQ Write 324 DQ Mixed 111 144% 259 MB/s
Poor: 84% ↑ This bench: 148% Great: 159%
WD WD10EACS-00ZJB0 1TB 28,352 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 74GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 53 54 55 55 54 54 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	31.4% Below average	Read 54.7 Write 54.5 Mixed 40.8 SusWrite 54.1 38% 51 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.7 138% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 31.4% Great: 51%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 6TB 2,132 User benchmarks, average bench 175% 2.5TB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 266 269 270 271 269 262 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	156% Outstanding	Read 276 Write 255 Mixed 46.8 SusWrite 268 152% 211 MB/s	4K Read 2.2 4K Write 3.8 4K Mixed 0.8 251% 2.27 MB/s
Poor: 88% ↑ This bench: 156% Great: 293%
WDC WD10 EADS-00M2B0 1TB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 101GB free, PID 55aa Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 88 89 88 89 89 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	37.3% Below average	Read 84.5 Write 83.5 Mixed 57.8 SusWrite 88.6 106% 78.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 88% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 37.3% Great: 39%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown IMT41GU6MFR8W-TA2 2x8GB 163 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	75.6% Very good	MC Read 27.7 MC Write 28.6 MC Mixed 24.6 77% 27 GB/s	SC Read 19 SC Write 18.7 SC Mixed 19.2 54% 19 GB/s	Latency 51.4 78% 51.4 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 75.6% Great: 80%

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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%

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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) $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