Asus SABERTOOTH Z77

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (34th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 66 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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 68.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Boot Drive	72.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (62%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z77 (all builds)
Memory	21.6 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.3 GHz
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120803
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 04 '20 at 17:23
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	62%

PC Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2700K-$89 20,692 User benchmarks, average bench 73% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	68.3% Good	Memory 85.5 1-Core 80.4 2-Core 154 64% 107 Pts	4-Core 277 8-Core 466 45% 371 Pts	64-Core 476 29% 476 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 68.3% Great: 85%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 396GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 216 214 211 210 215 214 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	72.6% Very good	Read 350 Write 336 Mixed 299 SusWrite 213 67% 300 MB/s	4K Read 29.8 4K Write 50.8 4K Mixed 32.6 114% 37.7 MB/s	DQ Read 258 DQ Write 207 DQ Mixed 226 171% 231 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 72.6% Great: 134%
Samsung MZVLV256HCHP-000H1 256GB 1,904 User benchmarks, average bench 124% 238GB free Firmware: BXV72H0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 286 287 287 285 287 286 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	78.7% Very good	Read 360 Write 287 Mixed 261 SusWrite 286 67% 299 MB/s	4K Read 27.5 4K Write 50.1 4K Mixed 27.4 103% 35 MB/s	DQ Read 389 DQ Write 297 DQ Mixed 392 280% 359 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 78.7% Great: 153%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 789GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 155 157 156 155 156 157 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	85.8% Excellent	Read 143 Write 146 Mixed 62.9 SusWrite 156 93% 127 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.1 203% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 85.8% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMZ16GX3M4A1600C9 029E CMY16GX3M2A2400C11 029E CMZ16GX3M4A1600C9 029E CMY16GX3M2A2400C11 24GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	49.5% Average	MC Read 16.9 MC Write 17.2 MC Mixed 15.7 47% 16.6 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 18.2 SC Mixed 16.6 47% 16.6 GB/s	Latency 71.6 56% 71.6 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 49.5% Great: 50%

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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	1,272x
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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	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) $37	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