Asus SABERTOOTH Z77

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 47% Yacht	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 37% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (94th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 6 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 86.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	53.8% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (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 (30%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 23 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z77 (all builds)
Memory	13.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120703
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 16 '21 at 05:42
Run Duration	148 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	30%

PC Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-2500K-$246 143,007 User benchmarks, average bench 66% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	86.6% Excellent	Memory 91.2 1-Core 122 2-Core 244 86% 152 Pts	4-Core 471 8-Core 489 64% 480 Pts	64-Core 481 30% 481 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 86.6% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290X-$549 37,353 User benchmarks, average bench 51% MSI(1462 3080) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1030 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 20.11.2 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	53.8% Above average	Lighting 70.9 Reflection 72.6 Parallax 99.8 58% 81.1 fps	MRender 63.7 Gravity 65 Splatting 44.6 46% 57.8 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 53.8% Great: 55%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
CHN-25SATAC3-120 120GB 115 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 73GB free (System drive) Firmware: S1011A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 223 110 31 59 27 51 MB/s Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable		Read 55.3 Write 37 Mixed 42 SusWrite 83.6 12% 54.5 MB/s	4K Read 8.9 4K Write 13.8 4K Mixed 1.3 22% 8 MB/s	DQ Write 150 DQ Mixed 17.6 47% 84.1 MB/s
Poor: 45% Great: 87%
WD WD3000BLFS-08YBU0 300GB 753 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 236GB free Firmware: 04.04V06 SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 115 117 115 116 116 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	66.3% Good	Read 115 Write 117 Mixed 73.2 SusWrite 116 77% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1 190% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 66.3% Great: 71%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT451U6BFR8A-PB HMT451U6AFR8C-PB HMT451U6AFR8C-PB HMT451U6BFR8A-PB 16GB 22 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	60.1% Good	MC Read 20.4 MC Write 22.9 MC Mixed 18.9 59% 20.7 GB/s	SC Read 15.4 SC Write 21.2 SC Mixed 19.1 53% 18.6 GB/s	Latency 65.4 61% 65.4 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 60.1% Great: 60%

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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	1,279x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	394x
Core i5-3570KIntel $136Bench 68%, 185,516 samples	381x

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	158x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	82x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	75x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16