Asus SABERTOOTH Z77

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 81.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z77 (all builds)
Memory	28.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120803
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Aug 09 '18 at 13:58
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing as expected (53^rd 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 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	81.1% Excellent	Memory 94.9 1-Core 110 2-Core 170 76% 125 Pts	4-Core 364 8-Core 548 57% 456 Pts	64-Core 546 34% 546 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 81.1% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 660-$170 123,956 User benchmarks, average bench 20% Gigabyte(1458 354E) 2GB CLim: 1254 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 388.13 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 18% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD VelociRaptor 1TB-$268 8,165 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 563GB free (System drive) Firmware: 04.06A00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 131 148 152 148 150 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	90.2% Outstanding	Read 171 Write 164 Mixed 106 SusWrite 142 107% 146 MB/s	4K Read 2 4K Write 4.2 4K Mixed 1.6 339% 2.6 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 90.2% Great: 117%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 445GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 65 66 68 72 70 73 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	45.6% Average	Read 89.5 Write 50.7 Mixed 40 SusWrite 69.1 46% 62.3 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 1 173% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 45.6% Great: 76%
Seagate ST3160815AS 160GB-$46 33,785 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 114GB free Firmware: 4.ADA SusWrite @10s intervals: 62 63 62 64 62 61 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	38.8% Below average	Read 72.7 Write 71.5 Mixed 41.5 SusWrite 62.2 46% 62 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.8 138% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 38.8% Great: 42%
ST2000DL 001-9VT156 2TB 147 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 449GB free, PID 104a Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 29 29 29 29 29 29 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	12.5% Very poor	Read 33 Write 29 Mixed 16 SusWrite 28.9 35% 26.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.4 30% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 12.5% Great: 51%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 4x8GB 8,984 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	59.6% Above average	MC Read 21.4 MC Write 20.7 MC Mixed 18.8 58% 20.3 GB/s	SC Read 17 SC Write 18 SC Mixed 19.3 52% 18.1 GB/s	Latency 57.5 70% 57.5 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 59.6% Great: 63%

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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	1,274x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	393x
Core i5-3570KIntel $136Bench 68%, 185,516 samples	377x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	167x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	161x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	156x

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 $269	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 $177	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