Asus SABERTOOTH Z87

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 97%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 89%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 75%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 86%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics113% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive83.7% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardAsus SABERTOOTH Z87  (all builds)
Memory4.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20140603
Uptime0.4 Days
Run DateAug 26 '18 at 00:57
Run Duration218 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 14%
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 PC Performing above expectations (74th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53
SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
86% Excellent
Memory 93.9
1-Core 117
2-Core 231
84% 147 Pts
4-Core 451
8-Core 455
60% 453 Pts
64-Core 440
27% 440 Pts
Poor: 53%
This bench: 86%
Great: 82%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400
CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.36
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
113% Outstanding
Lighting 152
Reflection 155
Parallax 146
124% 151 fps
MRender 116
Gravity 145
Splatting 114
102% 125 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 113%
Great: 110%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95
59GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EXT0DB6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 168 91 48 44 46 38 MB/s
Performing below expectations (24th percentile)
83.7% Excellent
Read 365
Write 334
Mixed 284
SusWrite 72.6
59% 264 MB/s
4K Read 41.3
4K Write 87.5
4K Mixed 50.9
174% 59.9 MB/s
DQ Read 254
DQ Write 218
DQ Mixed 166
144% 213 MB/s
Poor: 64%
This bench: 83.7%
Great: 118%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50
799GB free
Firmware: CC27
SusWrite @10s intervals: 169 177 178 179 182 182 MB/s
Performing as expected (53rd percentile)
92.5% Outstanding
Read 145
Write 110
Mixed 75.8
SusWrite 178
93% 127 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.8
148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 51%
This bench: 92.5%
Great: 114%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB
2 of 4 slots used
8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
63.1% Good
MC Read 22.1
MC Write 23.1
MC Mixed 20.3
62% 21.8 GB/s
SC Read 16.3
SC Write 21.7
SC Mixed 17.9
53% 18.6 GB/s
Latency 60.1
67% 60.1 ns
Poor: 31%
This bench: 63.1%
Great: 63%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Typical SABERTOOTH Z87 Builds (Compare 1,543 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 61%
Destroyer
Desktop
Desktop 80%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 50%
Yacht

Motherboard: Asus SABERTOOTH Z87 - $193

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 90% - Excellent Total price: $555
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HDDRAMUSB
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