Asus SABERTOOTH Z87

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 54%
Yacht
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 45%
Yacht
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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 82.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics65.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive152% 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.
Memory24GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Very high background CPU (32%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardAsus SABERTOOTH Z87  (all builds)
Memory17.7 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20170306
Uptime1.4 Days
Run DateSep 30 '18 at 13:15
Run Duration110 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 32%

 PC Performing as expected (46th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348
SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (78th percentile)
82.5% Excellent
Memory 86.4
1-Core 125
2-Core 237
84% 149 Pts
4-Core 424
8-Core 607
65% 516 Pts
64-Core 617
38% 617 Pts
Poor: 67%
This bench: 82.5%
Great: 87%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500
Asus(1043 8518) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1443 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 382.53
Performing way above expectations (95th percentile)
65.5% Good
Lighting 83.7
Reflection 85.7
Parallax 76.1
68% 81.8 fps
MRender 80.7
Gravity 75.3
Splatting 67.9
60% 74.6 fps
Poor: 53%
This bench: 65.5%
Great: 66%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 1.5TB
393GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 581 581 569 551 549 521 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (5th percentile)
152% Outstanding
Read 1,294
Write 924
Mixed 591
SusWrite 559
187% 842 MB/s
4K Read 33.3
4K Write 88.2
4K Mixed 46.5
157% 56 MB/s
DQ Read 388
DQ Write 398
DQ Mixed 370
284% 385 MB/s
Poor: 150%
This bench: 152%
Great: 407%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 3x8GB
3 of 4 slots used
24GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz
Performing below potential (5th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
27.5% Poor
MC Read 8.5
MC Write 9.3
MC Mixed 7.7
24% 8.5 GB/s
SC Read 8.4
SC Write 9.1
SC Mixed 8.1
24% 8.53 GB/s
Latency 70.9
56% 70.9 ns
Poor: 29%
This bench: 27.5%
Great: 69%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical SABERTOOTH Z87 Builds (Compare 1,545 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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