Asus SABERTOOTH Z87

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 77%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 88%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 65%
Destroyer
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics90.3% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive123% 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.
Memory32GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.
High background CPU (24%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardAsus SABERTOOTH Z87  (all builds)
Memory20.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 7
BIOS Date20170306
Uptime13.1 Days
Run DateSep 17 '17 at 07:47
Run Duration137 Seconds
Run User CAN-User
Background CPU 24%

 PC Performing above expectations (61st 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
Performing way above expectations (89th percentile)
85.4% Excellent
Memory 86.7
1-Core 122
2-Core 242
84% 150 Pts
4-Core 453
8-Core 652
69% 553 Pts
64-Core 655
40% 655 Pts
Poor: 67%
This bench: 85.4%
Great: 87%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560
EVGA(3842 4996) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1582 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 382.5
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
90.3% Outstanding
Lighting 117
Reflection 125
Parallax 113
95% 118 fps
MRender 98.2
Gravity 103
Splatting 96.1
81% 99.2 fps
Poor: 70%
This bench: 90.3%
Great: 87%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 256GB
62GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.0.
Performing above expectations (71st percentile)
123% Outstanding
Read 997
Write 614
Mixed 609
164% 740 MB/s
4K Read 25.3
4K Write 86
4K Mixed 21.6
112% 44.3 MB/s
DQ Read 369
DQ Write 207
DQ Mixed 91.4
121% 222 MB/s
Poor: 57%
This bench: 123%
Great: 237%
Hitachi Deskstar 7K3000 3TB-$63
945GB free
Firmware: MKAO Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing below expectations (38th percentile)
66.3% Good
Read 116
Write 115
Mixed 95.5
82% 109 MB/s
4K Read 0.48
4K Write 1.48
4K Mixed 0.36
88% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 40%
This bench: 66.3%
Great: 87%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52
593GB free
Firmware: CC52 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing below expectations (35th percentile)
71.9% Very good
Read 130
Write 121
Mixed 129
95% 126 MB/s
4K Read 0.74
4K Write 1.12
4K Mixed 0.18
72% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 46%
This bench: 71.9%
Great: 96%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 1866 C9 4x8GB
4 of 4 slots used
32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz
Performing below potential (36th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
50.1% Above average
MC Read 17.5
MC Write 18
MC Mixed 15
48% 16.8 GB/s
SC Read 13.7
SC Write 18.3
SC Mixed 17.6
47% 16.5 GB/s
Latency 70.7
57% 70.7 ns
Poor: 39%
This bench: 50.1%
Great: 86%

 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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