Asus SABERTOOTH Z87

Performance Results


Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 77.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	13.9% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	90.5% 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.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z87 (all builds)
Memory	9.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	4096 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130626
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Aug 03 '18 at 04:08
Run Duration	197 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing as expected (50^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770-$75 176,321 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	77.9% Very good	Memory 87.6 1-Core 107 2-Core 209 77% 134 Pts	4-Core 368 8-Core 569 58% 469 Pts	64-Core 567 35% 567 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 77.9% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 650-Ti-$152 36,698 User benchmarks, average bench 14% Asus(1043 842C) 1GB CLim: 1033 MHz, MLim: 1350 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	13.9% Very poor	Lighting 16.6 Reflection 14.5 Parallax 21.2 14% 17.4 fps	MRender 20.1 Gravity 19.8 Splatting 15.1 15% 18.4 fps
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 13.9% Great: 15%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 28GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 41 32 37 34 37 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	90.5% Outstanding	Read 473 Write 458 Mixed 359 SusWrite 49.9 75% 335 MB/s	4K Read 39.6 4K Write 90.7 4K Mixed 48.1 170% 59.5 MB/s	DQ Read 372 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 224 205% 314 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 90.5% Great: 118%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 1TB free Firmware: CC52 SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 121 117 124 122 123 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	69.8% Good	Read 122 Write 90.7 Mixed 62.2 SusWrite 121 73% 99.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.6 114% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 69.8% Great: 96%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2TB free Firmware: CC52 SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 138 131 136 139 138 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	77.6% Very good	Read 136 Write 88 Mixed 75.7 SusWrite 135 80% 109 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.7 119% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 77.6% Great: 96%
Seagate Ultra Slim MT 2TB 1,663 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 693GB free Firmware: 0304 SusWrite @10s intervals: 18 19 19 19 19 26 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	15.8% Very poor	Read 33.7 Write 35.5 Mixed 32.2 SusWrite 20.1 23% 30.4 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 0.6 181% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 15.8% Great: 66%
Seagate ST32000641AS 2TB-$174 8,506 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC12 SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 105 104 106 107 106 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	68.5% Good	Read 133 Write 130 Mixed 61 SusWrite 106 78% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 1 176% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 68.5% Great: 73%
Seagate ST32000641AS 2TB-$174 8,506 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC13 SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 116 111 115 116 115 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	68.4% Good	Read 124 Write 122 Mixed 63.2 SusWrite 115 77% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 1.1 191% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 68.4% Great: 73%
StoreJet Transcend 1TB 6,353 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 724GB free, PID 7000 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 25 18 19 18 19 19 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	21.5% Poor	Read 34.5 Write 38 Mixed 27.5 SusWrite 19.6 40% 29.9 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 3.9 4K Mixed 0.6 157% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 21.5% Great: 57%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 19,207 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	50.4% Above average	MC Read 17.5 MC Write 18.1 MC Mixed 15.6 49% 17.1 GB/s	SC Read 13.5 SC Write 18.1 SC Mixed 16.6 46% 16.1 GB/s	Latency 69.9 57% 69.9 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 50.4% Great: 62%

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Workstation 50%

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Motherboard: Asus SABERTOOTH Z87 - $193

CPU
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	845x
Core i7-4770Intel $75Bench 70%, 176,321 samples	173x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	169x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	124x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	106x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	84x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	62x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	56x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $95Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	53x

RAM
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 54%, 43,127 samples	40x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 50%, 19,207 samples	39x
Vengeance Pro DDR3 1866 C9 2x8GBCorsairBench 55%, 18,444 samples	34x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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 $45	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