Asus SABERTOOTH Z87

Performance Results


Gaming 86% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 74% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 81.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	105% 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 Drive	65.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z87 (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170306
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 24 '18 at 13:33
Run Duration	174 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	81.3% Excellent	Memory 95.4 1-Core 127 2-Core 236 87% 153 Pts	4-Core 363 8-Core 635 60% 499 Pts	64-Core 626 39% 626 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 81.3% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 85AA) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 399.24 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	105% Outstanding	Lighting 137 Reflection 146 Parallax 127 111% 137 fps	MRender 115 Gravity 133 Splatting 108 96% 119 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V+200 240GB-$193 568 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 64GB free (System drive) Firmware: 502ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 111 104 116 102 109 MB/s Performing below potential (32^nd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	65.4% Good	Read 151 Write 170 Mixed 155 SusWrite 108 33% 146 MB/s	4K Read 29.2 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 37.2 146% 56.5 MB/s	DQ Read 195 DQ Write 162 DQ Mixed 133 112% 163 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 65.4% Great: 91%
Samsung 840 250GB-$251 41,998 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 97GB free Firmware: DXT08B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 243 244 243 243 243 243 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	83.2% Excellent	Read 450 Write 247 Mixed 172 SusWrite 243 62% 278 MB/s	4K Read 28.6 4K Write 95.8 4K Mixed 25.5 127% 50 MB/s	DQ Read 364 DQ Write 208 DQ Mixed 57.8 104% 210 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 83.2% Great: 85%
Toshiba Q300 480GB-$152 5,920 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 171GB free Firmware: SAFM12.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 411 274 218 281 286 280 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	99.8% Outstanding	Read 491 Write 488 Mixed 373 SusWrite 292 92% 411 MB/s	4K Read 32.2 4K Write 97.7 4K Mixed 41.1 153% 57 MB/s	DQ Read 348 DQ Write 340 DQ Mixed 196 188% 294 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 99.8% Great: 99%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$79 133,734 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 178 195 196 197 197 196 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 185 Write 168 Mixed 28.2 SusWrite 193 103% 144 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 5.1 4K Mixed 2 362% 2.73 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 110%
WD Green 2TB (2009)-$113 12,948 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 1TB free Firmware: 01.00A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 90 91 91 91 93 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	51.9% Above average	Read 89.8 Write 71.2 Mixed 56.3 SusWrite 90.4 57% 76.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 0.8 166% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 51.9% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 2,600 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1400 MHz clocked @ 1800 MHz Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	66.1% Good	MC Read 23.8 MC Write 24.2 MC Mixed 20.1 65% 22.7 GB/s	SC Read 17.9 SC Write 21.7 SC Mixed 20.9 58% 20.2 GB/s	Latency 56 71% 56 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 66.1% Great: 74%

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Gaming 61%

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Desktop 80%

Aircraft carrier

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 $94Bench 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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Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $540

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 $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