Asus SABERTOOTH Z87

Performance Results


Gaming 35% Sail boat	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 30% Raft


PC Status	Overall 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.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 90.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	36.2% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	65.7% 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.

Very high background CPU (90%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z87 (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140603
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 01 '18 at 22:55
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	90%

PC Performing as expected (46^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90.9% Outstanding	Memory 94.7 1-Core 127 2-Core 235 87% 152 Pts	4-Core 469 8-Core 697 73% 583 Pts	64-Core 693 43% 693 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 90.9% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Asus(1043 8520) CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	36.2% Below average	Lighting 47.5 Reflection 45.9 Parallax 40.5 39% 44.6 fps	MRender 37.3 Gravity 41.3 Splatting 36.6 31% 38.4 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 36.2% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX100 1TB-$500 1,367 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 758GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 151 170 169 166 170 160 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	65.7% Good	Read 330 Write 236 Mixed 243 SusWrite 164 54% 243 MB/s	4K Read 22.7 4K Write 65.6 4K Mixed 31.2 109% 39.8 MB/s	DQ Read 207 DQ Write 180 DQ Mixed 176 136% 188 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 65.7% Great: 108%
Crucial BX100 250GB-$141 42,930 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 68GB free Firmware: MU01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 157 191 190 192 190 188 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	64.6% Good	Read 361 Write 335 Mixed 274 SusWrite 185 65% 289 MB/s	4K Read 25.1 4K Write 58.8 4K Mixed 29.9 108% 37.9 MB/s	DQ Read 187 DQ Write 69 DQ Mixed 94.5 79% 117 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 64.6% Great: 103%
PNY SSD2SC480G1CS1754D117-533 480GB 961 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 197GB free Firmware: CS111101 SusWrite @10s intervals: 331 377 239 397 250 249 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	92.1% Outstanding	Read 381 Write 398 Mixed 266 SusWrite 307 76% 338 MB/s	4K Read 27.3 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 40.1 149% 58.1 MB/s	DQ Read 256 DQ Write 292 DQ Mixed 189 166% 246 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 92.1% Great: 98%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$95 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 219GB free Firmware: CC32 SusWrite @10s intervals: 54 83 102 102 77 81 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	51.8% Above average	Read 97.5 Write 97 Mixed 61 SusWrite 83.1 62% 84.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.7 113% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 51.8% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 9,944 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing below potential (12^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	38.1% Below average	MC Read 12.7 MC Write 12.7 MC Mixed 11.1 35% 12.2 GB/s	SC Read 11 SC Write 12.8 SC Mixed 10.9 33% 11.6 GB/s	Latency 57.8 69% 57.8 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 38.1% Great: 70%

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Gaming 61%

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Desktop 80%

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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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Value: 90% - Excellent

Total price: $555

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	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