Asus SABERTOOTH Z87

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 69%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 86%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 58%
Gunboat
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing way above expectations (90th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 10 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 81.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics81.4% 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 Drive108% 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
High background CPU (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardAsus SABERTOOTH Z87  (all builds)
Memory11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20170306
Uptime0.6 Days
Run DateFeb 25 '19 at 15:33
Run Duration126 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 22%

 PC Performing way above expectations (90th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-4770-$75
SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
81.5% Excellent
Memory 95.5
1-Core 104
2-Core 200
78% 133 Pts
4-Core 366
8-Core 555
57% 460 Pts
64-Core 582
36% 582 Pts
Poor: 58%
This bench: 81.5%
Great: 78%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560
CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 398.11
Performing below potential (68th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
81.4% Excellent
Lighting 104
Reflection 111
Parallax 100
84% 105 fps
MRender 92.7
Gravity 96.8
Splatting 88.8
76% 92.8 fps
Poor: 70%
This bench: 81.4%
Great: 87%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
OCZ AMD Radeon R7 480GB-$195
317GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.00
SusWrite @10s intervals: 456 399 471 419 480 416 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
108% Outstanding
Read 452
Write 479
Mixed 320
SusWrite 440
95% 423 MB/s
4K Read 28.9
4K Write 116
4K Mixed 38.4
154% 60.9 MB/s
DQ Read 370
DQ Write 354
DQ Mixed 243
215% 322 MB/s
Poor: 67%
This bench: 108%
Great: 108%
WD Black 4TB (2016)-$174
3TB free
Firmware: 81.H0A81
SusWrite @10s intervals: 189 183 198 191 186 193 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (91st percentile)
110% Outstanding
Read 194
Write 201
Mixed 79.8
SusWrite 190
121% 166 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 4.7
4K Mixed 0.7
211% 2.17 MB/s
Poor: 68%
This bench: 110%
Great: 113%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz
Performing way above expectations (95th percentile)
70.2% Very good
MC Read 25
MC Write 25.8
MC Mixed 22.4
70% 24.4 GB/s
SC Read 18.8
SC Write 21
SC Mixed 22
59% 20.6 GB/s
Latency 55.6
72% 55.6 ns
Poor: 28%
This bench: 70.2%
Great: 70%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical SABERTOOTH Z87 Builds (Compare 1,543 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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HDDRAMUSB
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