Asus SABERTOOTH Z87

Performance Results


Gaming 114% UFO	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 95% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 79.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	146% 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.
Memory	32GB 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 Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z87 (all builds)
Memory	23.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130517
Uptime	1.3 Days
Run Date	Mar 18 '19 at 01:25
Run Duration	185 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	16%

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PC Performing as expected (59^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 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	79.4% Very good	Memory 87.5 1-Core 98.4 2-Core 211 75% 132 Pts	4-Core 384 8-Core 611 61% 497 Pts	64-Core 582 36% 582 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 79.4% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-Ti-$441 357,946 User benchmarks, average bench 156% EVGA(3842 2383) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 419.35 Performing below potential (20^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	146% Outstanding	Lighting 197 Reflection 217 Parallax 234 161% 216 fps	MRender 242 Gravity 200 Splatting 133 150% 191 fps
Poor: 128% ↑ This bench: 146% Great: 174%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 105GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 5,632 Write 5,113 Mixed 5,346 1,198% 5364 MB/s	4K Read 444 4K Write 247 4K Mixed 312 1,205% 335 MB/s	DQ Read 1035 DQ Write 654 DQ Mixed 794 606% 828 MB/s
Poor: 80% Great: 134%
Samsung 840 Pro 128GB-$150 34,842 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 32GB free Firmware: DXM06B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 379 385 401 416 378 278 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	Read 464 Write 460 Mixed 313 SusWrite 373 90% 403 MB/s	4K Read 32.2 4K Write 80.6 4K Mixed 39.2 142% 50.7 MB/s	DQ Read 363 DQ Write 319 DQ Mixed 152 166% 278 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 110%
WD WD6003FZBX-00K5WB0 6TB 9,527 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 5TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 238 248 236 234 249 238 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	137% Outstanding	Read 236 Write 242 Mixed 95.7 SusWrite 241 148% 204 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 7.6 4K Mixed 1.7 380% 3.5 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 137% Great: 138%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 999GB 64,984 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 110GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 140 139 140 146 125 125 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	73.4% Very good	Read 120 Write 116 Mixed 87.7 SusWrite 136 85% 115 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 1.1 199% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 73.4% Great: 110%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$109 43,695 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 95GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 80 82 80 85 81 84 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	40.3% Average	Read 58 Write 52.5 Mixed 63.7 SusWrite 82.2 48% 64.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.6 117% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 40.3% Great: 69%
623 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 8GB free, PID 5500 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 101 Write 70.8 Mixed 30.5 76% 67.4 MB/s	4K Read 10.2 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.9 102% 4.03 MB/s
Poor: 5% Great: 49%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMZ16GX3M2A1600C9 0215 CMY16GX3M2A1866C9 0215 CMZ16GX3M2A1600C9 0215 CMY16GX3M2A1866C9 32GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	56.8% Above average	MC Read 19.8 MC Write 21.2 MC Mixed 18 56% 19.7 GB/s	SC Read 14.2 SC Write 20.8 SC Mixed 16.6 49% 17.2 GB/s	Latency 70 57% 70 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 56.8% Great: 57%

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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 $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