Asus SABERTOOTH Z87

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 94.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	66.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

High background CPU (30%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z87 (all builds)
Memory	29.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170306
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 27 '19 at 08:01
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	BEL-User
Background CPU	30%

PC Performing above expectations (77^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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.3% Outstanding	Memory 95.1 1-Core 135 2-Core 277 94% 169 Pts	4-Core 503 8-Core 732 77% 618 Pts	64-Core 728 45% 728 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 94.3% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Neutron 128GB-$90 711 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 70GB free (System drive) Firmware: M311 SusWrite @10s intervals: 208 216 215 216 224 209 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	66.5% Good	Read 369 Write 252 Mixed 252 SusWrite 215 61% 272 MB/s	4K Read 22.6 4K Write 75.4 4K Mixed 20.4 100% 39.5 MB/s	DQ Read 193 DQ Write 200 DQ Mixed 194 147% 196 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 66.5% Great: 83%
OCZ Agility 3 120GB-$102 38,562 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 111GB free Firmware: 2.22 SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 110 103 115 111 114 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	57.5% Above average	Read 160 Write 141 Mixed 148 SusWrite 110 31% 140 MB/s	4K Read 26.4 4K Write 82.9 4K Mixed 30.2 123% 46.5 MB/s	DQ Read 176 DQ Write 138 DQ Mixed 133 106% 149 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 57.5% Great: 61%
Samsung HD103SI 1TB-$89 48,059 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 752GB free Firmware: 1118 SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 96 96 95 96 97 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	52.6% Above average	Read 86.9 Write 51.1 Mixed 51.8 SusWrite 96.1 53% 71.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 52.6% Great: 59%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 617GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 178 178 179 178 179 178 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 204 Write 166 Mixed 94 SusWrite 178 117% 160 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 1 174% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR3 1600 C9 4x8GB 377 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	63.7% Good	MC Read 22.6 MC Write 22.5 MC Mixed 19.4 61% 21.5 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 23.7 SC Mixed 21 60% 21 GB/s	Latency 56.7 71% 56.7 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 63.7% Great: 97%

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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 $179	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