Asus SABERTOOTH Z87

Performance Results


Gaming 149% UFO	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 124% UFO


PC Status	Overall 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!
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 95.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	158% 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	121% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z87 (all builds)
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170306
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 16 '19 at 23:45
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing way above expectations (90^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.6% Outstanding	Memory 97.3 1-Core 128 2-Core 261 91% 162 Pts	4-Core 513 8-Core 692 76% 603 Pts	64-Core 697 43% 697 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 95.6% 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: 2295 MHz, MLim: 3800 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 425.31 Performing below potential (59^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	158% Outstanding	Lighting 215 Reflection 249 Parallax 251 175% 238 fps	MRender 282 Gravity 227 Splatting 139 168% 216 fps
Poor: 128% ↑ This bench: 158% Great: 174%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Pro 512GB-$129 14,996 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 204GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM05B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 474 462 449 438 419 469 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	121% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 491 Mixed 352 SusWrite 452 102% 452 MB/s	4K Read 36.9 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 51.4 187% 70.7 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 305 DQ Mixed 193 185% 293 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 118%
WDC WD50 00BPKT-00PK4T0 500GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 236GB free, PID 55aa Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 106 105 106 107 106 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	47.2% Average	Read 112 Write 113 Mixed 73 SusWrite 106 136% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.9 119% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 47.2% Great: 47%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX16LC9/8GX 2x8GB 65 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 2200 MHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	81.5% Excellent	MC Read 29.8 MC Write 30.2 MC Mixed 25.9 82% 28.6 GB/s	SC Read 19.7 SC Write 24.1 SC Mixed 24.8 65% 22.9 GB/s	Latency 49 82% 49 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 81.5% Great: 64%

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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