Asus SABERTOOTH Z87

Performance Results


Gaming 44% Speed boat	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 37% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 82.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	48.6% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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.

High background CPU (24%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z87 (all builds)
Memory	10.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130626
Uptime	5.2 Days
Run Date	Apr 17 '19 at 21:32
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	24%

PC Performing above expectations (76^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 way above expectations (94^th percentile)	82.9% Excellent	Memory 91.5 1-Core 118 2-Core 226 83% 145 Pts	4-Core 400 8-Core 616 63% 508 Pts	64-Core 620 38% 620 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 82.9% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Asus(1043 8508) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 418.81 Performing below potential (57^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	48.6% Average	Lighting 59.3 Reflection 65.4 Parallax 59.6 48% 61.4 fps	MRender 71.6 Gravity 58.8 Splatting 52.6 49% 61 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 48.6% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 23GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB0Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 485 Write 416 Mixed 282 88% 394 MB/s	4K Read 43.6 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 52.1 188% 66.3 MB/s	DQ Read 367 DQ Write 334 DQ Mixed 166 175% 289 MB/s
Poor: 63% Great: 108%
Corsair Force 3 120GB-$109 22,358 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 37GB free Firmware: 5.02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 100 100 98 99 96 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	61.2% Good	Read 159 Write 124 Mixed 138 SusWrite 96.2 29% 129 MB/s	4K Read 28.2 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 34.7 143% 56 MB/s	DQ Read 141 DQ Write 104 DQ Mixed 110 86% 118 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 61.2% Great: 61%
Samsung 750 EVO 120GB-$35 20,420 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 15GB free Firmware: MAT01B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 494 Write 471 Mixed 322 96% 429 MB/s	4K Read 43.3 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 55.8 198% 71 MB/s	DQ Read 373 DQ Write 339 DQ Mixed 307 244% 339 MB/s
Poor: 65% Great: 110%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$95 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 817GB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 104 104 104 104 105 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	63.6% Good	Read 118 Write 124 Mixed 66 SusWrite 103 76% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.8 138% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 63.6% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 16,567 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	59.1% Above average	MC Read 21 MC Write 21.9 MC Mixed 18.2 58% 20.4 GB/s	SC Read 14.6 SC Write 21.4 SC Mixed 17.8 51% 17.9 GB/s	Latency 64.9 62% 64.9 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 59.1% Great: 62%

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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	844x
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	123x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	105x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	84x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	62x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $129Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	55x
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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $46

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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