Asus SABERTOOTH Z87

Performance Results


Gaming 143% UFO	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 119% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 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 90.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	160% 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	101% 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.
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

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z87 (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170306
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 19 '19 at 01:40
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (82^nd 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)	90.5% Outstanding	Memory 97.6 1-Core 128 2-Core 258 91% 162 Pts	4-Core 450 8-Core 654 69% 552 Pts	64-Core 688 43% 688 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 90.5% 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: 3850 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 425.31 Performing below potential (63^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	160% Outstanding	Lighting 213 Reflection 246 Parallax 263 174% 241 fps	MRender 283 Gravity 242 Splatting 148 175% 224 fps
Poor: 128% ↑ This bench: 160% Great: 174%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Pro 512GB-$129 14,996 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 111GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM05B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 227 197 178 162 154 147 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 498 Write 263 Mixed 319 SusWrite 178 70% 314 MB/s	4K Read 36.2 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 48.9 180% 67.6 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 295 DQ Mixed 167 171% 281 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 118%
Samsung Portable SSD T5 1TB 13,039 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 18GB free Firmware: 0 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 407 Write 409 Mixed 374 89% 397 MB/s	4K Read 23.5 4K Write 46.1 4K Mixed 30.3 99% 33.3 MB/s	DQ Read 135 DQ Write 132 DQ Mixed 134 100% 134 MB/s
Poor: 60% Great: 99%
WDC WD50 00BPKT-00PK4T0 500GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 408GB free, PID 55aa Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 80 81 80 81 80 80 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	42.8% Average	Read 120 Write 122 Mixed 77.2 SusWrite 80.3 133% 100 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.9 119% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 42.8% 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 (98^th percentile)	81.2% Excellent	MC Read 29.2 MC Write 30.2 MC Mixed 25.5 81% 28.3 GB/s	SC Read 20.8 SC Write 24.2 SC Mixed 25.4 67% 23.5 GB/s	Latency 47.7 84% 47.7 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 81.2% Great: 64%

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

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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 $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) $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