Asus SABERTOOTH Z87

Performance Results


Gaming 80% Battleship	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 66% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 89.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	85.4% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	102% 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	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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 10 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z87 (all builds)
Memory	24.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20131003
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	May 19 '19 at 08:33
Run Duration	211 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (70^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 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	89.6% Excellent	Memory 97 1-Core 132 2-Core 253 91% 161 Pts	4-Core 454 8-Core 579 66% 516 Pts	64-Core 653 40% 653 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 89.6% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3232) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 430.64 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	85.4% Excellent	Lighting 110 Reflection 117 Parallax 106 90% 111 fps	MRender 96.3 Gravity 102 Splatting 86.7 77% 95 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85.4% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$140 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 484GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 240 241 223 229 247 275 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 503 Write 480 Mixed 439 SusWrite 242 93% 416 MB/s	4K Read 32.7 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 54.5 183% 69.1 MB/s	DQ Read 334 DQ Write 122 DQ Mixed 159 136% 205 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 133%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 72GB free Firmware: EMT0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 251 243 249 269 286 274 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	127% Outstanding	Read 496 Write 481 Mixed 402 SusWrite 262 92% 410 MB/s	4K Read 49.4 4K Write 147 4K Mixed 69.5 242% 88.7 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 358 270% 362 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 124%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 60GB free Firmware: EMT0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 241 238 233 165 111 120 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	Read 492 Write 477 Mixed 409 SusWrite 185 88% 391 MB/s	4K Read 47.3 4K Write 99.8 4K Mixed 57.3 198% 68.1 MB/s	DQ Read 252 DQ Write 100 DQ Mixed 143 115% 165 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 124%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$85 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 431GB free Firmware: EMT0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 251 244 251 274 298 279 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	129% Outstanding	Read 498 Write 486 Mixed 399 SusWrite 266 93% 413 MB/s	4K Read 49.5 4K Write 150 4K Mixed 71 246% 90.3 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 362 272% 363 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 129% Great: 134%
Hitachi HMS5C4040ALE640 4TB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 3TB free Firmware: MPAO SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 119 126 123 120 126 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	71.1% Very good	Read 125 Write 124 Mixed 22.3 SusWrite 123 71% 98.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.6 143% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 71.1% Great: 70%
WD My Book 1230 4TB 40 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 2TB free Firmware: 1050 SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 121 120 123 122 121 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	71.2% Very good	Read 126 Write 128 Mixed 90.8 SusWrite 122 86% 117 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 199% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 71.2% Great: 83%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$60 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 198GB free Firmware: 05.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 71 72 71 72 72 72 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	41.3% Average	Read 71.8 Write 70.8 Mixed 58.5 SusWrite 71.6 50% 68.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.8 171% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 41.3% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2133 C11 4x8GB 793 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	78.6% Very good	MC Read 29.1 MC Write 28.7 MC Mixed 24.1 78% 27.3 GB/s	SC Read 20.5 SC Write 23.8 SC Mixed 25.7 67% 23.3 GB/s	Latency 50.1 80% 50.1 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 78.6% Great: 80%

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

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Gaming 60%

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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	857x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	175x
Core i7-4770Intel $65Bench 70%, 176,321 samples	175x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	128x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	108x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	87x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	63x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	57x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $72Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	54x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 50%, 19,207 samples	40x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 54%, 43,127 samples	40x
Vengeance Pro DDR3 1866 C9 2x8GBCorsairBench 55%, 18,444 samples	34x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $29	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16