Asus SABERTOOTH Z87

Performance Results


Gaming 30% Sail boat	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 26% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 81%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	31.8% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	114% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z87 (all builds)
Memory	8.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170306
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	May 30 '19 at 01:19
Run Duration	165 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	17%

PC Performing above expectations (75^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 (89^th percentile)	81% Excellent	Memory 91.1 1-Core 114 2-Core 195 78% 134 Pts	4-Core 382 8-Core 595 60% 489 Pts	64-Core 581 36% 581 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 81% Great: 84%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Asus(1043 8534) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.5058 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%
AMD R9 280-$185 33,175 User benchmarks, average bench 30% PwrHis(1787 3000) 3GB CLim: 925 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 19.4.1 Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	31.8% Below average	Lighting 40.9 Reflection 29.6 Parallax 54.6 33% 41.7 fps	MRender 28.2 Gravity 40 Splatting 36.5 29% 34.9 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 31.8% Great: 34%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 255GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 428 375 318 305 319 329 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 452 Write 438 Mixed 344 SusWrite 346 89% 395 MB/s	4K Read 42.4 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 55.6 192% 67.9 MB/s	DQ Read 373 DQ Write 338 DQ Mixed 355 267% 356 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 134%
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 112GB free Firmware: BBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 209 190 200 201 192 196 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	82.4% Excellent	Read 336 Write 264 Mixed 255 SusWrite 198 59% 263 MB/s	4K Read 30.4 4K Write 94 4K Mixed 40.1 147% 54.8 MB/s	DQ Read 280 DQ Write 240 DQ Mixed 224 178% 248 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 82.4% Great: 85%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$37 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 618GB free Firmware: CC27 SusWrite @10s intervals: 161 170 171 171 172 173 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	95.7% Outstanding	Read 164 Write 130 Mixed 86.8 SusWrite 170 101% 138 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 138% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 95.7% Great: 114%
Generic Flash HS-COMBO 4GB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 4% 4GB free, PID 2228 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 10 10 10 10 10 10 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	4.57% Terrible	Read 11.8 Write 9.7 Mixed 9.8 SusWrite 10.1 14% 10.4 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 0.1 4K Mixed 0.3 19% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 4.57% Great: 5%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLT8G3D1608DT1TX0. 2x8GB 7,008 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	54.8% Above average	MC Read 19.2 MC Write 19.9 MC Mixed 16.9 53% 18.7 GB/s	SC Read 14.6 SC Write 20.2 SC Mixed 16.9 49% 17.2 GB/s	Latency 65.5 61% 65.5 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 54.8% Great: 65%

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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	855x
Core i7-4770Intel $65Bench 70%, 176,321 samples	175x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	173x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	128x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	106x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	86x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	63x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	56x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 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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Value: 66% - Good

Total price: $685

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $361	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16