Asus SABERTOOTH Z87

Performance Results


Gaming 103% UFO	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 86% Aircraft carrier


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 95.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	105% 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	120% 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

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z87 (all builds)
Memory	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170306
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 27 '19 at 13:50
Run Duration	141 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)	95.2% Outstanding	Memory 98.2 1-Core 133 2-Core 265 93% 165 Pts	4-Core 501 8-Core 694 75% 597 Pts	64-Core 697 43% 697 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 95.2% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% PNY(196E 119E) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2050 MHz, MLim: 2802 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 431.60 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	105% Outstanding	Lighting 136 Reflection 149 Parallax 141 111% 142 fps	MRender 118 Gravity 137 Splatting 113 99% 122 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$52 296,814 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 143GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 356 294 312 313 309 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	120% Outstanding	Read 484 Write 492 Mixed 440 SusWrite 314 97% 433 MB/s	4K Read 32.5 4K Write 132 4K Mixed 68.4 207% 77.6 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 349 DQ Mixed 362 272% 364 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 128%
Crucial MX300 275GB-$100 67,541 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 59GB free Firmware: M0CR040 SusWrite @10s intervals: 474 473 246 157 142 153 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	96.7% Outstanding	Read 471 Write 194 Mixed 400 SusWrite 274 75% 335 MB/s	4K Read 28 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 42.2 158% 62.1 MB/s	DQ Read 236 DQ Write 325 DQ Mixed 311 226% 291 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 96.7% Great: 95%
Seagate ST33000651NS 3TB 6,381 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 1TB free Firmware: G009 SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 106 109 110 110 107 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	68.7% Good	Read 130 Write 119 Mixed 66 SusWrite 109 78% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 193% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 68.7% Great: 86%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Team Xtreem-LV-2400 2x8GB 581 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	87% Excellent	MC Read 31.8 MC Write 32.6 MC Mixed 27.4 87% 30.6 GB/s	SC Read 21.4 SC Write 24.3 SC Mixed 26.5 69% 24.1 GB/s	Latency 45.1 89% 45.1 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 87% Great: 90%

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

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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 $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