Asus SABERTOOTH Z87

Performance Results


Gaming 100% UFO	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 79% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (92nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 8 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 93.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	107% 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	97.6% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
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.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z87 (all builds)
Memory	5.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140818
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 24 '19 at 03:16
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	CHL-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4670K-$62 128,482 User benchmarks, average bench 68% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.9% Outstanding	Memory 95.9 1-Core 134 2-Core 270 93% 167 Pts	4-Core 534 8-Core 514 71% 524 Pts	64-Core 525 32% 525 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 93.9% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060S (Super)-$510 319,148 User benchmarks, average bench 100% Zotac(19DA 5511) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2175 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 436.2 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Lighting 134 Reflection 127 Parallax 133 109% 131 fps	MRender 180 Gravity 120 Splatting 109 108% 136 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HyperX Savage 120GB-$80 7,194 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 62GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM00.Y SusWrite @10s intervals: 188 247 221 258 241 260 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	97.6% Outstanding	Read 500 Write 418 Mixed 306 SusWrite 236 82% 365 MB/s	4K Read 31.9 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 41.2 159% 60.8 MB/s	DQ Read 359 DQ Write 293 DQ Mixed 66.2 120% 239 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 97.6% Great: 104%
HyperX Savage 240GB-$120 39,518 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 124GB free Firmware: SAFM00.Y SusWrite @10s intervals: 290 393 479 483 486 484 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 502 Write 493 Mixed 326 SusWrite 436 99% 439 MB/s	4K Read 32 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 42.7 163% 62.4 MB/s	DQ Read 351 DQ Write 359 DQ Mixed 69 131% 260 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 111%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 783GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 151 150 151 152 153 152 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	94.7% Outstanding	Read 178 Write 150 Mixed 79.5 SusWrite 152 102% 140 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.2 238% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 94.7% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 73,650 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	64.2% Good	MC Read 22.3 MC Write 23.2 MC Mixed 20.3 63% 21.9 GB/s	SC Read 15 SC Write 23.5 SC Mixed 19.7 55% 19.4 GB/s	Latency 54.3 74% 54.3 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 64.2% Great: 62%

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

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Motherboard: Asus SABERTOOTH Z87 - $193

CPU
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	845x
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	124x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	106x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	84x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	62x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	56x
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: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $540

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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