Asus SABERTOOTH Z87

Performance Results


Gaming 44% Speed boat	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 34% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	53.9% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	77.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z87 (all builds)
Memory	4.6 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130517
Uptime	9.4 Days
Run Date	Sep 01 '19 at 18:54
Run Duration	167 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing above expectations (65^th 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 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	79.6% Very good	Memory 89.8 1-Core 105 2-Core 180 74% 125 Pts	4-Core 406 8-Core 383 53% 394 Pts	64-Core 393 24% 393 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 79.6% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290-$399 68,699 User benchmarks, average bench 46% Asus(1043 0470) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1000 MHz, MLim: 1260 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 19.2.2 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	53.9% Above average	Lighting 66.5 Reflection 58.5 Parallax 79.8 54% 68.3 fps	MRender 59.4 Gravity 56.7 Splatting 75.4 54% 63.8 fps
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 53.9% Great: 50%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX900 256GB-$164 6,726 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 33GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.0.7a SusWrite @10s intervals: 143 137 132 120 128 130 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	77.8% Very good	Read 331 Write 200 Mixed 258 SusWrite 132 51% 230 MB/s	4K Read 30.8 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 36.7 152% 58.9 MB/s	DQ Read 279 DQ Write 194 DQ Mixed 140 130% 204 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 77.8% Great: 90%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$60 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 380GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 89 89 92 90 89 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	42.3% Average	Read 57.3 Write 54.5 Mixed 52.5 SusWrite 89.9 47% 63.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.5 109% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 42.3% Great: 67%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$60 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 858GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 90 90 89 89 90 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	53.8% Above average	Read 97.5 Write 95.7 Mixed 65.5 SusWrite 89.5 64% 87.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.8 167% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 53.8% Great: 67%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$50 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 735GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 104 104 103 104 103 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	61.3% Good	Read 110 Write 113 Mixed 63 SusWrite 104 71% 97.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.9 182% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 61.3% Great: 84%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 2TB 1,210 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 1TB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 192 188 188 184 188 189 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 176 Write 130 Mixed 28.2 SusWrite 188 94% 131 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 5.2 4K Mixed 1.9 353% 2.73 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 110%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 991776 (998776) 3x4GB 12 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 3 of 4 slots used 12GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	39.8% Below average	MC Read 13.6 MC Write 13.6 MC Mixed 11.7 37% 13 GB/s	SC Read 11.5 SC Write 14.2 SC Mixed 12.7 37% 12.8 GB/s	Latency 67.5 59% 67.5 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 39.8% Great: 49%

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Gaming 61%

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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	849x
Core i7-4770Intel $75Bench 70%, 176,321 samples	174x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	172x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	126x
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	62x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	56x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	54x

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 i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	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