Asus SABERTOOTH Z87

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 38% Jet ski	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 31% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 78.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	47.8% 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)
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 (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z87 (all builds)
Memory	5.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131106
Uptime	1.2 Days
Run Date	Oct 13 '19 at 03:00
Run Duration	150 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing above expectations (68^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 above expectations (82^nd percentile)	78.6% Very good	Memory 90.9 1-Core 107 2-Core 183 75% 127 Pts	4-Core 359 8-Core 510 54% 435 Pts	64-Core 576 36% 576 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 78.6% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX Titan Black-$1,000 3,504 User benchmarks, average bench 51% Asus(1043 84B7) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1202 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 419.35 Performing below potential (21^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	47.8% Average	Lighting 61.7 Reflection 61.7 Parallax 82.4 50% 68.6 fps	MRender 61.3 Gravity 61.7 Splatting 40 43% 54.3 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 47.8% Great: 55%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 2GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 430 Write 444 Mixed 285 86% 386 MB/s	4K Read 27.6 4K Write 64.8 4K Mixed 43.1 131% 45.2 MB/s	DQ Read 362 DQ Write 332 DQ Mixed 184 182% 292 MB/s
Poor: 63% Great: 108%
WD Blue 640GB (2008)-$33 94,563 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 571GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 105 105 104 105 99 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	61.4% Good	Read 110 Write 104 Mixed 69.2 SusWrite 104 71% 96.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 187% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 61.4% Great: 62%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 915GB free Firmware: CC9C SusWrite @10s intervals: 189 191 191 191 191 191 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 184 Write 134 Mixed 83.5 SusWrite 191 108% 148 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.9 165% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 112%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC52 SusWrite @10s intervals: 149 151 152 151 153 153 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	82.3% Excellent	Read 136 Write 98 Mixed 63.7 SusWrite 151 82% 112 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.6 116% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 82.3% Great: 96%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 2,290 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	55.2% Above average	MC Read 19.1 MC Write 20 MC Mixed 17.9 54% 19 GB/s	SC Read 13.4 SC Write 19.2 SC Mixed 16.9 47% 16.5 GB/s	Latency 65.9 61% 65.9 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 55.2% Great: 63%

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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	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