Asus SABERTOOTH Z87

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU, SSD
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 69.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (26%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z87 (all builds)
Memory	27.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170306
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 20 '19 at 15:52
Run Duration	198 Seconds
Run User	IRN-User
Background CPU	26%

PC Performing as expected (41^st 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 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	69.7% Good	Memory 80.4 1-Core 91.6 2-Core 194 70% 122 Pts	4-Core 318 8-Core 549 52% 434 Pts	64-Core 538 33% 538 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 69.7% Great: 84%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk PLUS 480GB 58,990 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 13GB free (System drive) Firmware: 00RL Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 422 Write 327 Mixed 270 75% 340 MB/s	4K Read 15.5 4K Write 13.9 4K Mixed 15.5 51% 15 MB/s	DQ Read 108 DQ Write 68.8 DQ Mixed 17.5 32% 64.7 MB/s
Poor: 33% Great: 61%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$95 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 8GB free Firmware: CC32 SusWrite @10s intervals: 61 65 63 67 71 71 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	37.5% Below average	Read 64.2 Write 66 Mixed 49.8 SusWrite 66.6 46% 61.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.5 85% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 37.5% Great: 75%
Seagate ST500LM012 HN-M500MBB 500GB 47,588 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 0GB free Firmware: 0002 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 45.7 Write 32.5 Mixed 31.7 27% 36.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.4 93% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 18% Great: 59%
Samsung HD502HJ 500GB-$50 72,924 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 22GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 130 133 129 129 125 127 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	70.5% Very good	Read 116 Write 49.2 Mixed 70 SusWrite 129 67% 91.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 1.1 207% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 70.5% Great: 77%
Samsung HM500JI 500GB-$100 8,795 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 1GB free Firmware: 01C4 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 51 Write 38 Mixed 40.7 32% 43.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.2 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.4 77% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 16% Great: 47%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$25 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 16GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 14 6.5 29 17 28 37 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	34.2% Below average	Read 97.2 Write 20.2 Mixed 42.5 SusWrite 21.9 34% 45.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.5 92% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 34.2% Great: 69%
SanDisk Cruzer Blade 16GB 60,539 User benchmarks, average bench 11% 0GB free, PID 5567 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 5.6 8.4 8.9 9.3 8.1 8.9 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	16% Very poor	Read 35 Write 5.3 Mixed 21 SusWrite 8.2 20% 17.4 MB/s	4K Read 4.7 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 3.1 211% 3.47 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 16% Great: 17%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMZ16GX3M2A1866C10 0215 CMY16GX3M2A1866C9 0215 CMZ16GX3M2A1866C10 0215 CMY16GX3M2A1866C9 32GB 17 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 1867, 1333, 1867, 1333 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	47.9% Average	MC Read 17 MC Write 17.7 MC Mixed 15 47% 16.6 GB/s	SC Read 12.5 SC Write 16.7 SC Mixed 14 41% 14.4 GB/s	Latency 79.8 50% 79.8 ns
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 47.9% Great: 71%

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

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Workstation 50%

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Motherboard: Asus SABERTOOTH Z87 - $193

CPU
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	857x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	175x
Core i7-4770Intel $65Bench 70%, 176,321 samples	175x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	128x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	108x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	87x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	63x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	56x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $72Bench 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: 67% - Good

Total price: $676

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16