Asus SABERTOOTH Z87

Performance Results


Gaming 84% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 66% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 85.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	97.4% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	67.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

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. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z87 (all builds)
Memory	1.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131106
Uptime	2.5 Days
Run Date	Nov 11 '19 at 23:19
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	15%

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PC Performing above expectations (64^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-$127 128,482 User benchmarks, average bench 68% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	85.9% Excellent	Memory 94.3 1-Core 117 2-Core 231 84% 147 Pts	4-Core 447 8-Core 455 60% 451 Pts	64-Core 441 27% 441 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 85.9% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Nvidia(10DE 119E) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 440.97 Performing below potential (21^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	97.4% Outstanding	Lighting 123 Reflection 136 Parallax 120 100% 126 fps	MRender 110 Gravity 127 Splatting 104 92% 113 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 97.4% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M500 240GB-$54 31,779 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 48GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 200 113 87 85 89 82 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	67.8% Good	Read 339 Write 270 Mixed 274 SusWrite 109 55% 248 MB/s	4K Read 24.1 4K Write 81.1 4K Mixed 34.1 123% 46.4 MB/s	DQ Read 223 DQ Write 206 DQ Mixed 153 132% 194 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 67.8% Great: 91%
Crucial MX300 1TB-$100 21,936 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 170GB free Firmware: M0CR060 SusWrite @10s intervals: 385 425 434 452 465 465 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 421 Write 464 Mixed 379 SusWrite 438 96% 425 MB/s	4K Read 26.7 4K Write 99.4 4K Mixed 41.5 146% 55.9 MB/s	DQ Read 361 DQ Write 324 DQ Mixed 342 256% 342 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 105%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1866 C9 2x4GB 8,627 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1400 MHz clocked @ 1800 MHz Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	62.8% Good	MC Read 22.6 MC Write 23 MC Mixed 19.3 62% 21.6 GB/s	SC Read 16.7 SC Write 21.1 SC Mixed 18.7 54% 18.8 GB/s	Latency 59 68% 59 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 62.8% Great: 71%

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

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Typical SABERTOOTH Z87 Builds (Compare 1,545 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 61%

Destroyer

Desktop 80%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 50%

Yacht

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