Asus SABERTOOTH Z87

Performance Results


Gaming 50% Yacht	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 42% Speed 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	63.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	96.3% 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	10GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 10GB 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	5.2 GB free of 10 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140818
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Nov 17 '19 at 19:28
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

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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 i7-4771-$129 11,180 User benchmarks, average bench 73% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	76% Very good	Memory 89.9 1-Core 111 2-Core 222 80% 141 Pts	4-Core 336 8-Core 575 55% 456 Pts	64-Core 564 35% 564 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 76% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Gigabyte(1458 3777) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2040 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 440.97 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	63.4% Good	Lighting 80.2 Reflection 77.1 Parallax 68.2 65% 75.2 fps	MRender 71.8 Gravity 73.1 Splatting 73 60% 72.6 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 63.4% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 120GB 1,438 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 27GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 238 69 70 72 64 56 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	96.3% Outstanding	Read 481 Write 452 Mixed 298 SusWrite 94.7 74% 331 MB/s	4K Read 42.6 4K Write 95.8 4K Mixed 50.3 180% 62.9 MB/s	DQ Read 367 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 179 183% 296 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 96.3% Great: 102%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 36GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 386 286 286 274 279 279 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 483 Write 472 Mixed 386 SusWrite 298 92% 410 MB/s	4K Read 43.4 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 58.4 196% 68.9 MB/s	DQ Read 374 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 356 268% 357 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$62 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 266GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 142 158 155 156 155 157 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	82.9% Excellent	Read 135 Write 93.3 Mixed 72.8 SusWrite 154 83% 114 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 82.9% Great: 114%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 268GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 118 117 116 104 116 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	61.2% Good	Read 98 Write 95.3 Mixed 62.7 SusWrite 115 68% 92.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1.2 213% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 61.2% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CM3X2G1333C9 0215 CM3X2G1333C9 0215 CM3X2G1333C9 10GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 2048, 2048, 2048 MB Performing below potential (33^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	44% Average	MC Read 15.3 MC Write 15.5 MC Mixed 13.2 42% 14.7 GB/s	SC Read 11.8 SC Write 14.6 SC Mixed 14.7 39% 13.7 GB/s	Latency 67.4 59% 67.4 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 44% Great: 53%

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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	171x

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 $95Bench 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 i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	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