Asus SABERTOOTH Z87

Performance Results


Gaming 73% Battleship	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 62% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	83.2% 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	85% 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	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z87 (all builds)
Memory	16.4 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140818
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Nov 28 '19 at 23:23
Run Duration	165 Seconds
Run User	FIN-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing above expectations (81^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	86.2% Excellent	Memory 94.7 1-Core 129 2-Core 225 86% 150 Pts	4-Core 419 8-Core 664 67% 542 Pts	64-Core 662 41% 662 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Nvidia(10DE 1B81) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2050 MHz, MLim: 2204 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.41 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	83.2% Excellent	Lighting 101 Reflection 114 Parallax 100 83% 105 fps	MRender 103 Gravity 101 Splatting 104 84% 103 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 83.2% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB-$100 46,066 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 31GB free (System drive) Firmware: 506ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 169 167 167 161 154 154 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	85% Excellent	Read 342 Write 226 Mixed 239 SusWrite 162 54% 242 MB/s	4K Read 33.6 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 45 168% 63.8 MB/s	DQ Read 218 DQ Write 216 DQ Mixed 126 120% 187 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 85% Great: 87%
Adata Premier SP550 480GB-$129 8,505 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 33GB free Firmware: P0330AA SusWrite @10s intervals: 407 172 77 78 78 77 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	97.8% Outstanding	Read 493 Write 432 Mixed 393 SusWrite 148 82% 366 MB/s	4K Read 33.4 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 50.3 177% 66.7 MB/s	DQ Read 308 DQ Write 330 DQ Mixed 243 204% 294 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 97.8% Great: 95%
Kingston SUV500120G 120GB 4,749 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 25GB free Firmware: 003056R6 SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 87 68 70 72 65 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	84.9% Excellent	Read 485 Write 343 Mixed 296 SusWrite 81.2 67% 301 MB/s	4K Read 40 4K Write 98 4K Mixed 45 170% 61 MB/s	DQ Read 289 DQ Write 85.6 DQ Mixed 122 107% 165 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 84.9% Great: 83%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 426GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 57 58 59 57 59 59 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	42% Average	Read 87.7 Write 82.5 Mixed 60.5 SusWrite 58.1 53% 72.2 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 155% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 42% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C10D3/8GX KHX1600C9D3/4GX KHX1600C10D3/8GX KHX1600C9D3/4GX 24GB 108 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	60.2% Good	MC Read 20.5 MC Write 22.1 MC Mixed 18.5 58% 20.4 GB/s	SC Read 14.6 SC Write 22.7 SC Mixed 20.1 55% 19.1 GB/s	Latency 58.1 69% 58.1 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 60.2% Great: 62%

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

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Gaming 61%

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Desktop 80%

Aircraft carrier

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