Asus SABERTOOTH Z87

Performance Results


Gaming 69% Battle cruiser	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 60% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 84.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	80% 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	89.8% 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	18.4 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140818
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 07 '19 at 00:39
Run Duration	166 Seconds
Run User	FIN-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (80^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	84.1% Excellent	Memory 94.3 1-Core 131 2-Core 221 86% 149 Pts	4-Core 398 8-Core 672 65% 535 Pts	64-Core 669 41% 669 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 84.1% Great: 84%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Asus(1043 8534) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4531 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%
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 (58^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	80% Very good	Lighting 95.5 Reflection 114 Parallax 99.7 78% 103 fps	MRender 104 Gravity 100 Splatting 104 84% 103 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 80% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB-$100 46,066 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 30GB free (System drive) Firmware: 506ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 171 160 153 145 144 143 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	89.8% Excellent	Read 390 Write 209 Mixed 248 SusWrite 153 56% 250 MB/s	4K Read 36.8 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 49.1 179% 66.8 MB/s	DQ Read 218 DQ Write 212 DQ Mixed 138 125% 190 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 89.8% Great: 87%
Adata Premier SP550 480GB-$129 8,505 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 47GB free Firmware: P0330AA SusWrite @10s intervals: 413 168 76 76 75 75 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	97.6% Outstanding	Read 502 Write 438 Mixed 398 SusWrite 147 83% 371 MB/s	4K Read 33.8 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 50.5 177% 66.6 MB/s	DQ Read 285 DQ Write 328 DQ Mixed 240 199% 284 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 97.6% Great: 95%
Samsung 860 Evo 2TB-$275 44,466 User benchmarks, average bench 113% 2TB free Firmware: RVT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 442 466 466 454 471 473 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	136% Outstanding	Read 513 Write 486 Mixed 448 SusWrite 462 108% 477 MB/s	4K Read 48.1 4K Write 131 4K Mixed 67.8 229% 82.4 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 360 271% 363 MB/s
Poor: 89% ↑ This bench: 136% Great: 133%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 368GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 68 70 68 72 68 72 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	43.4% Average	Read 81 Write 77 Mixed 49.5 SusWrite 69.8 51% 69.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.6 131% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 43.4% 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 20.8 MC Write 21.8 MC Mixed 18.5 58% 20.4 GB/s	SC Read 15.6 SC Write 23.1 SC Mixed 19.5 55% 19.4 GB/s	Latency 58.9 68% 58.9 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 60.2% Great: 62%

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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 $109Bench 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: 90% - Excellent

Total price: $555

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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 $40	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