Asus SABERTOOTH Z87

Performance Results


Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 75.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	83.6% 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	79.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Very high background CPU (57%). 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, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z87 (all builds)
Memory	25.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170306
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Jan 20 '20 at 22:15
Run Duration	239 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	57%

PC Performing above expectations (71^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 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	75.2% Very good	Memory 97.2 1-Core 104 2-Core 181 76% 127 Pts	4-Core 300 8-Core 360 43% 330 Pts	64-Core 632 39% 632 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 75.2% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 1996) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 441.87 Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	83.6% Excellent	Lighting 105 Reflection 116 Parallax 114 86% 112 fps	MRender 96.8 Gravity 101 Splatting 93.3 79% 96.9 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 83.6% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Series 500GB 7,390 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 366GB free (System drive) Firmware: AB0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 272 280 317 315 303 287 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	79.9% Very good	Read 430 Write 317 Mixed 166 SusWrite 296 67% 302 MB/s	4K Read 26 4K Write 69.2 4K Mixed 25.3 108% 40.2 MB/s	DQ Read 358 DQ Write 180 DQ Mixed 64.1 102% 201 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 79.9% Great: 89%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 682GB free Firmware: 4B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 913 495 504 508 505 504 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 81% Great: 133%
Samsung 840 Evo 1TB-$199 23,857 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 429GB free Firmware: DB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 358 383 391 394 387 388 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	94.8% Outstanding	Read 441 Write 393 Mixed 210 SusWrite 384 80% 357 MB/s	4K Read 30.6 4K Write 77.6 4K Mixed 34.3 131% 47.5 MB/s	DQ Read 359 DQ Write 253 DQ Mixed 103 132% 238 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 94.8% Great: 126%
Seagate Expansion Desk 5TB 11,776 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 3TB free Firmware: 0909 SusWrite @10s intervals: 146 160 161 158 160 161 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	84.2% Excellent	Read 134 Write 98.7 Mixed 34.7 SusWrite 158 77% 106 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 7.6 4K Mixed 0.7 260% 3.1 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 84.2% Great: 87%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 545GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 127 128 126 126 117 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	75.4% Very good	Read 137 Write 134 Mixed 72.5 SusWrite 125 86% 117 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 1 204% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 75.4% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 4x8GB 7,519 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	82.4% Excellent	MC Read 28.8 MC Write 31 MC Mixed 28 84% 29.3 GB/s	SC Read 19 SC Write 21 SC Mixed 25.3 62% 21.8 GB/s	Latency 49.4 81% 49.4 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 82.4% Great: 119%

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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