Asus SABERTOOTH Z87

Performance Results


Gaming 85% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 72% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	116% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	75.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z87 (all builds)
Memory	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit Farben,
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20131003
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jan 23 '20 at 18:48
Run Duration	176 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing as expected (41^st percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E3-1231 v3-$209 19,313 User benchmarks, average bench 73% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	74.2% Very good	Memory 86.2 1-Core 106 2-Core 188 74% 127 Pts	4-Core 335 8-Core 556 54% 445 Pts	64-Core 566 35% 566 Pts
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 74.2% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super)-$210 663,603 User benchmarks, average bench 115% Gigabyte(1458 400D) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 431.36 Performing below potential (55^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	116% Outstanding	Lighting 150 Reflection 157 Parallax 173 122% 160 fps	MRender 194 Gravity 138 Splatting 110 116% 147 fps
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 123%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$115 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 37GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 151 77 92 102 102 97 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	75.8% Very good	Read 471 Write 163 Mixed 247 SusWrite 104 54% 246 MB/s	4K Read 31.5 4K Write 72.7 4K Mixed 34.7 131% 46.3 MB/s	DQ Read 276 DQ Write 196 DQ Mixed 227 172% 233 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 75.8% Great: 124%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 225GB free Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 406 395 387 418 421 403 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	94.6% Outstanding	Read 471 Write 453 Mixed 343 SusWrite 405 94% 418 MB/s	4K Read 25.8 4K Write 77.4 4K Mixed 37.4 128% 46.9 MB/s	DQ Read 276 DQ Write 231 DQ Mixed 225 176% 244 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 94.6% Great: 133%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 90GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 127 125 131 131 129 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	74.4% Very good	Read 130 Write 126 Mixed 106 SusWrite 128 91% 123 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 213% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 74.4% Great: 76%
Seagate ST1000NM0011 1TB 6,787 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 212GB free Firmware: SN03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 84 83 87 87 86 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	45.3% Average	Read 72.3 Write 71.5 Mixed 49 SusWrite 85.3 51% 69.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 143% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 45.3% Great: 84%
Hitachi HUH721010ALE604 10TB 488 User benchmarks, average bench 111% 7TB free Firmware: LHGNW384 SusWrite @10s intervals: 196 210 201 206 215 207 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	117% Outstanding	Read 201 Write 205 Mixed 102 SusWrite 206 130% 178 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 5.2 4K Mixed 1.3 291% 2.57 MB/s
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 137%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 2133 C9 2x8GB 3,126 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 2133 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (41^st percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	51.1% Above average	MC Read 18 MC Write 18.4 MC Mixed 15.9 50% 17.4 GB/s	SC Read 13.2 SC Write 18.3 SC Mixed 16.6 46% 16 GB/s	Latency 71.1 56% 71.1 ns
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 51.1% Great: 79%

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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 $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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Total price: $555

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $274	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 $183	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