Asus SABERTOOTH Z87

Performance Results


Gaming 23% Surfboard	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 21% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 81.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	21.6% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	67.2% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z87 (all builds)
Memory	9.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130517
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 04 '20 at 04:53
Run Duration	166 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing above expectations (64^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 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	81.1% Excellent	Memory 95.4 1-Core 123 2-Core 239 87% 152 Pts	4-Core 361 8-Core 637 60% 499 Pts	64-Core 582 36% 582 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 81.1% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 660-$170 123,956 User benchmarks, average bench 20% EVGA(3842 2662) 2GB CLim: 1280 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 442.19 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	21.6% Poor	Lighting 25.1 Reflection 24.9 Parallax 31.7 20% 27.2 fps	MRender 33.3 Gravity 29.3 Splatting 26 24% 29.5 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 21.6% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsun 840 PRO Seri 128GB 87 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 33GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM05B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 90 91 92 100 97 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	67.2% Good	Read 419 Write 257 Mixed 238 SusWrite 95.1 56% 252 MB/s	4K Read 26 4K Write 68.6 4K Mixed 30.5 115% 41.7 MB/s	DQ Read 271 DQ Write 151 DQ Mixed 125 116% 182 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 67.2% Great: 110%
WD WD7500BPKT-75PK4 750GB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 590GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 97 97 96 96 98 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	54.8% Above average	Read 94.2 Write 96.3 Mixed 70 SusWrite 96.2 66% 89.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.9 178% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 54.8% Great: 61%
WD WD7500BPKT-75PK4 750GB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 698GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 118 119 114 118 120 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	62.2% Good	Read 100 Write 94.5 Mixed 39 SusWrite 117 64% 87.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.5 98% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 62.2% Great: 61%
WD WD7500BPKT-75PK4 750GB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 698GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 125 125 125 125 126 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	69.5% Good	Read 117 Write 116 Mixed 65.2 SusWrite 125 78% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 0.9 177% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 69.5% Great: 61%
WD Red 6TB (2014)-$129 11,340 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 4TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 99 91 95 99 91 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	53.9% Above average	Read 94.5 Write 108 Mixed 60.5 SusWrite 93.5 65% 89 MB/s	4K Read 0.2 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.4 79% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 53.9% Great: 99%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR3 1866 C9 4x4GB 577 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	66.1% Good	MC Read 22.6 MC Write 24.8 MC Mixed 21.2 65% 22.9 GB/s	SC Read 15.9 SC Write 22.1 SC Mixed 20.4 56% 19.5 GB/s	Latency 56 71% 56 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 66.1% Great: 87%

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

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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	173x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	171x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	125x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	106x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	86x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	62x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 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: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $535

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16