Asus SABERTOOTH Z87

Performance Results


Gaming 138% UFO	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 121% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (87th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 13 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 88.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	157% 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	110% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z87 (all builds)
Memory	19.6 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170306
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 04 '20 at 00:39
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	88.9% Excellent	Memory 97.3 1-Core 144 2-Core 250 94% 164 Pts	4-Core 433 8-Core 749 72% 591 Pts	64-Core 750 46% 750 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 88.9% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Titan V 869 User benchmarks, average bench 140% Nvidia(10DE 1218) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 512 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 442.19 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	157% Outstanding	Lighting 227 Reflection 209 Parallax 302 185% 246 fps	MRender 209 Gravity 251 Splatting 106 146% 188 fps
Poor: 113% ↑ This bench: 157% Great: 155%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 2TB-$146 44,787 User benchmarks, average bench 108% 961GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 292 361 409 421 419 421 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 484 Write 448 Mixed 379 SusWrite 387 96% 425 MB/s	4K Read 40.2 4K Write 128 4K Mixed 58 203% 75.5 MB/s	DQ Read 39.6 DQ Write 150 DQ Mixed 63.7 58% 84.5 MB/s
Poor: 83% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 125%
Seagate IronWolf 6TB (2017)-$121 553 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 5TB free Firmware: SC60 SusWrite @10s intervals: 209 208 214 216 216 217 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 56% Great: 110%
WD Black 3TB (2013)-$151 16,992 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 3TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 171 171 171 174 175 173 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	97.7% Outstanding	Read 168 Write 156 Mixed 79.5 SusWrite 172 105% 144 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 3.5 4K Mixed 1 222% 1.87 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 97.7% Great: 100%
WD WD4005FZBX-00K5WB0 4TB 14,138 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 3.5TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 239 241 244 244 244 243 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 76% Great: 136%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX2666C10D3/4GX 0420 F3-2400C10-8GTX KHX2666C10D3/4GX 0420 F3-2400C10-8GTX 24GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2667, 2400, 2667, 2400 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	80.2% Excellent	MC Read 29 MC Write 29.3 MC Mixed 24.8 79% 27.7 GB/s	SC Read 20.3 SC Write 26.4 SC Mixed 26.4 70% 24.4 GB/s	Latency 48.9 82% 48.9 ns
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 80.2% Great: 81%

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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	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 $179	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