Asus SABERTOOTH Z87

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


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 80.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	121% 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	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.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z87 (all builds)
Memory	27.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170306
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 08 '20 at 09:35
Run Duration	149 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	0%

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 way above expectations (86^th percentile)	80.1% Excellent	Memory 77.5 1-Core 129 2-Core 255 84% 154 Pts	4-Core 445 8-Core 653 68% 549 Pts	64-Core 651 40% 651 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 80.1% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? Asus(1043 8534) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.5107 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 1TB-$199 23,857 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 649GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 427 428 397 282 244 211 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	121% Outstanding	Read 502 Write 488 Mixed 386 SusWrite 331 96% 427 MB/s	4K Read 46.3 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 61.7 208% 73.1 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 270 228% 331 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 126%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$90 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 673GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 191 193 192 193 193 193 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 172 Write 128 Mixed 63.8 SusWrite 192 101% 139 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 5.1 4K Mixed 2.5 426% 2.97 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 108%
Seagate ST5000NM 0024-1HT170 5TB 15 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 4.5TB free Firmware: SN02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 210 208 210 212 211 211 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	122% Outstanding	Read 214 Write 211 Mixed 95.4 SusWrite 210 133% 183 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 3.4 4K Mixed 1.2 250% 1.97 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 121%
Seagate Game Drive Xbox 8TB 760 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 4TB free Firmware: D781 SusWrite @10s intervals: 166 160 162 165 172 170 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	77.4% Very good	Read 102 Write 139 Mixed 111 SusWrite 166 96% 129 MB/s	4K Read 6.3 4K Write 4.5 4K Mixed 0.7 424% 3.83 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 77.4% Great: 93%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 4x8GB 6,467 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1067 MHz Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	38.6% Below average	MC Read 13.9 MC Write 13.5 MC Mixed 10.7 36% 12.7 GB/s	SC Read 12.1 SC Write 14.9 SC Mixed 13.9 39% 13.6 GB/s	Latency 85.4 47% 85.4 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 38.6% Great: 65%

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Gaming 61%

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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	174x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	172x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	126x
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 $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	56x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $99Bench 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 $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $95	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16