Asus SABERTOOTH Z87

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 25% Raft	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 21% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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 75.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	35.3% 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)
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.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z87 (all builds)
Memory	8.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170306
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	May 19 '20 at 10:09
Run Duration	177 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (46^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770-$75 176,321 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	75.2% Very good	Memory 86 1-Core 108 2-Core 201 76% 132 Pts	4-Core 348 8-Core 573 56% 460 Pts	64-Core 574 36% 574 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 75.2% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 770-$279 116,895 User benchmarks, average bench 34% Asus(1043 8465) 2GB CLim: 1234 MHz, MLim: 1757 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 445.87 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	35.3% Below average	Lighting 42.1 Reflection 39.7 Parallax 51.9 34% 44.6 fps	MRender 54.8 Gravity 48.8 Splatting 36.8 37% 46.8 fps
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 35.3% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Liteonit LCM-256M3S 256GB 782 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 5GB free (System drive) Firmware: WRS1 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 390 Write 249 Mixed 149 58% 263 MB/s	4K Read 28.9 4K Write 31.4 4K Mixed 19.3 85% 26.5 MB/s	DQ Read 290 DQ Write 198 DQ Mixed 183 153% 224 MB/s
Poor: 57% Great: 92%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 130GB free Firmware: 05.00K05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 60 67 69 67 68 67 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	47.8% Average	Read 99.5 Write 86.5 Mixed 68 SusWrite 66.4 59% 80.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 0.9 177% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 47.8% Great: 76%
Seagate ST32000641AS 2TB-$174 8,506 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 56GB free Firmware: CC13 SusWrite @10s intervals: 60 62 62 64 62 63 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	35.4% Below average	Read 61 Write 55 Mixed 44.2 SusWrite 62.1 41% 55.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.9 158% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 35.4% Great: 73%
Seagate FA GoFlex Desk 2TB 2,298 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 141GB free, PID 50a1 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 38 39 39 39 39 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	15.4% Very poor	Read 38.7 Write 38.2 Mixed 18.7 SusWrite 38.8 45% 33.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.4 29% 0.47 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 15.4% Great: 49%
Generic STORAGE DEVICE 128GB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 52GB free, PID b4b5 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 19 19 19 19 19 19 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	17.4% Very poor	Read 19 Write 19 Mixed 18.5 SusWrite 19.4 26% 19 MB/s	4K Read 5 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 3.2 229% 3.73 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 17.4% Great: 21%
WD My Book Essentials 1TB 3,704 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 514GB free, PID 1110 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 36 36 40 36 37 37 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	18.8% Very poor	Read 38.7 Write 34.8 Mixed 26.7 SusWrite 37 46% 34.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.5 74% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 18.8% Great: 20%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 21,220 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	27.5% Poor	MC Read 8.9 MC Write 9 MC Mixed 7.7 24% 8.53 GB/s	SC Read 7.8 SC Write 9 SC Mixed 9 25% 8.6 GB/s	Latency 71.3 56% 71.3 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 27.5% Great: 62%

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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 $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