Asus SABERTOOTH Z87

Performance Results


Gaming 14% Tree trunk	Desktop 36% Jet ski	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (21st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 79 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With an extremely low single core score, this CPU can barely handle email and light web browsing. Finally, with a gaming score of 21.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very poor.
Graphics	53.2% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	53.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Very high background CPU (100%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z87 (all builds)
Memory	9.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140603
Uptime	8 Days
Run Date	Jun 27 '20 at 06:57
Run Duration	150 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	100%

PC Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	21.3% Poor	Memory 17.9 1-Core 44.1 2-Core 72.3 24% 44.8 Pts	4-Core 132 8-Core 217 21% 175 Pts	64-Core 162 10% 162 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 21.3% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Asus(1043 8508) CLim: 1626 MHz, MLim: 1980 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 442.19 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	53.2% Above average	Lighting 66 Reflection 73.4 Parallax 70.6 54% 70 fps	MRender 75.5 Gravity 63.9 Splatting 55.8 52% 65.1 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 53.2% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 59GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 150 159 128 129 129 126 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	53.7% Above average	Read 291 Write 246 Mixed 245 SusWrite 137 52% 230 MB/s	4K Read 18 4K Write 30.4 4K Mixed 24 74% 24.1 MB/s	DQ Read 261 DQ Write 206 DQ Mixed 227 171% 231 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 53.7% Great: 124%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$50 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 62GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 95 119 113 117 119 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	58.2% Above average	Read 87.1 Write 91.5 Mixed 29.2 SusWrite 114 58% 80.6 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 5.2 4K Mixed 1.8 338% 2.67 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 58.2% Great: 108%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 830GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 101 98 106 106 103 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	58% Above average	Read 100 Write 91 Mixed 50.2 SusWrite 102 63% 85.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.6 133% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 58% Great: 101%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 40,596 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	28.3% Poor	MC Read 9.1 MC Write 12.3 MC Mixed 10.9 31% 10.8 GB/s	SC Read 4.9 SC Write 9.3 SC Mixed 5.7 19% 6.63 GB/s	Latency 336 12% 336 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 28.3% Great: 85%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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 $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