Asus SABERTOOTH Z87

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 78%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 78%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 65%
Battle cruiser
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 75.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics107% 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 DriveThe boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.
Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardAsus SABERTOOTH Z87  (all builds)
Memory4.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 7
BIOS Date20130517
Uptime15.9 Days
Run DateSep 26 '20 at 22:28
Run Duration145 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 17%
Watch Gameplay: 2060S + 9600K How to compare your gameplay

 PC Performing above expectations (68th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120
SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz
Performing above expectations (66th percentile)
75.8% Very good
Memory 83.2
1-Core 110
2-Core 220
78% 138 Pts
4-Core 369
8-Core 574
58% 471 Pts
64-Core 584
36% 584 Pts
Poor: 60%
This bench: 75.8%
Great: 84%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060S (Super)-$510
CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 442.19
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
107% Outstanding
Lighting 134
Reflection 128
Parallax 136
109% 133 fps
MRender 186
Gravity 117
Splatting 105
108% 136 fps
Poor: 90%
This bench: 107%
Great: 106%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$24
62GB free (System drive)
Firmware: KC45
SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 78 94 110 112 112 MB/s
Performing above expectations (69th percentile)
64.7% Good
Read 125
Write 106
Mixed 51.5
SusWrite 101
70% 95.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.1
4K Mixed 0.9
150% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 27%
This bench: 64.7%
Great: 88%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50
108GB free
Firmware: MX4OABB0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 150 160 157 155 157 153 MB/s
Performing as expected (52nd percentile)
89.9% Excellent
Read 158
Write 155
Mixed 42.5
SusWrite 155
92% 128 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 2.1
4K Mixed 0.6
151% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 49%
This bench: 89.9%
Great: 108%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50
49GB free
Firmware: MX4OABB0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 184 184 185 186 189 187 MB/s
Performing above expectations (75th percentile)
99.6% Outstanding
Read 162
Write 163
Mixed 39.5
SusWrite 186
99% 137 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 0.8
162% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 49%
This bench: 99.6%
Great: 108%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 1866 C9 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz
Performing as expected (47th percentile)
50.7% Above average
MC Read 17.4
MC Write 18.2
MC Mixed 15.7
49% 17.1 GB/s
SC Read 14.1
SC Write 19.6
SC Mixed 17.4
49% 17 GB/s
Latency 74.9
53% 74.9 ns
Poor: 31%
This bench: 50.7%
Great: 71%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical SABERTOOTH Z87 Builds (Compare 1,545 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 61%
Destroyer
Desktop
Desktop 80%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 50%
Yacht

Motherboard: Asus SABERTOOTH Z87 - $193

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 94% - Outstanding Total price: $540
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