Asus SABERTOOTH Z87

Performance Results


Gaming 49% Yacht	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 41% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 82%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	55.3% 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	72.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	4096 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140603
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 02 '20 at 16:52
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (60^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 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	82% Excellent	Memory 91.6 1-Core 115 2-Core 230 83% 145 Pts	4-Core 391 8-Core 586 61% 489 Pts	64-Core 588 36% 588 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 82% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290X-$549 37,353 User benchmarks, average bench 51% Sapphire(174B E285) CLim: 1000 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 20.9.1 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	55.3% Above average	Lighting 68.5 Reflection 59.7 Parallax 83.6 56% 70.6 fps	MRender 60 Gravity 61.1 Splatting 74.4 54% 65.2 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 55.3% Great: 55%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS1311 240GB-$78 26,547 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 79GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS131122 SusWrite @10s intervals: 236 191 90 95 169 101 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	72.8% Very good	Read 339 Write 339 Mixed 295 SusWrite 147 63% 280 MB/s	4K Read 29.6 4K Write 76.6 4K Mixed 34.3 129% 46.8 MB/s	DQ Read 260 DQ Write 217 DQ Mixed 163 143% 213 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 72.8% Great: 97%
WD Red 8TB (2017)-$231 4,534 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 1.5TB free Firmware: 83.H0A83 SusWrite @10s intervals: 147 159 150 155 147 147 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	89.2% Excellent	Read 159 Write 166 Mixed 76.9 SusWrite 151 101% 138 MB/s	4K Read 2.4 4K Write 4.9 4K Mixed 1 302% 2.77 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 89.2% Great: 110%
WD Red 4TB (2013)-$110 55,507 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 3.5TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 113 115 117 116 116 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	76.4% Very good	Read 151 Write 135 Mixed 84.7 SusWrite 115 89% 121 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 193% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 76.4% Great: 100%
WD WD120EMAZ-11BLFA0 12TB 255 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 4.5TB free Firmware: 81.00A81 SusWrite @10s intervals: 159 160 157 158 159 159 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	59.2% Above average	Read 46 Write 157 Mixed 34 SusWrite 159 72% 99 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 6.2 4K Mixed 1.2 286% 2.77 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 59.2% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1866C10D3/4G KHX1600C10D3/4G KHX1866C10D3/4G KHX1600C10D3/4G 16GB 444 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 1333, 1600, 1333, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	61.2% Good	MC Read 21.5 MC Write 22.6 MC Mixed 18.8 60% 21 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 21.5 SC Mixed 19.9 56% 19.5 GB/s	Latency 64.8 62% 64.8 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 61.2% Great: 63%

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Gaming 61%

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Desktop 80%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 50%

Yacht

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 $295	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