Asus SABERTOOTH Z87

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 8%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 66%
Battle cruiser
Workstation
Workstation 7%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall 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.
ProcessorWith a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 71.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics8.23% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
MotherboardAsus SABERTOOTH Z87  (all builds)
Memory8.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors, , 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20130419
Uptime0.6 Days
Run DateOct 15 '20 at 20:49
Run Duration126 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU6%

 PC Performing as expected (46th 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, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg)
Performing below expectations (39th percentile)
71.7% Very good
Memory 82.3
1-Core 108
2-Core 204
75% 132 Pts
4-Core 330
8-Core 500
52% 415 Pts
64-Core 540
33% 540 Pts
Poor: 60%
This bench: 71.7%
Great: 84%
Graphics Cards Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 650-$112
MSI(1462 8A96) 1GB
Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 26.21.14.3200
Performing as expected (45th percentile)
8.23% Terrible
Lighting 8.93
Reflection 8.69
Parallax 10.2
7% 9.27 fps
MRender 13
Gravity 11.4
Splatting 12.4
10% 12.3 fps
Poor: 8%
This bench: 8.23%
Great: 9%
Nvidia GeForce GT 640
Asus(1043 83F3) 2GB
CLim: 901 MHz, MLim: 445 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 432.00
Performing above expectations (82nd percentile)
7.2% Terrible
Lighting 8.2
Reflection 7.77
Parallax 8.91
7% 8.29 fps
MRender 8.71
Gravity 10.2
Splatting 10.7
8% 9.88 fps
Poor: 5%
This bench: 7.2%
Great: 7%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
OCZ Agility 3 120GB-$102
3GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2.11
Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete
Read 122
Write 92.8
Mixed 135
26% 117 MB/s
4K Read 24.9
4K Write 85.3
4K Mixed 32.9
125% 47.7 MB/s
DQ Read 142
DQ Write 86.6
DQ Mixed 90.1
74% 106 MB/s
Poor: 31% Great: 61%
Hitachi Travelstar 5K750 750GB-$52
136GB free
Firmware: JE4OA50A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 44 44 42 43 44 MB/s
Performing below expectations (20th percentile)
29.1% Poor
Read 58.3
Write 54.3
Mixed 35.2
SusWrite 43.1
35% 47.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 0.9
4K Mixed 0.5
93% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 13%
This bench: 29.1%
Great: 53%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston 9905403-559.A00LF 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz
Performing as expected (43rd percentile)
48.9% Average
MC Read 17.5
MC Write 18.3
MC Mixed 15.6
49% 17.1 GB/s
SC Read 11.7
SC Write 15.8
SC Mixed 12.7
38% 13.4 GB/s
Latency 76.4
52% 76.4 ns
Poor: 27%
This bench: 48.9%
Great: 60%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical SABERTOOTH Z87 Builds (Compare 1,543 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 61%
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Desktop
Desktop 80%
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Workstation
Workstation 50%
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Motherboard: Asus SABERTOOTH Z87 - $193

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 90% - Excellent Total price: $555
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