Asus SABERTOOTH Z87

Performance Results


Gaming 64% Destroyer	Desktop 66% Battle cruiser	Workstation 53% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 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 a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 63.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	102% 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 Drive	65.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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 (73%). 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	8.1 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit farger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131213
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 30 '20 at 14:42
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	73%

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PC Performing below expectations (40^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 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	63.3% Good	Memory 88.7 1-Core 43.9 2-Core 91.1 50% 74.6 Pts	4-Core 206 8-Core 372 35% 289 Pts	64-Core 520 32% 520 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 63.3% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3367) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 452.06 Performing below potential (56^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	102% Outstanding	Lighting 132 Reflection 139 Parallax 132 107% 134 fps	MRender 112 Gravity 130 Splatting 106 94% 116 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 13GB free (System drive) Firmware: 527ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 114 120 123 119 111 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	65.4% Good	Read 323 Write 138 Mixed 171 SusWrite 118 42% 188 MB/s	4K Read 25.6 4K Write 80.6 4K Mixed 35.1 126% 47.1 MB/s	DQ Read 154 DQ Write 124 DQ Mixed 126 98% 134 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 65.4% Great: 73%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$64 143,477 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 119GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 90 89 91 91 90 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	57.7% Above average	Read 110 Write 103 Mixed 94.5 SusWrite 90.1 74% 99.5 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 0.8 183% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 57.7% Great: 85%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$38 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 494GB free Firmware: CC29 SusWrite @10s intervals: 139 142 142 142 141 142 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	83% Excellent	Read 148 Write 114 Mixed 76 SusWrite 141 88% 120 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 152% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 83% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 0215 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 0215 CMZ4GX3M1A1600C9 12GB 50 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	34.8% Below average	MC Read 12 MC Write 12.3 MC Mixed 10.3 33% 11.5 GB/s	SC Read 9.9 SC Write 9 SC Mixed 9.1 27% 9.33 GB/s	Latency 68.8 58% 68.8 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 34.8% Great: 56%

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

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Gaming 61%

Destroyer

Desktop 80%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 50%

Yacht

Motherboard: Asus SABERTOOTH Z87 - $193

CPU
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	849x
Core i7-4770Intel $75Bench 70%, 176,321 samples	173x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	171x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	125x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	106x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	86x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	62x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	56x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $95Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	54x

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: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $535

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16