Asus SABERTOOTH Z87

Performance Results


Gaming 65% Battle cruiser	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 54% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With 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 73.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	86.7% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	78.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (36%). 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	26.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170306
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Jan 11 '21 at 04:34
Run Duration	178 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	36%

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PC Performing as expected (51^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	73.6% Very good	Memory 82.6 1-Core 97.6 2-Core 200 72% 127 Pts	4-Core 349 8-Core 505 53% 427 Pts	64-Core 523 32% 523 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 73.6% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3701) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 460.79 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	86.7% Excellent	Lighting 108 Reflection 115 Parallax 105 88% 110 fps	MRender 95.5 Gravity 106 Splatting 103 83% 102 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86.7% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston HyperX 3K 240GB-$70 27,495 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 64GB free (System drive) Firmware: 507KC4 SusWrite @10s intervals: 202 184 188 181 160 170 MB/s Performing below potential (37^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	78.2% Very good	Read 280 Write 223 Mixed 207 SusWrite 181 50% 222 MB/s	4K Read 30.1 4K Write 84.2 4K Mixed 43.3 146% 52.5 MB/s	DQ Read 274 DQ Write 198 DQ Mixed 168 144% 213 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 78.2% Great: 94%
WDC WDBNCE2500PNC-WRSN 250GB 1,412 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 206GB free Firmware: X41110WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 255 196 198 200 198 196 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	74.6% Very good	Read 416 Write 300 Mixed 212 SusWrite 207 63% 284 MB/s	4K Read 26.5 4K Write 96.7 4K Mixed 14.9 110% 46 MB/s	DQ Read 357 DQ Write 256 DQ Mixed 195 176% 269 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 74.6% Great: 100%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$50 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 138 138 138 140 140 140 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	80.8% Excellent	Read 142 Write 129 Mixed 83.9 SusWrite 139 91% 124 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 195% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 80.8% Great: 84%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 1TB 12,078 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 213GB free, PID 0900 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 77 80 80 80 80 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	38.2% Below average	Read 130 Write 131 Mixed 21.2 SusWrite 80.1 115% 90.6 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.7 46% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 38.2% Great: 52%
ASMT 2115 60GB 15 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 11GB free, PID 55aa Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 24 25 25 25 25 25 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	12.7% Very poor	Read 28.8 Write 27.9 Mixed 19 SusWrite 24.7 34% 25.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.5 52% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 12.7% Great: 119%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1600 CL10 Series 0215 CMZ16GX3M2A1600C10 1302 1600 CL10 Series 0215 CMZ16GX3M2A1600C10 32GB 17 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (26^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	56.4% Above average	MC Read 20.5 MC Write 21.3 MC Mixed 17.8 57% 19.9 GB/s	SC Read 13.7 SC Write 16.9 SC Mixed 17.5 46% 16 GB/s	Latency 75.8 53% 75.8 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 56.4% Great: 66%

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Workstation 50%

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Motherboard: Asus SABERTOOTH Z87 - $193

CPU
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	849x
Core i7-4770Intel $75Bench 70%, 176,321 samples	174x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	171x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	126x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	106x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	86x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	62x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 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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Total price: $540

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $160	Nvidia RTX 4070 $515	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16