Asus SABERTOOTH Z87

Performance Results


Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	3.62% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z87 (all builds)
Memory	10.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140818
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 21 '21 at 15:19
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (81^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 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	81.7% Excellent	Memory 90.7 1-Core 128 2-Core 251 88% 157 Pts	4-Core 392 8-Core 680 65% 536 Pts	64-Core 674 42% 674 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 81.7% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Asus(1043 8534) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.5166 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	3.62% Terrible	Lighting 3.9 Reflection 2.8 Parallax 7.5 3% 4.73 fps	MRender 8.8 Gravity 2.6 Splatting 5.3 4% 5.57 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.62% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 16GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0CB6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 495 Write 482 Mixed 314 96% 430 MB/s	4K Read 42.2 4K Write 95.1 4K Mixed 50.4 179% 62.6 MB/s	DQ Read 375 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 176 183% 300 MB/s
Poor: 63% Great: 108%
Crucial MX500 500GB-$46 237,241 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 204GB free Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 468 468 470 460 473 429 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	121% Outstanding	Read 510 Write 471 Mixed 452 SusWrite 461 107% 473 MB/s	4K Read 36.9 4K Write 99.2 4K Mixed 55 179% 63.7 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 351 DQ Mixed 297 242% 344 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 125%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 541GB free Firmware: CC29 SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 124 126 122 125 122 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	86.1% Excellent	Read 177 Write 157 Mixed 84.2 SusWrite 124 99% 135 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 141% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 86.1% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 34,385 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	60.1% Good	MC Read 21.3 MC Write 21.7 MC Mixed 18.2 58% 20.4 GB/s	SC Read 17.9 SC Write 23.2 SC Mixed 19.2 57% 20.1 GB/s	Latency 66.2 60% 66.2 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 60.1% Great: 63%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming 61%

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Desktop 80%

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Workstation 50%

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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 $300	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