Asus SABERTOOTH Z87

Performance Results


Gaming 171% UFO	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 143% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 87.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	201% is a record breaking 3D score, it's almost off the scale. This GPU can handle all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	80.8% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z87 (all builds)
Memory	11 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131003
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 01 '21 at 05:28
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing as expected (42^nd 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 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	87.6% Excellent	Memory 94.7 1-Core 127 2-Core 236 87% 153 Pts	4-Core 434 8-Core 673 68% 553 Pts	64-Core 670 42% 670 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 87.6% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3090-$1,306 158,856 User benchmarks, average bench 210% EVGA(3842 3975) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 4875 MHz, Ram: 24GB, Driver: 461.40 Performing below potential (23^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	201% Outstanding	Lighting 297 Reflection 289 Parallax 308 242% 298 fps	MRender 320 Gravity 242 Splatting 183 196% 248 fps
Poor: 185% ↑ This bench: 201% Great: 230%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$210 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 20GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 67 60 55 45 50 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	80.8% Excellent	Read 478 Write 121 Mixed 183 SusWrite 63.4 46% 211 MB/s	4K Read 32.4 4K Write 94.6 4K Mixed 41.6 152% 56.2 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 106 DQ Mixed 175 146% 220 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 80.8% Great: 124%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$129 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 99GB free Firmware: RVT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 339 348 349 342 331 322 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	93.7% Outstanding	Read 351 Write 339 Mixed 338 SusWrite 338 77% 342 MB/s	4K Read 31.6 4K Write 77.1 4K Mixed 49.8 152% 52.8 MB/s	DQ Read 267 DQ Write 216 DQ Mixed 240 180% 241 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 93.7% Great: 133%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 794GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 102 99 99 102 103 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	34.7% Below average	Read 19.4 Write 39.8 Mixed 55.8 SusWrite 102 40% 54.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.2 43% 0.4 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 34.7% Great: 85%
WD Red 10TB (2017)-$419 1,763 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 7.5TB free Firmware: 83.H0A83 SusWrite @10s intervals: 59 87 162 155 167 162 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	90.7% Outstanding	Read 183 Write 188 Mixed 96 SusWrite 132 110% 150 MB/s	4K Read 1.7 4K Write 4.8 4K Mixed 0.9 260% 2.47 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 90.7% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR3 1866 C9 2x8GB 2,880 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	68.1% Good	MC Read 24.1 MC Write 25.5 MC Mixed 21.1 67% 23.6 GB/s	SC Read 18.5 SC Write 23.5 SC Mixed 19.8 59% 20.6 GB/s	Latency 58.1 69% 58.1 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 68.1% Great: 71%

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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	844x
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	123x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	105x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	84x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	62x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $129Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	55x
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: 90% - Excellent

Total price: $555

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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