Asus SABERTOOTH Z87

Performance Results


Gaming 75% Battleship	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 63% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 87.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	86% 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	88.2% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
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, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z87 (all builds)
Memory	4.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170306
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 09 '21 at 14:32
Run Duration	146 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	9%

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PC Performing as expected (55^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	87.8% Excellent	Memory 95.9 1-Core 125 2-Core 238 87% 153 Pts	4-Core 430 8-Core 661 67% 545 Pts	64-Core 644 40% 644 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 87.8% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8599) CLim: 2088 MHz, MLim: 2083 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 461.40 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	86% Excellent	Lighting 107 Reflection 117 Parallax 110 87% 111 fps	MRender 96.4 Gravity 104 Splatting 104 83% 101 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SHSS37A480G 480GB 14,802 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 359GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM001B SusWrite @10s intervals: 363 17 310 269 274 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	88.2% Excellent	Read 486 Write 346 Mixed 320 SusWrite 261 79% 353 MB/s	4K Read 26.1 4K Write 89.9 4K Mixed 33.1 130% 49.7 MB/s	DQ Read 262 DQ Write 336 DQ Mixed 31.7 98% 210 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 88.2% Great: 110%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$31 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 376GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 37 26 35 41 32 31 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 52% Great: 109%
WD VelociRaptor 300GB-$90 11,249 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 309GB free Firmware: 04.04V06 SusWrite @10s intervals: 61 53 55 63 61 63 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	40.4% Average	Read 80.7 Write 80.2 Mixed 62.1 SusWrite 59.4 52% 70.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.2 223% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 40.4% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905403-478.A00LF 2x4GB 351 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (32^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	45.4% Average	MC Read 16.1 MC Write 15.4 MC Mixed 12 41% 14.5 GB/s	SC Read 14.5 SC Write 16.3 SC Mixed 14.7 43% 15.2 GB/s	Latency 54.2 74% 54.2 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 45.4% Great: 70%

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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	847x
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 $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	85x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 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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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $535

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16