Asus SABERTOOTH Z87

Performance Results


Gaming 70% Battleship	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 60% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is 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	73.8% 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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z87 (all builds)
Memory	27.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170306
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 27 '21 at 01:29
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing above expectations (69^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 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	80% Very good	Memory 89.7 1-Core 99.4 2-Core 228 78% 139 Pts	4-Core 378 8-Core 633 62% 506 Pts	64-Core 617 38% 617 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 80% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$278 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3701) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 461.72 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	86% Excellent	Lighting 108 Reflection 116 Parallax 105 88% 110 fps	MRender 96.3 Gravity 102 Splatting 101 82% 99.7 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston HyperX 3K 240GB-$70 27,495 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 17GB free (System drive) Firmware: 507KC4 SusWrite @10s intervals: 161 144 138 139 135 130 MB/s Performing below potential (25^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	73.8% Very good	Read 198 Write 202 Mixed 274 SusWrite 141 46% 204 MB/s	4K Read 31.4 4K Write 95 4K Mixed 41.4 151% 55.9 MB/s	DQ Read 294 DQ Write 190 DQ Mixed 184 153% 223 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 73.8% Great: 94%
WDC WDBNCE2500PNC-WRSN 250GB 1,412 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 188GB free Firmware: X41110WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 253 186 195 196 196 197 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	96.5% Outstanding	Read 466 Write 444 Mixed 322 SusWrite 204 80% 359 MB/s	4K Read 35.9 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 45.4 169% 62.4 MB/s	DQ Read 370 DQ Write 239 DQ Mixed 256 204% 288 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 96.5% Great: 100%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$50 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 1TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 128 129 133 132 130 133 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	75.7% Very good	Read 133 Write 139 Mixed 88.3 SusWrite 131 90% 123 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 193% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 75.7% 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: 86 80 80 80 80 80 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	38.4% Below average	Read 130 Write 131 Mixed 19.9 SusWrite 81 115% 90.5 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.5 39% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 38.4% Great: 52%

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 above expectations (62^nd percentile)	60% Good	MC Read 21.4 MC Write 21.9 MC Mixed 18.4 59% 20.6 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 21.7 SC Mixed 19.8 55% 19.4 GB/s	Latency 67.6 59% 67.6 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 60% Great: 66%

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Gaming 60%

Destroyer

Desktop 80%

Battleship

Workstation 50%

Yacht

Motherboard: Asus SABERTOOTH Z87 - $193

CPU
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	855x
Core i7-4770Intel $65Bench 70%, 176,321 samples	175x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	172x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	128x
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	63x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	56x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	54x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 50%, 19,207 samples	40x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 54%, 43,127 samples	40x
Vengeance Pro DDR3 1866 C9 2x8GBCorsairBench 55%, 18,444 samples	34x

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Value: 66% - Good

Total price: $685

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $159	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	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