Asus SABERTOOTH Z87

Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 66% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 89.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	87% 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	111% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z87 (all builds)
Memory	13.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170306
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 02 '21 at 11:40
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	IND-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (65^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89.1% Excellent	Memory 92 1-Core 120 2-Core 254 87% 155 Pts	4-Core 465 8-Core 663 71% 564 Pts	64-Core 662 41% 662 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 89.1% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Zotac(19DA 1435) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2152 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 465.89 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	87% Excellent	Lighting 108 Reflection 143 Parallax 106 88% 119 fps	MRender 104 Gravity 106 Splatting 103 85% 104 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 87% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 93GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 405 306 251 236 233 230 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 497 Write 487 Mixed 353 SusWrite 277 90% 403 MB/s	4K Read 41.9 4K Write 98.8 4K Mixed 55.8 187% 65.5 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 352 267% 359 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 124%
Corsair Force GS 128GB-$150 5,048 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 27GB free Firmware: 5.05A SusWrite @10s intervals: 168 167 180 164 166 178 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	51% Above average	Read 318 Write 258 Mixed 274 SusWrite 171 57% 255 MB/s	4K Read 11.7 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 46.6 78% 19.4 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 51% Great: 86%
WD Green 240GB (2016) 20,831 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 66GB free Firmware: Z3311000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 401 90 77 96 96 134 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	49% Average	Read 366 Write 309 Mixed 19.8 SusWrite 149 47% 211 MB/s	4K Read 9.8 4K Write 76.9 4K Mixed 0.2 56% 29 MB/s	DQ Read 168 DQ Write 300 DQ Mixed 33.9 82% 167 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 49% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 2,134 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	59.8% Above average	MC Read 20.3 MC Write 22 MC Mixed 18.6 58% 20.3 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 22.8 SC Mixed 19.3 56% 19.6 GB/s	Latency 64.1 62% 64.1 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 59.8% Great: 63%

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

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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 $40	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