Asus SABERTOOTH Z87

Performance Results


Gaming 87% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 73% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (88th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 12 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 93.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	93.1% 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	115% 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	13.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170306
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 09 '21 at 21:55
Run Duration	147 Seconds
Run User	IND-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing way above expectations (88^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.1% Outstanding	Memory 91.3 1-Core 134 2-Core 253 89% 159 Pts	4-Core 514 8-Core 716 78% 615 Pts	64-Core 712 44% 712 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 93.1% 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: 2252 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 465.89 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.1% Outstanding	Lighting 118 Reflection 176 Parallax 121 96% 138 fps	MRender 109 Gravity 107 Splatting 105 88% 107 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 93.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 124GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 217 293 250 241 227 223 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 504 Write 485 Mixed 396 SusWrite 242 91% 407 MB/s	4K Read 43.8 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 61.5 207% 74 MB/s	DQ Read 362 DQ Write 340 DQ Mixed 346 261% 350 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 124%
Corsair Force GS 128GB-$150 5,048 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 17GB free Firmware: 5.05A SusWrite @10s intervals: 156 176 166 176 179 176 MB/s Performing below potential (85^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	83% Excellent	Read 283 Write 261 Mixed 262 SusWrite 172 55% 244 MB/s	4K Read 34.5 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 43.7 165% 62 MB/s	DQ Read 220 DQ Write 250 DQ Mixed 135 130% 202 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 83% Great: 86%
WD Green 240GB (2016) 20,831 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 91GB free Firmware: Z3311000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 200 401 102 109 64 133 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	58.4% Above average	Read 379 Write 430 Mixed 340 SusWrite 168 74% 329 MB/s	4K Read 5.2 4K Write 86.2 4K Mixed 16.3 74% 35.9 MB/s	DQ Read 161 DQ Write 314 DQ Mixed 33.4 83% 170 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 58.4% 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 way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	61.3% Good	MC Read 21.7 MC Write 22.1 MC Mixed 18.7 60% 20.8 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 23.3 SC Mixed 20.3 58% 20.4 GB/s	Latency 65.3 61% 65.3 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 61.3% Great: 63%

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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	124x
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 $130Bench 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