Asus SABERTOOTH Z87

Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 62% Destroyer


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 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	106% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	101% 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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z87 (all builds)
Memory	8.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131213
Uptime	2.1 Days
Run Date	May 07 '21 at 13:30
Run Duration	152 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	3%

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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 i5-4670K-$62 128,482 User benchmarks, average bench 68% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	73.3% Very good	Memory 93.1 1-Core 108 2-Core 213 80% 138 Pts	4-Core 297 8-Core 380 43% 338 Pts	64-Core 395 24% 395 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 73.3% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3362) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 466.27 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Lighting 135 Reflection 146 Parallax 136 110% 139 fps	MRender 118 Gravity 142 Splatting 121 104% 127 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$139 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 240GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 175 309 349 356 351 340 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 373 Write 361 Mixed 342 SusWrite 313 78% 347 MB/s	4K Read 42.3 4K Write 85.4 4K Mixed 55.2 180% 61 MB/s	DQ Read 264 DQ Write 216 DQ Mixed 238 179% 239 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 133%
Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB-$80 85,620 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 605GB free Firmware: MX6OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 123 126 124 121 107 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	73.5% Very good	Read 137 Write 130 Mixed 17.9 SusWrite 119 73% 101 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.6 153% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 73.5% Great: 107%
SAMSUNG HD103SI 1TB 414 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 459GB free, PID 1018 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 36 41 42 43 43 42 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	20.4% Poor	Read 40.1 Write 42.5 Mixed 37.2 SusWrite 41.1 55% 40.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 87% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 20.4% Great: 20%
ST2000DM 001-1CH164 2TB 149 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 618GB free, PID 1042 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 118 118 118 118 116 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	51.2% Above average	Read 154 Write 156 Mixed 81.1 SusWrite 115 167% 126 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.8 71% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 51.2% Great: 73%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 28,220 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	61.3% Good	MC Read 21.9 MC Write 22.9 MC Mixed 19.6 61% 21.5 GB/s	SC Read 15.3 SC Write 18.1 SC Mixed 17.4 48% 16.9 GB/s	Latency 61.9 65% 61.9 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 61.3% Great: 61%

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

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Gaming 61%

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Desktop 80%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 50%

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Motherboard: Asus SABERTOOTH Z87 - $193

CPU
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	849x
Core i7-4770Intel $75Bench 70%, 176,321 samples	173x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	171x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	125x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	106x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	86x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	62x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 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 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16