Asus SABERTOOTH Z87

Performance Results


Gaming 95% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 80% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	132% 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	91.9% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z87 (all builds)
Memory	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kolorów
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170306
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 28 '21 at 08:49
Run Duration	165 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	18%

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PC Performing above expectations (60^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 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	72.7% Very good	Memory 83.5 1-Core 111 2-Core 185 74% 127 Pts	4-Core 334 8-Core 564 55% 449 Pts	64-Core 547 34% 547 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 72.7% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti-$340 442,467 User benchmarks, average bench 128% MSI(1462 3973) CLim: 2115 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 471.68 Performing below potential (78^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	132% Outstanding	Lighting 185 Reflection 173 Parallax 166 150% 175 fps	MRender 188 Gravity 140 Splatting 118 118% 149 fps
Poor: 116% ↑ This bench: 132% Great: 136%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Plextor M5 Pro 128GB-$130 4,476 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 42GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 177 263 308 298 291 310 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	91.9% Outstanding	Read 483 Write 310 Mixed 280 SusWrite 274 75% 337 MB/s	4K Read 33.2 4K Write 76.6 4K Mixed 38.5 140% 49.4 MB/s	DQ Read 312 DQ Write 257 DQ Mixed 184 165% 251 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 91.9% Great: 98%
Patriot Burst 480GB 16,899 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 52GB free Firmware: SBFM61.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 212 336 299 112 95 21 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	92% Outstanding	Read 473 Write 228 Mixed 352 SusWrite 179 68% 308 MB/s	4K Read 38.9 4K Write 76.7 4K Mixed 43.8 156% 53.1 MB/s	DQ Read 304 DQ Write 327 DQ Mixed 228 196% 286 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 92% Great: 100%
Samsung 870 QVO 1TB-$113 80,665 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 307GB free Firmware: SVQ01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 218 340 428 458 462 472 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 504 Write 472 Mixed 431 SusWrite 396 102% 451 MB/s	4K Read 37.9 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 45.1 171% 62.9 MB/s	DQ Read 220 DQ Write 120 DQ Mixed 156 120% 165 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 128%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMY8GX3M2A2133C9 0215 CMY8GX3M2A2133C9 0215 CMY8GX3M2B2133C9 0215 CMY8GX3M2B2133C9 16GB 14 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (14^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	50.7% Above average	MC Read 17.6 MC Write 18.3 MC Mixed 15.7 49% 17.2 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 19.5 SC Mixed 15.8 47% 16.5 GB/s	Latency 74.3 54% 74.3 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 50.7% Great: 86%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	9	7	60	27"	1280 720	ACI27C3 MX279

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Typical SABERTOOTH Z87 Builds (Compare 1,542 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 61%

Destroyer

Desktop 80%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 50%

Yacht

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	123x
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 $129Bench 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