Asus SABERTOOTH Z87

Performance Results


Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 60% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 77.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	94.7% 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	75.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z87 (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170306
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 22 '21 at 14:59
Run Duration	165 Seconds
Run User	IDN-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing as expected (54^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	77.4% Very good	Memory 88.2 1-Core 107 2-Core 210 78% 135 Pts	4-Core 360 8-Core 548 56% 454 Pts	64-Core 569 35% 569 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 77.4% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% Gigabyte(1458 3792) CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 472.84 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	94.7% Outstanding	Lighting 118 Reflection 207 Parallax 123 96% 149 fps	MRender 96.4 Gravity 123 Splatting 113 91% 111 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 94.7% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk SD8TB8U256G1001 256GB 4,613 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 104GB free (System drive) Firmware: X4133101 SusWrite @10s intervals: 209 144 162 169 185 172 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	75.9% Very good	Read 362 Write 351 Mixed 287 SusWrite 174 66% 294 MB/s	4K Read 30 4K Write 69.8 4K Mixed 36.7 130% 45.5 MB/s	DQ Read 268 DQ Write 215 DQ Mixed 204 163% 229 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 75.9% Great: 92%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 425GB free Firmware: CC56 SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 98 98 101 100 97 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	60.2% Good	Read 111 Write 102 Mixed 85.5 SusWrite 98.9 73% 99.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.9 157% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 60.2% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$78 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 1TB free Firmware: CC3C SusWrite @10s intervals: 130 131 133 132 132 132 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	70.1% Very good	Read 113 Write 110 Mixed 63.7 SusWrite 132 77% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.9 152% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 70.1% Great: 75%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$20 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 331GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 90 92 94 92 92 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	57.4% Above average	Read 108 Write 99.8 Mixed 67.3 SusWrite 91.9 68% 91.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 164% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 57.4% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CML8GX3M1A1600C10 Kingston KHX1600C9D3/4GX Kingston KHX1600C9D3/4GX 16GB 13 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (15^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	36.6% Below average	MC Read 13 MC Write 12.4 MC Mixed 9.9 34% 11.8 GB/s	SC Read 11.9 SC Write 12.7 SC Mixed 11.8 35% 12.1 GB/s	Latency 69.4 58% 69.4 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 36.6% Great: 58%

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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 $94Bench 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: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $540

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	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