Asus SABERTOOTH Z87

Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 88.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	12.6% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	107% 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

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

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z87 (all builds)
Memory	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170306
Uptime	3.9 Days
Run Date	Dec 29 '21 at 19:09
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (75^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 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	88.3% Excellent	Memory 95 1-Core 123 2-Core 242 87% 153 Pts	4-Core 440 8-Core 631 67% 536 Pts	64-Core 630 39% 630 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 88.3% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GT 1030 185,384 User benchmarks, average bench 14% MSI(1462 8C98) 2GB CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 525 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	12.6% Very poor	Lighting 16.3 Reflection 10.5 Parallax 15.3 13% 14 fps	MRender 6 Gravity 18 Splatting 16.2 11% 13.4 fps
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 12.6% Great: 15%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Seagate BarraCuda 120 SS 1TB 75 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 565GB free (System drive) Firmware: STRSD013 SusWrite @10s intervals: 378 398 423 418 414 409 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 456 Write 433 Mixed 428 SusWrite 407 97% 431 MB/s	4K Read 33 4K Write 94.7 4K Mixed 42.8 155% 56.8 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 358 DQ Mixed 370 278% 370 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 128%
Seagate SSD 1TB 975 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 535GB free Firmware: ST8S1024 SusWrite @10s intervals: 378 393 213 287 413 409 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	91.9% Outstanding	Read 461 Write 431 Mixed 377 SusWrite 349 91% 404 MB/s	4K Read 23.3 4K Write 75.5 4K Mixed 32.9 117% 43.9 MB/s	DQ Read 359 DQ Write 356 DQ Mixed 230 208% 315 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 91.9% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 931GB free Firmware: CC49 SusWrite @10s intervals: 165 188 199 200 177 191 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 175 Write 126 Mixed 74.8 SusWrite 186 103% 141 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 162% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 112%
WD Red 1TB (2012)-$88 37,583 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 931GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 152 151 153 154 154 154 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.5% Outstanding	Read 172 Write 148 Mixed 70.6 SusWrite 153 99% 136 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 0.9 192% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 93.5% Great: 87%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 6,144 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	86.4% Excellent	MC Read 32.8 MC Write 32.5 MC Mixed 27.5 88% 30.9 GB/s	SC Read 21.5 SC Write 23.7 SC Mixed 26.7 68% 24 GB/s	Latency 57.2 70% 57.2 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 86.4% Great: 86%

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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	847x
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 $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	85x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	62x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 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 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16