Asus SABERTOOTH Z87

Performance Results


Gaming 116% UFO	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 96% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 71.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	166% 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	90.2% 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 (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 23 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z87 (all builds)
Memory	10.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130626
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 06 '22 at 05:23
Run Duration	153 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing as expected (43^rd 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 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	71.9% Very good	Memory 82.7 1-Core 101 2-Core 197 73% 127 Pts	4-Core 331 8-Core 513 52% 422 Pts	64-Core 506 31% 506 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 71.9% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3070-Ti-$479 218,061 User benchmarks, average bench 158% Asus(1043 8813) CLim: 2115 MHz, MLim: 4750 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 472.12 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	166% Outstanding	Lighting 246 Reflection 218 Parallax 216 201% 227 fps	MRender 256 Gravity 166 Splatting 134 146% 185 fps
Poor: 139% ↑ This bench: 166% Great: 170%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$140 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 77GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 304 259 242 218 201 189 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	90.2% Outstanding	Read 360 Write 347 Mixed 344 SusWrite 236 72% 322 MB/s	4K Read 36.9 4K Write 82.9 4K Mixed 49 163% 56.3 MB/s	DQ Read 263 DQ Write 214 DQ Mixed 237 178% 238 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 90.2% Great: 133%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$39 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 120GB free Firmware: 05.00K05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 63 65 65 64 62 63 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	45.6% Average	Read 94.5 Write 83.5 Mixed 76 SusWrite 63.7 59% 79.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 0.9 182% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 45.6% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-12800CL9-4GBRL 0420 F3-2400C10-4GZH 0420 F3-12800CL9-4GBRL 0420 F3-2400C10-4GZH 16GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	48.7% Average	MC Read 16.8 MC Write 17.7 MC Mixed 14.9 47% 16.5 GB/s	SC Read 13.2 SC Write 18.1 SC Mixed 16.5 46% 15.9 GB/s	Latency 75.8 53% 75.8 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 48.7% Great: 61%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming 60%

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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	855x
Core i7-4770Intel $65Bench 70%, 176,321 samples	175x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	172x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	128x
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	63x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	56x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $65Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	54x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 50%, 19,207 samples	40x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 54%, 43,127 samples	40x
Vengeance Pro DDR3 1866 C9 2x8GBCorsairBench 55%, 18,444 samples	34x

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Value: 66% - Good

Total price: $685

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16