Asus SABERTOOTH Z87

Performance Results


Gaming 82% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 68% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 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 82.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	97.8% 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	92.4% 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.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z87 (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170306
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 06 '23 at 05:38
Run Duration	277 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing as expected (41^st 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 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	82.6% Excellent	Memory 91.8 1-Core 120 2-Core 241 85% 151 Pts	4-Core 397 8-Core 586 61% 491 Pts	64-Core 586 36% 586 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 82.6% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon-VII-$841 13,762 User benchmarks, average bench 101% AMD(1002 081E) Ram: 16GB, Driver: 23.4.3 Performing below potential (17^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	97.8% Outstanding	Lighting 125 Reflection 118 Parallax 206 102% 150 fps	MRender 107 Gravity 145 Splatting 85.3 90% 112 fps
Poor: 91% ↑ This bench: 97.8% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 500GB-$150 68,337 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 46GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 386 148 42 36 38 37 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	92.4% Outstanding	Read 485 Write 467 Mixed 378 SusWrite 115 81% 361 MB/s	4K Read 37.7 4K Write 79.8 4K Mixed 47.6 160% 55 MB/s	DQ Read 376 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 245 216% 322 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 92.4% Great: 126%
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 47GB free Firmware: 520ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 235 192 194 187 193 195 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	81.4% Excellent	Read 363 Write 262 Mixed 273 SusWrite 199 61% 274 MB/s	4K Read 32 4K Write 79 4K Mixed 38.6 140% 49.9 MB/s	DQ Read 277 DQ Write 247 DQ Mixed 225 179% 250 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 81.4% Great: 85%
Spcc Solid State Disk 1TB 17,192 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 404GB free Firmware: R0817B0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 340 402 203 16 209 17 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	64.9% Good	Read 441 Write 388 Mixed 279 SusWrite 198 73% 326 MB/s	4K Read 18.6 4K Write 63.6 4K Mixed 17.8 85% 33.3 MB/s	DQ Read 118 DQ Write 331 DQ Mixed 33.1 80% 160 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 64.9% Great: 101%
WD Black SN750 SE NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$95 17,877 User benchmarks, average bench 247% 74GB free Firmware: 711130WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 872 895 894 920 923 926 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	175% Outstanding	Read 1,043 Write 961 Mixed 709 SusWrite 905 203% 904 MB/s	4K Read 35.7 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 47.4 173% 64.4 MB/s	DQ Read 670 DQ Write 426 DQ Mixed 587 427% 561 MB/s
Poor: 143% ↑ This bench: 175% Great: 333%
Spcc M.2 PCIe SSD 1TB 8,589 User benchmarks, average bench 234% 254GB free Firmware: VC0S036I Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 271 274 275 259 271 274 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	94.4% Outstanding	Read 368 Write 272 Mixed 304 SusWrite 271 68% 304 MB/s	4K Read 38.2 4K Write 67.6 4K Mixed 47.8 155% 51.2 MB/s	DQ Read 374 DQ Write 286 DQ Mixed 404 282% 355 MB/s
Poor: 145% ↑ This bench: 94.4% Great: 320%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 23GB free Firmware: 05.00K05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 98 99 99 100 100 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	57.2% Above average	Read 100 Write 98.5 Mixed 66.2 SusWrite 99 67% 90.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1 179% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 57.2% Great: 76%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 1GB free Firmware: 05.00K05 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 89.1 Write 81 Mixed 40.1 52% 70.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.6 144% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 35% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown MSI Z77 MPOWER 4x4GB 98 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 2400 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (50^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	58.8% Above average	MC Read 21.9 MC Write 21.5 MC Mixed 16.6 57% 20 GB/s	SC Read 13.9 SC Write 22.8 SC Mixed 20.2 54% 19 GB/s	Latency 64.5 62% 64.5 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 58.8% Great: 121%

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Gaming 61%

Destroyer

Desktop 80%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 50%

Yacht

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