Asus SABERTOOTH Z87

Performance Results


Gaming 68% Battle cruiser	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 52% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	92.1% 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	76.4% 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 months ago, 30 days ago.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z87 (all builds)
Memory	11 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131213
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Feb 28 '24 at 01:12
Run Duration	149 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing as expected (58^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4460-$194 245,403 User benchmarks, average bench 62% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	73.1% Very good	Memory 84.4 1-Core 94.3 2-Core 186 71% 122 Pts	4-Core 358 8-Core 360 48% 359 Pts	64-Core 356 22% 356 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 73.1% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 6600-$330 20,866 User benchmarks, average bench 86% MSI(1462 5022) Ram: 8GB, Driver: 24.1.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.1% Outstanding	Lighting 89.3 Reflection 138 Parallax 174 73% 134 fps	MRender 208 Gravity 92.8 Splatting 172 130% 158 fps
Poor: 83% ↑ This bench: 92.1% Great: 91%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS900 250GB SSD 2,686 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 99GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS900E13 SusWrite @10s intervals: 264 164 160 165 166 167 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	76.4% Very good	Read 295 Write 254 Mixed 259 SusWrite 181 56% 247 MB/s	4K Read 32.1 4K Write 68 4K Mixed 35.2 130% 45.1 MB/s	DQ Read 298 DQ Write 316 DQ Mixed 205 182% 273 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 76.4% Great: 105%
PNY USB 3.2.2 FD 250GB 46 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 160GB free Firmware: PMAP SusWrite @10s intervals: 270 270 269 269 273 272 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	62.2% Good	Read 295 Write 274 Mixed 290 SusWrite 270 64% 282 MB/s	4K Read 21.9 4K Write 37.9 4K Mixed 25.9 86% 28.6 MB/s	DQ Read 148 DQ Write 164 DQ Mixed 125 103% 146 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 62.2% Great: 85%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$78 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 262GB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 76 74 76 77 74 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	54.7% Above average	Read 116 Write 111 Mixed 65.9 SusWrite 75.4 68% 92 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.9 144% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 54.7% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 43,127 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1373 MHz Performing below potential (28^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	51.9% Above average	MC Read 18.4 MC Write 19.4 MC Mixed 15.7 51% 17.8 GB/s	SC Read 13.6 SC Write 18 SC Mixed 16.9 46% 16.2 GB/s	Latency 73.8 54% 73.8 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 51.9% Great: 63%

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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: 0P 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	69	57	60	23.5"	1280 720	ACI24C3 ASUS VN247

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Gaming 61%

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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	849x
Core i7-4770Intel $75Bench 70%, 176,321 samples	174x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	172x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	126x
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 $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	56x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 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 i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16