Asus SABERTOOTH Z87

Performance Results


Gaming 84% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 65% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	109% 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	50.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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	25.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131106
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 09 '24 at 14:02
Run Duration	168 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing as expected (51^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, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	77.6% Very good	Memory 85 1-Core 112 2-Core 190 75% 129 Pts	4-Core 417 8-Core 355 53% 386 Pts	64-Core 410 25% 410 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 77.6% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% EVGA(3842 2172) CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 551.86 Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Lighting 136 Reflection 118 Parallax 137 111% 130 fps	MRender 185 Gravity 131 Splatting 108 112% 141 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Pro 256GB-$175 73,119 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 31GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM05B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 98 99 96 92 93 MB/s Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	50.6% Above average	Read 278 Write 152 Mixed 186 SusWrite 96.9 40% 178 MB/s	4K Read 23 4K Write 24.7 4K Mixed 25 80% 24.2 MB/s	DQ Read 244 DQ Write 140 DQ Mixed 103 100% 162 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 50.6% Great: 116%
Corsair Force GS 360GB-$294 529 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 257GB free Firmware: 5.05A SusWrite @10s intervals: 168 205 216 230 234 223 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	51.1% Above average	Read 344 Write 250 Mixed 224 SusWrite 213 58% 258 MB/s	4K Read 20.6 4K Write 13.7 4K Mixed 17.6 61% 17.3 MB/s	DQ Read 174 DQ Write 71.2 DQ Mixed 82.4 72% 109 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 51.1% Great: 65%
WDC WDS100T2B0A-00SM50 1TB 74,123 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 167GB free Firmware: 401000WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 156 209 223 261 254 265 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	65.9% Good	Read 276 Write 289 Mixed 229 SusWrite 228 58% 255 MB/s	4K Read 23 4K Write 43.6 4K Mixed 29.7 96% 32.1 MB/s	DQ Read 274 DQ Write 214 DQ Mixed 212 168% 234 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 65.9% Great: 117%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 430GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 112 113 114 115 116 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	63.4% Good	Read 107 Write 93.1 Mixed 65.6 SusWrite 114 70% 94.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 151% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 63.4% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 4x8GB 6,467 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	57.8% Above average	MC Read 18.2 MC Write 23.1 MC Mixed 19.8 58% 20.4 GB/s	SC Read 12.8 SC Write 20.2 SC Mixed 16.5 47% 16.5 GB/s	Latency 74.8 54% 74.8 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 57.8% Great: 65%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 27: 0P 2R 3G 8B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
27%	15%	88	550	459	60	24"	1920 1080	ACI2494 VE248

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Gaming 60%

Destroyer

Desktop 80%

Battleship

Workstation 50%

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Motherboard: Asus SABERTOOTH Z87 - $193

CPU
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	857x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	175x
Core i7-4770Intel $65Bench 70%, 176,321 samples	175x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	128x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	108x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	87x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	63x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	56x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $72Bench 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: 67% - Good

Total price: $676

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	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 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	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