Asus SABERTOOTH Z87

Performance Results


Gaming 88% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 73% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 84.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	104% 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	71.4% 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.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z87 (all builds)
Memory	10.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140818
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jul 07 '18 at 14:44
Run Duration	188 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (80^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 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	84.5% Excellent	Memory 94.3 1-Core 120 2-Core 231 85% 149 Pts	4-Core 403 8-Core 590 62% 497 Pts	64-Core 634 39% 634 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 84.5% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3702) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing below potential (71^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	104% Outstanding	Lighting 135 Reflection 146 Parallax 139 110% 140 fps	MRender 112 Gravity 130 Splatting 106 94% 116 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 250GB-$251 41,998 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 119GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXT08B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 137 109 102 95 88 90 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	71.4% Very good	Read 430 Write 147 Mixed 148 SusWrite 104 45% 207 MB/s	4K Read 29.9 4K Write 85.3 4K Mixed 25.7 123% 47 MB/s	DQ Read 359 DQ Write 142 DQ Mixed 55.2 92% 185 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 71.4% Great: 85%
Samsung PM800 2.5" 128GB 1,159 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 49GB free Firmware: VBM25D1Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 67 66 57 55 53 51 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	28.7% Poor	Read 213 Write 92 Mixed 157 SusWrite 58 29% 130 MB/s	4K Read 25.1 4K Write 9.5 4K Mixed 9.6 55% 14.7 MB/s	DQ Read 16.5 DQ Write 6.7 DQ Mixed 9.5 8% 10.9 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 28.7% Great: 32%
RTNRB128RFM2KWDL 128GB 104 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 44GB free Firmware: R2001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 142 133 122 131 129 127 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	64.5% Good	Read 361 Write 140 Mixed 162 SusWrite 131 44% 199 MB/s	4K Read 23.6 4K Write 76.7 4K Mixed 27.9 112% 42.7 MB/s	DQ Read 215 DQ Write 142 DQ Mixed 110 100% 156 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 64.5% Great: 67%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$63 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 957GB free Firmware: CC25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 155 160 161 163 164 164 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	93.2% Outstanding	Read 164 Write 130 Mixed 85.5 SusWrite 161 99% 135 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 93.2% Great: 113%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$64 143,477 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 717GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 109 109 109 111 110 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	72.9% Very good	Read 144 Write 140 Mixed 121 SusWrite 110 96% 129 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 0.9 183% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 72.9% Great: 85%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 500GB-$39 47,332 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 248GB free Firmware: 0005DEM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 101 102 100 101 100 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	57.1% Above average	Read 98.5 Write 77.5 Mixed 46 SusWrite 101 59% 80.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.8 129% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 57.1% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMX8GX3M2A1600C9 Hynix HMT351U6CFR8C-PB 0215 CMX8GX3M2A1600C9 Hynix HMT351U6CFR8C-PB 16GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	60.7% Good	MC Read 21.4 MC Write 22 MC Mixed 18.7 59% 20.7 GB/s	SC Read 15.7 SC Write 21.6 SC Mixed 19.5 54% 18.9 GB/s	Latency 59 68% 59 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 60.7% Great: 61%

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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	844x
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	123x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	105x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	84x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	62x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	55x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $95Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	53x

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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Total price: $555

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16