Asus SABERTOOTH Z87

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 79.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Memory	20GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 20GB 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.

Very high background CPU (33%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z87 (all builds)
Memory	17.5 GB free of 20 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	4096 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors, 4096 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170306
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 11 '18 at 10:11
Run Duration	179 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	33%

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4670K-$62 128,482 User benchmarks, average bench 68% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	79.7% Very good	Memory 89.7 1-Core 122 2-Core 232 84% 148 Pts	4-Core 388 8-Core 481 56% 435 Pts	64-Core 457 28% 457 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 79.7% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4995) CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 398.11 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 70% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 128GB-$65 18,195 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 7GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM04B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 6,933 Write 5,559 Mixed 5,668 1,347% 6053 MB/s	4K Read 701 4K Write 280 4K Mixed 375 1,690% 452 MB/s	DQ Read 2,142 DQ Write 1,774 DQ Mixed 1972 1,473% 1,963 MB/s
Poor: 71% Great: 119%
Samsung 840 Pro 512GB-$129 14,996 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 144GB free Firmware: DXM06B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 436 449 433 439 442 446 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 498 Write 458 Mixed 340 SusWrite 441 98% 434 MB/s	4K Read 31.1 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 45.9 161% 60.4 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 302 DQ Mixed 162 170% 282 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 118%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 447GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 112 109 111 112 112 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	84.4% Excellent	Read 184 Write 128 Mixed 73 SusWrite 111 91% 124 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 151% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 84.4% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT41GU6AFR8A-PB HMT351U6CFR8C-PB Samsung M378B5173QH0-CK0 HMT351U6CFR8C-PB 20GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	60.1% Good	MC Read 21.3 MC Write 22.9 MC Mixed 17.6 59% 20.6 GB/s	SC Read 15.8 SC Write 22.7 SC Mixed 19.8 56% 19.4 GB/s	Latency 67.7 59% 67.7 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 60.1% Great: 59%

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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 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	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 $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	62x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 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: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $540

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $490	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	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