Asus SABERTOOTH Z87

Performance Results


Gaming 109% UFO	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 91% Nuclear submarine


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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	125% 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.
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	10.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170306
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 12 '18 at 13:02
Run Duration	190 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	5%

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, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	86.9% Excellent	Memory 96.3 1-Core 111 2-Core 240 84% 149 Pts	4-Core 418 8-Core 636 65% 527 Pts	64-Core 647 40% 647 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 86.9% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Nvidia(10DE 120F) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing below potential (59^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	125% Outstanding	Lighting 174 Reflection 194 Parallax 190 142% 186 fps	MRender 125 Gravity 169 Splatting 120 111% 138 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 250GB 2,100 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 3GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXT0AB0Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable		Read 276 Write 66 Mixed 78 30% 140 MB/s	4K Read 27.8 4K Write 57.2 4K Mixed 19.2 97% 34.7 MB/s	DQ Read 350 DQ Write 67.2 DQ Mixed 53.7 79% 157 MB/s
Poor: 48% Great: 102%
Crucial BX200 240GB-$36 36,559 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 42GB free Firmware: MU01.4 SusWrite @10s intervals: 262 53 53 54 54 54 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	74.7% Very good	Read 366 Write 348 Mixed 322 SusWrite 88.2 63% 281 MB/s	4K Read 31.1 4K Write 81 4K Mixed 43.1 145% 51.7 MB/s	DQ Read 222 DQ Write 200 DQ Mixed 201 154% 208 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 74.7% Great: 91%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 17GB free Firmware: CC4C SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 152 132 115 162 107 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	63.3% Good	Read 93 Write 56.7 Mixed 70 SusWrite 128 64% 86.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.6 113% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 63.3% Great: 114%
Hitachi HDS72101 1TB 1,439 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 81GB free Firmware: JP4OA39C SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 111 114 103 76 90 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	56.7% Above average	Read 97.7 Write 94 Mixed 50.5 SusWrite 99.8 63% 85.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.8 146% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 56.7% Great: 79%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 28GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 116 134 121 79 104 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	61.3% Good	Read 106 Write 102 Mixed 66.7 SusWrite 107 70% 95.4 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 177% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 61.3% Great: 83%
Toshiba P300 3TB-$100 74,038 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 119GB free Firmware: MX6OACF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 138 139 134 138 138 136 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	69.3% Good	Read 104 Write 104 Mixed 22.2 SusWrite 137 66% 91.8 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.7 156% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 69.3% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Team Vulcan-2133 2x8GB 734 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	77.1% Very good	MC Read 28.1 MC Write 29 MC Mixed 24.8 78% 27.3 GB/s	SC Read 17.9 SC Write 22.2 SC Mixed 22.4 60% 20.8 GB/s	Latency 53 76% 53 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 77.1% Great: 79%

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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	845x
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	124x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	106x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	84x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	62x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	56x
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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Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $540

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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