Asus SABERTOOTH Z87

Performance Results


Gaming 85% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 70% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 76.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	112% 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	10GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 10GB 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	6.3 GB free of 10 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140818
Uptime	1.2 Days
Run Date	Dec 15 '19 at 19:18
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing as expected (54^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4771-$129 11,180 User benchmarks, average bench 73% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	76.7% Very good	Memory 88.8 1-Core 111 2-Core 197 77% 132 Pts	4-Core 351 8-Core 492 53% 421 Pts	64-Core 589 36% 589 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 76.7% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super)-$210 663,603 User benchmarks, average bench 115% Gigabyte(1458 3FF6) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2175 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.41 Performing below potential (32^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	112% Outstanding	Lighting 143 Reflection 137 Parallax 155 116% 145 fps	MRender 186 Gravity 136 Splatting 110 114% 144 fps
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 123%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 120GB 1,438 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 16GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 494 Write 474 Mixed 304 94% 424 MB/s	4K Read 43 4K Write 100 4K Mixed 48.9 181% 64 MB/s	DQ Read 366 DQ Write 334 DQ Mixed 178 181% 293 MB/s
Poor: 43% Great: 102%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 53GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 375 281 276 271 264 256 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	118% Outstanding	Read 496 Write 474 Mixed 407 SusWrite 287 93% 416 MB/s	4K Read 43.3 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 61.9 206% 73.2 MB/s	DQ Read 377 DQ Write 340 DQ Mixed 354 267% 357 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 294GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 129 138 145 136 140 129 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	89.2% Excellent	Read 175 Write 125 Mixed 68.3 SusWrite 136 92% 126 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.7 133% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 89.2% Great: 114%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 183GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 126 125 125 124 124 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	65.7% Good	Read 105 Write 123 Mixed 64.3 SusWrite 123 76% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.2 219% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 65.7% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CM3X2G1333C9 0215 CM3X2G1333C9 0215 CM3X2G1333C9 10GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 2048, 2048, 2048 MB Performing below potential (17^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	43.8% Average	MC Read 15.4 MC Write 15.6 MC Mixed 13.1 42% 14.7 GB/s	SC Read 11.2 SC Write 14.2 SC Mixed 14.2 38% 13.2 GB/s	Latency 68.7 58% 68.7 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 43.8% Great: 53%

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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	847x
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	85x

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	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 $269	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 $40	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