Asus SABERTOOTH Z87

Performance Results


Gaming 71% Battleship	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 61% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 86.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	81.4% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	84.6% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z87 (all builds)
Memory	20.8 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140818
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 18 '19 at 19:27
Run Duration	233 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing as expected (58^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	86.7% Excellent	Memory 92.9 1-Core 133 2-Core 227 87% 151 Pts	4-Core 434 8-Core 716 70% 575 Pts	64-Core 714 44% 714 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 86.7% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4992) CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing below potential (71^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	81.4% Excellent	Lighting 104 Reflection 112 Parallax 101 85% 106 fps	MRender 93.3 Gravity 96.7 Splatting 86.6 75% 92.2 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 81.4% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intenso SATA III SSD 240GB 2,727 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 147GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM12.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 335 141 88 92 89 90 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	84.6% Excellent	Read 462 Write 429 Mixed 337 SusWrite 139 76% 342 MB/s	4K Read 28.3 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 34.3 140% 54.7 MB/s	DQ Read 322 DQ Write 349 DQ Mixed 181 179% 284 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 84.6% Great: 96%
SSD 253GB 69 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 160GB free Firmware: Q0512A SusWrite @10s intervals: 344 412 409 410 410 411 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 482 Write 407 Mixed 345 SusWrite 399 92% 408 MB/s	4K Read 32.8 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 49.3 170% 63.2 MB/s	DQ Read 298 DQ Write 294 DQ Mixed 222 187% 271 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 115%
WD Purple 1TB (2014)-$40 18,782 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 323GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 114 114 115 116 115 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	79.6% Very good	Read 162 Write 160 Mixed 75 SusWrite 114 94% 128 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.1 207% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 79.6% Great: 85%
Toshiba MQ01ABD050 500GB-$23 40,922 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 199GB free Firmware: AX003J SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 84 84 83 85 84 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	47.6% Average	Read 81.8 Write 81.7 Mixed 31 SusWrite 83.9 51% 69.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.6 107% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 47.6% Great: 62%
WD WD1600JD-22HBB0 160GB 2,425 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 138GB free Firmware: 08.02D08 SusWrite @10s intervals: 49 49 48 49 49 49 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	28.8% Poor	Read 51 Write 57.2 Mixed 28.7 SusWrite 48.9 34% 46.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1 173% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 28.8% Great: 32%
WD Elements 1TB 51,914 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 123GB free, PID 1021 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 14 14 14 14 14 14 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	11.6% Very poor	Read 28.8 Write 26.7 Mixed 24.8 SusWrite 13.8 31% 23.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.6 70% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 11.6% Great: 43%
SanDisk Extreme USB 3.0 64GB-$72 6,221 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 8GB free, PID 5580 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 14 14 14 14 14 14 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	32% Below average	Read 32.8 Write 28.7 Mixed 19.5 SusWrite 14.1 30% 23.8 MB/s	4K Read 6 4K Write 7.4 4K Mixed 5.4 458% 6.27 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 32% Great: 111%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 3TB 1,438 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 331GB free, PID d010 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 14 14 14 14 14 14 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	13.6% Very poor	Read 31.3 Write 28.8 Mixed 27.3 SusWrite 14.1 33% 25.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.6 87% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 13.6% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1600 CL10 Series 1302 1600 CL10 Series Kingston KHX1600C10D3/8G 24GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	46.1% Average	MC Read 16.6 MC Write 16.1 MC Mixed 12.5 43% 15.1 GB/s	SC Read 13.7 SC Write 17.7 SC Mixed 14.8 44% 15.4 GB/s	Latency 62.3 64% 62.3 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 46.1% Great: 46%

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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 $195Bench 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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16