Asus SABERTOOTH Z87

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (88th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 12 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 87.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	94.5% 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	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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 10 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z87 (all builds)
Memory	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.8 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20170306
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 26 '19 at 09:38
Run Duration	167 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing way above expectations (88^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 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	87.6% Excellent	Memory 94.2 1-Core 128 2-Core 253 89% 158 Pts	4-Core 437 8-Core 660 68% 548 Pts	64-Core 665 41% 665 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 87.6% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 430.64 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 43% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Spcc Solid State Dis 1TB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 861GB free (System drive) Firmware: R081 SusWrite @10s intervals: 407 391 388 397 401 393 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.5% Outstanding	Read 485 Write 402 Mixed 384 SusWrite 396 94% 417 MB/s	4K Read 25.5 4K Write 126 4K Mixed 25 138% 58.9 MB/s	DQ Read 134 DQ Write 334 DQ Mixed 37.5 85% 168 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 94.5% Great: 95%
Adata Premier SP610 256GB-$100 1,898 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 9GB free Firmware: N053 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 466 Write 279 Mixed 15.2 55% 253 MB/s	4K Read 26.4 4K Write 144 4K Mixed 38 165% 69.4 MB/s	DQ Read 286 DQ Write 281 DQ Mixed 33.4 94% 200 MB/s
Poor: 56% Great: 98%
OCZ Vertex 4 128GB-$215 19,372 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 71GB free Firmware: 1.5 SusWrite @10s intervals: 367 371 371 366 362 373 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 374 Write 370 Mixed 276 SusWrite 368 78% 347 MB/s	4K Read 27.2 4K Write 168 4K Mixed 37.8 179% 77.7 MB/s	DQ Read 347 DQ Write 327 DQ Mixed 324 247% 333 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 104%
Adata Premier SP610 256GB-$100 1,898 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 151GB free Firmware: N053 SusWrite @10s intervals: 283 279 281 282 283 280 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	92.7% Outstanding	Read 465 Write 279 Mixed 222 SusWrite 282 69% 312 MB/s	4K Read 26.6 4K Write 137 4K Mixed 31.1 152% 64.8 MB/s	DQ Read 285 DQ Write 228 DQ Mixed 65.2 101% 193 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 92.7% Great: 98%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMT8GX3M2A1866C9 4x4GB 250 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1800 MHz Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	65% Good	MC Read 24.5 MC Write 23.8 MC Mixed 18.5 64% 22.3 GB/s	SC Read 17.2 SC Write 22.6 SC Mixed 21.8 59% 20.5 GB/s	Latency 59.2 68% 59.2 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 65% Great: 93%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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	858x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	175x
Core i7-4770Intel $65Bench 70%, 176,321 samples	175x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	128x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	108x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	87x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	63x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $137Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	57x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $72Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	54x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 50%, 19,207 samples	40x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 54%, 43,127 samples	40x
Vengeance Pro DDR3 1866 C9 2x8GBCorsairBench 55%, 18,444 samples	34x

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Value: 67% - Good

Total price: $676

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $164	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $149
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $89
Intel Core i5-13600K $249	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $359