Asus SABERTOOTH Z87

Performance Results


Gaming 89% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 76% Battleship


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 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 89.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	95.5% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at 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	9.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140818
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Feb 26 '20 at 01:48
Run Duration	232 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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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 i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89.3% Excellent	Memory 98.2 1-Core 132 2-Core 253 91% 161 Pts	4-Core 433 8-Core 710 70% 572 Pts	64-Core 710 44% 710 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 89.3% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega-56-$170 92,053 User benchmarks, average bench 78% Sapphire(1DA2 E376) CLim: 1645 MHz, MLim: 950 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.2.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.5% Outstanding	Lighting 116 Reflection 94.2 Parallax 183 94% 131 fps	MRender 92.5 Gravity 123 Splatting 133 97% 116 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 95.5% Great: 85%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 44GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 7,368 Write 6,918 Mixed 7092 1,592% 7,126 MB/s	4K Read 574 4K Write 348 4K Mixed 389 1,553% 437 MB/s	DQ Read 1,205 DQ Write 853 DQ Mixed 955 733% 1,004 MB/s
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
Samsung 840 Evo 500GB-$150 68,337 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 57GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 379 202 73 71 60 67 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 504 Write 484 Mixed 421 SusWrite 142 87% 388 MB/s	4K Read 46.6 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 59.4 205% 71.8 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 254 221% 327 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 126%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 439GB free Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 380 446 462 466 467 468 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	135% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 482 Mixed 448 SusWrite 448 106% 473 MB/s	4K Read 49.1 4K Write 123 4K Mixed 68.2 227% 80 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 361 272% 363 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 135% Great: 133%
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 100GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 314 145 145 145 145 145 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	92.8% Outstanding	Read 372 Write 345 Mixed 314 SusWrite 173 68% 301 MB/s	4K Read 44.3 4K Write 93.4 4K Mixed 52.2 184% 63.3 MB/s	DQ Read 252 DQ Write 218 DQ Mixed 146 134% 205 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 92.8% Great: 108%
Seagate Expansion Desk 5TB 1,997 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 2.5TB free Firmware: 0739 SusWrite @10s intervals: 139 142 142 141 142 139 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	14.7% Very poor	Read 99.9 Write 129 Mixed 86.3 SusWrite 141 26% 114 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 9.3 4K Mixed 0.7 7% 3.6 MB/s	DQ Read 1.2 DQ Write 6.7 DQ Mixed 1.6 2% 3.17 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 14.7% Great: 18%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$32 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 625GB free Firmware: CC49 SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 114 113 115 116 116 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	64.5% Good	Read 110 Write 78.2 Mixed 63.9 SusWrite 115 67% 91.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 163% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 64.5% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR3 2400 C10 2x8GB 63 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	87.3% Excellent	MC Read 31.9 MC Write 32.3 MC Mixed 27.1 87% 30.4 GB/s	SC Read 23.2 SC Write 25.4 SC Mixed 27.6 73% 25.4 GB/s	Latency 45.3 88% 45.3 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 87.3% Great: 90%

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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	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 $300	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