Asus SABERTOOTH Z87

Performance Results


Gaming 62% Destroyer	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 52% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (35th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 65 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	80% 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	71% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z87 (all builds)
Memory	11 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170306
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 24 '20 at 22:30
Run Duration	183 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	76% Very good	Memory 87.4 1-Core 108 2-Core 205 77% 134 Pts	4-Core 349 8-Core 559 56% 454 Pts	64-Core 566 35% 566 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 76% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6173) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 442.74 Performing below potential (58^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	80% Excellent	Lighting 100 Reflection 108 Parallax 96.5 82% 102 fps	MRender 94.9 Gravity 92.6 Splatting 94.6 77% 94 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 80% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force GS 128GB-$150 5,048 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 49GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.07 SusWrite @10s intervals: 156 130 125 131 126 123 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	71% Very good	Read 363 Write 212 Mixed 223 SusWrite 132 52% 233 MB/s	4K Read 35 4K Write 82.5 4K Mixed 39.3 147% 52.3 MB/s	DQ Read 37.1 DQ Write 107 DQ Mixed 51.4 45% 65.1 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 71% Great: 86%
PNY CS1311 480GB-$31 13,149 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 101GB free Firmware: CS131122 SusWrite @10s intervals: 420 413 125 172 131 173 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	84.3% Excellent	Read 495 Write 469 Mixed 396 SusWrite 239 90% 400 MB/s	4K Read 32.3 4K Write 90.9 4K Mixed 41.6 150% 54.9 MB/s	DQ Read 35.9 DQ Write 118 DQ Mixed 45.7 44% 66.5 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 84.3% Great: 101%
Sandisk S31024G 1TB 10,952 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 138GB free Firmware: X6107000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 182 177 179 184 186 184 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	67.2% Good	Read 334 Write 240 Mixed 298 SusWrite 182 59% 264 MB/s	4K Read 33.3 4K Write 72.3 4K Mixed 32.9 131% 46.2 MB/s	DQ Read 36.8 DQ Write 89.2 DQ Mixed 45.6 40% 57.2 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 67.2% Great: 121%
Sandisk S3 2T00 2TB 7,927 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 2TB free Firmware: 411030RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 179 176 177 183 184 183 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	70.3% Very good	Read 348 Write 341 Mixed 276 SusWrite 180 64% 286 MB/s	4K Read 33.6 4K Write 73.5 4K Mixed 37.8 138% 48.3 MB/s	DQ Read 34.1 DQ Write 89.8 DQ Mixed 47.8 40% 57.2 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 70.3% Great: 118%
Hitachi Deskstar P7K500 500GB-$159 43,620 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 66GB free Firmware: GM4OA5CA SusWrite @10s intervals: 64 57 31 46 65 64 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	31.9% Below average	Read 56.2 Write 59 Mixed 32 SusWrite 54.6 37% 50.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.9 159% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 31.9% Great: 51%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 28,220 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (60^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	50.6% Above average	MC Read 17.7 MC Write 18.3 MC Mixed 15.7 49% 17.2 GB/s	SC Read 13 SC Write 18.4 SC Mixed 15.7 45% 15.7 GB/s	Latency 70.1 57% 70.1 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 50.6% Great: 61%

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

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Gaming 61%

Destroyer

Desktop 80%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 50%

Yacht

Motherboard: Asus SABERTOOTH Z87 - $193

CPU
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	844x
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	123x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	105x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	84x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	62x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $129Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	55x
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: 90% - Excellent

Total price: $555

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $46

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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