Asus SABERTOOTH Z87

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 64%
Destroyer
Desktop
Desktop 82%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 54%
Yacht
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 77.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics81.5% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive72.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
MotherboardAsus SABERTOOTH Z87  (all builds)
Memory9.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20131213
Uptime0.3 Days
Run DateNov 18 '20 at 19:44
Run Duration124 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU5%

 PC Performing as expected (55th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-4770-$75
SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (93rd percentile)
77.2% Very good
Memory 89
1-Core 107
2-Core 201
77% 132 Pts
4-Core 353
8-Core 556
56% 455 Pts
64-Core 558
34% 558 Pts
Poor: 58%
This bench: 77.2%
Great: 78%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD Vega Frontier Edition-$1,000
CLim: 1600 MHz, MLim: 945 MHz, Ram: 16GB, Driver: 20.7.1
Performing below potential (13th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
81.5% Excellent
Lighting 99.7
Reflection 77.3
Parallax 151
81% 109 fps
MRender 77.5
Gravity 107
Splatting 110
82% 98.1 fps
Poor: 78%
This bench: 81.5%
Great: 92%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37
35GB free (System drive)
Firmware: BBF1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 113 118 119 108 108 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
72.7% Very good
Read 278
Write 138
Mixed 212
SusWrite 115
41% 186 MB/s
4K Read 34.3
4K Write 94.7
4K Mixed 40.2
154% 56.4 MB/s
DQ Read 199
DQ Write 134
DQ Mixed 101
93% 145 MB/s
Poor: 30%
This bench: 72.7%
Great: 73%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35
416GB free
Firmware: 1A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 143 144 144 143 145 145 MB/s
Performing below expectations (38th percentile)
78.1% Very good
Read 128
Write 127
Mixed 118
SusWrite 144
96% 129 MB/s
4K Read 1.6
4K Write 2.2
4K Mixed 1.2
241% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 52%
This bench: 78.1%
Great: 109%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 2133 C9 4x4GB
4 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 2133 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing below potential (38th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
56.5% Above average
MC Read 20.7
MC Write 20.8
MC Mixed 16.6
55% 19.4 GB/s
SC Read 14.6
SC Write 19.9
SC Mixed 18.6
51% 17.7 GB/s
Latency 68.5
58% 68.5 ns
Poor: 42%
This bench: 56.5%
Great: 82%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical SABERTOOTH Z87 Builds (Compare 1,542 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 61%
Destroyer
Desktop
Desktop 80%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 50%
Yacht

Motherboard: Asus SABERTOOTH Z87 - $193

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 90% - Excellent Total price: $555
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