Asus SABERTOOTH Z87

Performance Results


Gaming 114% UFO	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 97% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	130% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	95.9% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z87 (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kolorów
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170306
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 28 '21 at 08:22
Run Duration	186 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	21%

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PC Performing above expectations (83^rd 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 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	87.3% Excellent	Memory 96.3 1-Core 114 2-Core 238 85% 149 Pts	4-Core 422 8-Core 679 68% 551 Pts	64-Core 681 42% 681 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 87.3% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti-$340 442,467 User benchmarks, average bench 128% MSI(1462 3973) CLim: 2115 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 471.68 Performing below potential (68^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	130% Outstanding	Lighting 179 Reflection 175 Parallax 185 146% 180 fps	MRender 190 Gravity 142 Splatting 119 119% 150 fps
Poor: 116% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 136%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Plextor M5 Pro 128GB-$130 4,476 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 42GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 185 254 282 266 307 298 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	95.9% Outstanding	Read 492 Write 314 Mixed 271 SusWrite 266 75% 335 MB/s	4K Read 34.4 4K Write 85.3 4K Mixed 42.7 152% 54.1 MB/s	DQ Read 321 DQ Write 263 DQ Mixed 185 168% 256 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 95.9% Great: 98%
Patriot Burst 480GB 16,899 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 52GB free Firmware: SBFM61.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 226 346 330 242 428 431 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	95.7% Outstanding	Read 273 Write 106 Mixed 345 SusWrite 334 60% 264 MB/s	4K Read 38.6 4K Write 98.5 4K Mixed 42.1 165% 59.7 MB/s	DQ Read 305 DQ Write 332 DQ Mixed 229 197% 289 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 95.7% Great: 100%
Samsung 870 QVO 1TB-$113 80,665 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 307GB free Firmware: SVQ01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 244 352 458 464 440 445 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 513 Write 489 Mixed 448 SusWrite 400 104% 462 MB/s	4K Read 41.3 4K Write 94.3 4K Mixed 51.2 178% 62.3 MB/s	DQ Read 221 DQ Write 120 DQ Mixed 157 120% 166 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 128%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMY8GX3M2A2133C9 0215 CMY8GX3M2A2133C9 0215 CMY8GX3M2B2133C9 0215 CMY8GX3M2B2133C9 16GB 14 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	85% Excellent	MC Read 31.3 MC Write 32.2 MC Mixed 26.7 86% 30.1 GB/s	SC Read 21.8 SC Write 23.4 SC Mixed 27.7 69% 24.3 GB/s	Latency 52.9 76% 52.9 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 85% Great: 86%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	8	5	60	27"	1280 720	ACI27C3 MX279

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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	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 $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) $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