Asus SABERTOOTH Z87

Performance Results


Gaming 122% UFO	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 103% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 89.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	139% 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	49.4% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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	25.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170306
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 07 '19 at 06:49
Run Duration	251 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (65^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, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89.4% Excellent	Memory 95.3 1-Core 133 2-Core 268 92% 165 Pts	4-Core 451 8-Core 688 70% 569 Pts	64-Core 708 44% 708 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 89.4% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-$407 316,424 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 37A7) CLim: 2295 MHz, MLim: 3675 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 419.35 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	139% Outstanding	Lighting 197 Reflection 184 Parallax 180 161% 187 fps	MRender 198 Gravity 160 Splatting 120 126% 160 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 139% Great: 134%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston RBU-SC100S37128GD 128GB 1,846 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 19GB free (System drive) Firmware: S8FM06.9 SusWrite @10s intervals: 149 7.5 25 170 30 59 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	49.4% Average	Read 496 Write 266 Mixed 64 SusWrite 73.3 49% 225 MB/s	4K Read 14.8 4K Write 26.7 4K Mixed 23.4 67% 21.6 MB/s	DQ Read 140 DQ Write 30.9 DQ Mixed 13.4 28% 61.5 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 49.4% Great: 79%
Mushkin Reactor 1TB-$50 9,565 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 47GB free Firmware: N1007C SusWrite @10s intervals: 415 422 430 424 428 271 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 494 Write 423 Mixed 309 SusWrite 399 91% 406 MB/s	4K Read 28.9 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 43.6 158% 61.1 MB/s	DQ Read 278 DQ Write 298 DQ Mixed 199 174% 258 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 105%
Jmicron Generic DISK00 8TB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 12% 33GB free Firmware: 0103 SusWrite @10s intervals: 48 53 54 54 54 54 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	6.98% Terrible	Read 43.5 Write 59.5 Mixed 70 SusWrite 52.8 13% 56.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 10.4 4K Mixed 0.7 7% 3.83 MB/s	DQ Read 0.3 DQ Write 1 DQ Mixed 0.1 0% 0.47 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 6.98% Great: 17%
Jmicron Generic DISK02 8TB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 9% 45GB free Firmware: 0103 SusWrite @10s intervals: 48 53 54 54 54 54 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	9.99% Terrible	Read 108 Write 158 Mixed 80 SusWrite 52.8 22% 99.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 10.6 4K Mixed 0.9 8% 4.03 MB/s	DQ Read 0.4 DQ Write 10.7 DQ Mixed 0.9 2% 4 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 9.99% Great: 12%
Jmicron Generic DISK03 8TB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 42GB free Firmware: 0103 SusWrite @10s intervals: 47 53 54 54 54 54 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	28.6% Poor	Read 46.2 Write 136 Mixed 80.2 SusWrite 52.7 59% 78.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 0.9 183% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 28.6% Great: 63%
Jmicron Generic DISK01 8TB 17 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 4TB free Firmware: 0103 SusWrite @10s intervals: 48 53 54 54 54 54 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	51.8% Above average	Read 126 Write 125 Mixed 36.7 SusWrite 52.8 62% 85.2 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 6.8 4K Mixed 0.7 245% 2.83 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 51.8% Great: 96%
Jmicron Generic DISK00 8TB 28 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 159GB free Firmware: 0103 SusWrite @10s intervals: 16 16 16 16 17 16 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	17.2% Very poor	Read 42.7 Write 127 Mixed 82.5 SusWrite 16.3 50% 67 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 174% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 17.2% Great: 73%
Jmicron Generic DISK02 8TB 17 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 605GB free Firmware: 0103 SusWrite @10s intervals: 16 16 16 16 17 16 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	31.3% Below average	Read 92.8 Write 13.5 Mixed 27.3 SusWrite 16.3 28% 37.5 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 0.2 4K Mixed 0.3 87% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 31.3% Great: 63%
Jmicron Generic DISK01 8TB 17 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 557GB free Firmware: 0103 SusWrite @10s intervals: 16 16 16 16 17 16 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	22.4% Poor	Read 60 Write 72.5 Mixed 64.5 SusWrite 16.3 40% 53.3 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 4.6 4K Mixed 0.5 182% 2.03 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 22.4% Great: 96%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 4x8GB 6,467 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	61.4% Good	MC Read 21.3 MC Write 21.9 MC Mixed 18.7 59% 20.6 GB/s	SC Read 17 SC Write 23 SC Mixed 20.1 57% 20 GB/s	Latency 56.2 71% 56.2 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 61.4% Great: 65%

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Motherboard: Asus SABERTOOTH Z87 - $193

CPU
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	847x
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 $245Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	85x

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	54x

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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16