Asus SABERTOOTH Z87

Performance Results


Gaming 104% UFO	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 88% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 86.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	122% 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	90.2% 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.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z87 (all builds)
Memory	8.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170306
Uptime	4.4 Days
Run Date	Jan 28 '19 at 23:18
Run Duration	174 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing as expected (57^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 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	86.3% Excellent	Memory 92.9 1-Core 127 2-Core 212 84% 144 Pts	4-Core 430 8-Core 673 68% 551 Pts	64-Core 671 42% 671 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 86.3% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$499 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85E2) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 417.71 Performing below potential (43^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	122% Outstanding	Lighting 168 Reflection 185 Parallax 183 137% 179 fps	MRender 119 Gravity 168 Splatting 118 109% 135 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX100 250GB-$141 42,930 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 23GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 343 121 93 84 95 101 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	90.2% Outstanding	Read 506 Write 361 Mixed 322 SusWrite 139 74% 332 MB/s	4K Read 30 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 43.1 156% 58.9 MB/s	DQ Read 281 DQ Write 320 DQ Mixed 23.2 94% 208 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 90.2% Great: 103%
OCZ Vertex 3 120GB-$42 25,948 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 4GB free Firmware: 2.25 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 452 Write 160 Mixed 216 60% 276 MB/s	4K Read 34.9 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 41.9 165% 62.2 MB/s	DQ Read 189 DQ Write 158 DQ Mixed 126 107% 158 MB/s
Poor: 53% Great: 82%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$70 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 626GB free Firmware: CC27 SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 57 26 10 10 12 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	20.8% Poor	Read 46.5 Write 27.5 Mixed 27.2 SusWrite 25.5 23% 31.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 137% 1 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 20.8% Great: 113%
Covecube Virtual Disk 110TB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 9% 100.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 5.3 7.8 4.5 4 5 7.3 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	8.23% Terrible	Read 23 Write 32.5 Mixed 11.8 SusWrite 5.6 13% 18.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.2 4K Write 0.3 4K Mixed 0.6 81% 0.37 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 8.23% Great: 10%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair XMS3 DDR3 1600 C11 2x8GB 1,675 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	57.8% Above average	MC Read 20.8 MC Write 21 MC Mixed 16.8 56% 19.5 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 22.2 SC Mixed 18.7 54% 18.8 GB/s	Latency 62.4 64% 62.4 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 57.8% Great: 61%

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Workstation 50%

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Motherboard: Asus SABERTOOTH Z87 - $193

CPU
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	858x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	175x
Core i7-4770Intel $75Bench 70%, 176,321 samples	175x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	128x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	108x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	87x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	63x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $137Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	57x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	54x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 50%, 19,207 samples	40x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 54%, 43,127 samples	40x
Vengeance Pro DDR3 1866 C9 2x8GBCorsairBench 55%, 18,444 samples	34x

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Value: 66% - Good

Total price: $685

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Intel Core i5-12600K $164	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $149
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $89
Intel Core i5-13600K $245	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $359