Asus SABERTOOTH Z87

Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 62% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (89th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 11 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	90.4% 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	120% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z87 (all builds)
Memory	13.3 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	Apr 16 '19 at 16:26
Run Duration	140 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	13%

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PC Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4670K-$62 128,482 User benchmarks, average bench 68% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	86.5% Excellent	Memory 92.4 1-Core 124 2-Core 238 86% 152 Pts	4-Core 466 8-Core 465 62% 465 Pts	64-Core 470 29% 470 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 86.5% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3773) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 2152 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 425.31 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90.4% Outstanding	Lighting 112 Reflection 119 Parallax 113 92% 115 fps	MRender 106 Gravity 107 Splatting 108 88% 107 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 90.4% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 250GB-$40 77,177 User benchmarks, average bench 101% 111GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 410 443 442 424 428 427 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	120% Outstanding	Read 467 Write 421 Mixed 405 SusWrite 429 97% 430 MB/s	4K Read 36.7 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 58.6 189% 68.4 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 278 233% 337 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 123%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$65 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 453GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 76 76 77 77 77 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	41.3% Average	Read 67.5 Write 69.9 Mixed 43.9 SusWrite 76.5 47% 64.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.8 132% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 41.3% Great: 57%
WD Blue 640GB (2008)-$33 94,563 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 595GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 109 109 110 111 111 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	62.5% Good	Read 108 Write 108 Mixed 70.6 SusWrite 110 73% 99.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 188% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 62.5% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 23,732 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	62.7% Good	MC Read 22.1 MC Write 23.1 MC Mixed 19.6 62% 21.6 GB/s	SC Read 17.6 SC Write 22.5 SC Mixed 18.7 56% 19.6 GB/s	Latency 63.4 63% 63.4 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 62.7% Great: 61%

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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	124x
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 $130Bench 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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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