Asus SABERTOOTH Z87

Performance Results


Gaming 78% Battleship	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 65% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	87.7% 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	99.7% 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	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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z87 (all builds)
Memory	25.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20131003
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	May 19 '19 at 05:50
Run Duration	212 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (63^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 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	85.2% Excellent	Memory 96.7 1-Core 128 2-Core 184 82% 137 Pts	4-Core 399 8-Core 565 61% 482 Pts	64-Core 641 40% 641 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 85.2% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3232) CLim: 1569 MHz, MLim: 1775 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 430.64 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	87.7% Excellent	Lighting 112 Reflection 119 Parallax 108 91% 113 fps	MRender 98.1 Gravity 104 Splatting 97.3 82% 99.9 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 87.7% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$140 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 485GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 191 212 225 234 257 267 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	99.7% Outstanding	Read 484 Write 468 Mixed 423 SusWrite 231 90% 401 MB/s	4K Read 32.4 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 52.8 180% 68.3 MB/s	DQ Read 330 DQ Write 121 DQ Mixed 159 135% 203 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 99.7% Great: 133%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 72GB free Firmware: EMT0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 199 251 277 276 273 270 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	124% Outstanding	Read 484 Write 468 Mixed 394 SusWrite 258 90% 401 MB/s	4K Read 48.5 4K Write 145 4K Mixed 66.2 235% 86.7 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 359 271% 363 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 124%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 60GB free Firmware: EMT0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 194 168 112 110 107 102 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	86.9% Excellent	Read 471 Write 467 Mixed 386 SusWrite 132 82% 364 MB/s	4K Read 44.3 4K Write 100 4K Mixed 40.5 172% 61.8 MB/s	DQ Read 253 DQ Write 101 DQ Mixed 143 115% 166 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 86.9% Great: 124%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 431GB free Firmware: EMT0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 199 255 282 280 277 274 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 458 Write 471 Mixed 388 SusWrite 261 89% 395 MB/s	4K Read 46.1 4K Write 139 4K Mixed 50.3 208% 78.5 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 360 271% 363 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 134%
Hitachi HMS5C4040ALE640 4TB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 3TB free Firmware: MPAO SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 119 125 123 120 126 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	70% Good	Read 121 Write 125 Mixed 13.5 SusWrite 123 69% 95.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.6 143% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 70% Great: 70%
WD My Book 1230 4TB 40 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 2TB free Firmware: 1050 SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 120 119 124 119 120 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	68.8% Good	Read 119 Write 128 Mixed 97.5 SusWrite 121 86% 116 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.9 184% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 68.8% Great: 83%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$32 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 205GB free Firmware: 05.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 96 96 97 97 97 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	47% Average	Read 66.8 Write 59.7 Mixed 55.1 SusWrite 96.3 51% 69.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 0.9 173% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 47% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2133 C11 4x8GB 793 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	77.7% Very good	MC Read 27.8 MC Write 28.8 MC Mixed 24.8 78% 27.1 GB/s	SC Read 18.9 SC Write 23.4 SC Mixed 25 64% 22.4 GB/s	Latency 51.3 78% 51.3 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 77.7% Great: 80%

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

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Gaming 61%

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Desktop 80%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 50%

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Motherboard: Asus SABERTOOTH Z87 - $193

CPU
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	849x
Core i7-4770Intel $75Bench 70%, 176,321 samples	173x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	171x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	125x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	106x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	86x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	62x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $515	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16