Asus SABERTOOTH Z87

Performance Results


Gaming 55% Yacht	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 46% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 85.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	61.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	66.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z87 (all builds)
Memory	11 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140527
Uptime	39 Days
Run Date	Aug 18 '21 at 18:22
Run Duration	245 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing as expected (55^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	85.7% Excellent	Memory 85.3 1-Core 107 2-Core 260 82% 151 Pts	4-Core 466 8-Core 653 70% 559 Pts	64-Core 637 39% 637 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 85.7% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% EVGA(3842 2983) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 456.43 Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	61.7% Good	Lighting 76.1 Reflection 90.8 Parallax 79.4 62% 82.1 fps	MRender 78.6 Gravity 76.6 Splatting 70.5 61% 75.2 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 61.7% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 520 Series 240GB-$139 12,595 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 35GB free (System drive) Firmware: 400i SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 155 158 168 164 133 MB/s Performing below potential (21^st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	66.9% Good	Read 260 Write 194 Mixed 255 SusWrite 150 48% 215 MB/s	4K Read 25.5 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 24.7 126% 51.8 MB/s	DQ Read 248 DQ Write 197 DQ Mixed 198 155% 214 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 66.9% Great: 95%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 161GB free Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 439 443 427 416 425 280 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 462 Write 438 Mixed 426 SusWrite 405 97% 433 MB/s	4K Read 28.6 4K Write 127 4K Mixed 50 175% 68.6 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 361 272% 363 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 133%
Crucial MX300 275GB-$100 67,541 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 97GB free Firmware: M0CR040 SusWrite @10s intervals: 436 407 227 151 152 151 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	88% Excellent	Read 424 Write 435 Mixed 375 SusWrite 254 84% 372 MB/s	4K Read 20.6 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 36.6 140% 58.3 MB/s	DQ Read 235 DQ Write 325 DQ Mixed 304 223% 288 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 88% Great: 95%
WD Black 3TB (2013)-$151 16,992 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2.5TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 42 43 43 43 43 43 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	60.8% Good	Read 169 Write 42.4 Mixed 39.1 SusWrite 42.8 54% 73.4 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.7 137% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 60.8% Great: 100%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 40,596 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (53^rd percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	52.1% Above average	MC Read 18.4 MC Write 18.2 MC Mixed 15.9 50% 17.5 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 19.9 SC Mixed 17.7 51% 17.9 GB/s	Latency 71.7 56% 71.7 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 52.1% Great: 85%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 69: 9R 5G 9B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
69%	58%	40	322	244	120	24"	1920 1080	ACI24A4 VG248

History: Score 40: 5R 3G 6B | Score 69: 9R 5G 9B

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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	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 $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