Asus SABERTOOTH Z87

Performance Results


Gaming 78% Battleship	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 66% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 76.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	101% 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	83.9% 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.

Very high background CPU (100%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z87 (all builds)
Memory	11.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140818
Uptime	1.5 Days
Run Date	Aug 26 '18 at 16:30
Run Duration	168 Seconds
Run User	TWN-User
Background CPU	100%

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PC Performing above expectations (71^st 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 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	76.8% Very good	Memory 90.2 1-Core 107 2-Core 219 79% 139 Pts	4-Core 342 8-Core 585 56% 464 Pts	64-Core 580 36% 580 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 76.8% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 8592) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.82 Performing below potential (42^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	101% Outstanding	Lighting 131 Reflection 142 Parallax 133 106% 135 fps	MRender 110 Gravity 124 Splatting 102 91% 112 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 335 Series 180GB-$169 2,872 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 77GB free (System drive) Firmware: 335u SusWrite @10s intervals: 141 139 143 138 127 145 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	83.9% Excellent	Read 377 Write 196 Mixed 227 SusWrite 139 52% 235 MB/s	4K Read 36.1 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 40.5 161% 59.8 MB/s	DQ Read 297 DQ Write 209 DQ Mixed 196 162% 234 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 83.9% Great: 88%
Mushkin Chronos Deluxe 240GB-$181 1,826 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 64GB free Firmware: 332ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 204 212 196 197 204 209 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	91.8% Outstanding	Read 424 Write 245 Mixed 280 SusWrite 204 64% 288 MB/s	4K Read 33.5 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 44.1 165% 62 MB/s	DQ Read 309 DQ Write 219 DQ Mixed 288 209% 272 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 91.8% Great: 90%
Patriot Ignite 480GB-$148 2,730 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 116GB free Firmware: SAFM01.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 469 466 469 450 483 341 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 490 Write 492 Mixed 312 SusWrite 446 98% 435 MB/s	4K Read 28.1 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 37.6 146% 56.4 MB/s	DQ Read 336 DQ Write 352 DQ Mixed 64.4 126% 251 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 113%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$65 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 548GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 72 74 74 74 75 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	43.6% Average	Read 77.5 Write 74.7 Mixed 63.7 SusWrite 73.9 54% 72.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.8 158% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 43.6% Great: 57%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 10,062 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (58^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	52.1% Above average	MC Read 18.2 MC Write 18.6 MC Mixed 15.9 50% 17.6 GB/s	SC Read 13.7 SC Write 19.2 SC Mixed 17.4 48% 16.8 GB/s	Latency 66.9 60% 66.9 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 52.1% Great: 63%

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Gaming 61%

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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	845x
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 $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	84x

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	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: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $540

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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