Asus SABERTOOTH Z87

Performance Results


Gaming 106% UFO	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 87% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 84%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	127% 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	121% 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.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z87 (all builds)
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170306
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 16 '18 at 03:46
Run Duration	174 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (80^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 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	84% Excellent	Memory 95 1-Core 114 2-Core 232 84% 147 Pts	4-Core 394 8-Core 583 61% 488 Pts	64-Core 584 36% 584 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 84% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Nvidia(10DE 120F) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 416.34 Performing below potential (72^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	127% Outstanding	Lighting 177 Reflection 194 Parallax 189 144% 187 fps	MRender 124 Gravity 176 Splatting 122 114% 141 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 1TB-$210 25,365 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 866GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 412 422 469 486 486 486 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	121% Outstanding	Read 515 Write 475 Mixed 382 SusWrite 460 103% 458 MB/s	4K Read 37.8 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 52.3 186% 69 MB/s	DQ Read 330 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 359 264% 345 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 124%
Marvell Raid VD 4TB 25 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 3TB free Firmware: MV.R00-0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 250 257 268 273 274 273 MB/s Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	31.7% Below average	Read 197 Write 211 Mixed 95.1 SusWrite 266 43% 192 MB/s	4K Read 5.3 4K Write 17.3 4K Mixed 4.6 23% 9.07 MB/s	DQ Read 15.5 DQ Write 18.3 DQ Mixed 22.6 16% 18.8 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 31.7% Great: 123%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 987GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 104 103 105 105 105 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	63.5% Good	Read 117 Write 108 Mixed 105 SusWrite 104 80% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.5 118% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 63.5% Great: 67%
Kingston DataTraveler 200 32GB 46 User benchmarks, average bench 9% 15GB free, PID 1630 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 19 20 20 20 19 20 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	10.9% Very poor	Read 33.6 Write 14.5 Mixed 10.8 SusWrite 19.6 24% 19.6 MB/s	4K Read 7.6 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 28% 2.53 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 10.9% Great: 11%
ST98823A 80GB 16 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 70GB free, PID 110c Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 35 36 37 37 36 37 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	15.9% Very poor	Read 35.4 Write 34.5 Mixed 22.4 SusWrite 36.3 43% 32.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.6 53% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 15.9% Great: 16%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 20,667 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	62.8% Good	MC Read 22.3 MC Write 22.4 MC Mixed 19.3 61% 21.3 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 21 SC Mixed 21 57% 19.9 GB/s	Latency 57 70% 57 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 62.8% Great: 77%

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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	847x
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 $245Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	85x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	62x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 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: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $535

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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 $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16