Asus SABERTOOTH Z87

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	53.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 (65%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z87 (all builds)
Memory	8.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140818
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Oct 08 '19 at 01:03
Run Duration	195 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	65%

PC Performing as expected (41^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 below expectations (39^th percentile)	72.5% Very good	Memory 89.8 1-Core 98.2 2-Core 207 76% 132 Pts	4-Core 299 8-Core 455 47% 377 Pts	64-Core 496 31% 496 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 72.5% Great: 84%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 480GB 11,256 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 322GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 286 260 307 297 293 143 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	53.7% Above average	Read 534 Write 309 Mixed 314 SusWrite 265 79% 355 MB/s	4K Read 19.4 4K Write 18.3 4K Mixed 1 40% 12.9 MB/s	DQ Read 106 DQ Write 140 DQ Mixed 93.6 79% 113 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 53.7% Great: 182%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$32 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 8GB free Firmware: CC46 SusWrite @10s intervals: 130 125 141 134 133 132 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	74.7% Very good	Read 128 Write 132 Mixed 75.3 SusWrite 133 86% 117 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.5 93% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 74.7% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 27GB free Firmware: CC28 SusWrite @10s intervals: 137 138 138 138 139 137 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	78.4% Very good	Read 134 Write 162 Mixed 66.2 SusWrite 138 91% 125 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 6.6 4K Mixed 0.7 217% 2.57 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 78.4% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 535GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 159 161 161 160 161 161 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	93.3% Outstanding	Read 165 Write 134 Mixed 80.3 SusWrite 161 99% 135 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 134% 1 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 93.3% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 85GB free Firmware: CC38 SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 117 117 115 117 117 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	68.3% Good	Read 122 Write 116 Mixed 64.7 SusWrite 116 77% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 1 166% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 68.3% Great: 70%
Seagate ST500LM030-1RK17D 500GB 12,805 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 39GB free Firmware: SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.7 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	9.92% Terrible	Read 33 Write 63.5 Mixed 44.5 SusWrite 0.7 27% 35.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 0.3 91% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 9.92% Great: 67%
73 User benchmarks, average bench 8% 14GB free, PID 1642 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 9.6 13 8.2 11 9.2 10 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	8.97% Terrible	Read 25 Write 4.2 Mixed 2.5 SusWrite 10.1 11% 10.5 MB/s	4K Read 5.5 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.4 54% 2.17 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 8.97% Great: 11%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMZ8GX3M2A1866C9 Kingston KHX1600C10D3/8G 0215 CMZ8GX3M2A1866C9 Kingston KHX1600C10D3/8G 16GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 1400, 1600, 1400, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	62% Good	MC Read 23.3 MC Write 23.5 MC Mixed 18.4 62% 21.7 GB/s	SC Read 15 SC Write 19.7 SC Mixed 19.1 51% 17.9 GB/s	Latency 67.5 59% 67.5 ns
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 62% Great: 68%

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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