Asus SABERTOOTH Z87

Performance Results


Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	83.2% 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	98.2% 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 (40%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z87 (all builds)
Memory	9.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140603
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 22 '19 at 00:31
Run Duration	169 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	40%

PC Performing as expected (47^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 above expectations (77^th percentile)	78.2% Very good	Memory 93.6 1-Core 93.6 2-Core 174 72% 120 Pts	4-Core 340 8-Core 561 55% 450 Pts	64-Core 562 35% 562 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 78.2% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% EVGA(3842 5671) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 436.48 Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	83.2% Excellent	Lighting 105 Reflection 113 Parallax 103 86% 107 fps	MRender 87.7 Gravity 111 Splatting 89.4 78% 96.2 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 83.2% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 113GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 378 346 369 374 391 387 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	98.2% Outstanding	Read 478 Write 427 Mixed 308 SusWrite 374 89% 397 MB/s	4K Read 18.1 4K Write 99 4K Mixed 40.1 131% 52.4 MB/s	DQ Read 356 DQ Write 323 DQ Mixed 279 226% 319 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 98.2% Great: 133%
Adata SU650 960GB 7,756 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 105GB free Firmware: P180509a SusWrite @10s intervals: 213 250 151 88 89 115 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	79.2% Very good	Read 419 Write 185 Mixed 170 SusWrite 151 51% 231 MB/s	4K Read 39.8 4K Write 44.9 4K Mixed 43.1 139% 42.6 MB/s	DQ Read 340 DQ Write 92.6 DQ Mixed 112 110% 182 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 79.2% Great: 100%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 184 186 189 192 192 191 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 180 Write 163 Mixed 80.2 SusWrite 189 112% 153 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.9 155% 1 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 113%
Hitachi HUS726060ALA640 6TB 601 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 495GB free Firmware: AHGNT1EN SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 101 102 102 103 102 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	57.1% Above average	Read 96.8 Write 95.5 Mixed 57.7 SusWrite 102 64% 87.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 193% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 57.1% Great: 101%
Lexar SD WorkflowSR1 128GB 13 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 83GB free, PID ba03 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 83 84 85 85 85 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	44% Average	Read 90.2 Write 84.2 Mixed 77.7 SusWrite 84.5 114% 84.1 MB/s	4K Read 7.6 4K Write 3.5 4K Mixed 4.8 310% 5.3 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 44% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. 4x4GB 14,299 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	57.9% Above average	MC Read 20.2 MC Write 21.6 MC Mixed 18.3 57% 20 GB/s	SC Read 13.9 SC Write 18.9 SC Mixed 16.6 47% 16.5 GB/s	Latency 60.8 66% 60.8 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 57.9% Great: 64%

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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%

Yacht

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