Asus SABERTOOTH Z87

Performance Results


Gaming 77% Battleship	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 66% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 84.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	87.9% 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	76% 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.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z87 (all builds)
Memory	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170306
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Jul 25 '20 at 19:14
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (83^rd 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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	84.3% Excellent	Memory 96.5 1-Core 125 2-Core 249 89% 157 Pts	4-Core 389 8-Core 651 63% 520 Pts	64-Core 636 39% 636 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 84.3% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Nvidia(10DE 119D) CLim: 2075 MHz, MLim: 2047 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 451.67 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	87.9% Excellent	Lighting 111 Reflection 117 Parallax 99.8 91% 109 fps	MRender 97.8 Gravity 101 Splatting 103 83% 101 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 87.9% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel SSD Pro 1500 Series 180GB-$209 7,834 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 51GB free (System drive) Firmware: LH6i SusWrite @10s intervals: 148 96 104 132 140 164 MB/s Performing below potential (78^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	76% Very good	Read 230 Write 210 Mixed 238 SusWrite 131 46% 202 MB/s	4K Read 35.5 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 40.6 160% 59.4 MB/s	DQ Read 278 DQ Write 169 DQ Mixed 100 108% 182 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 76% Great: 82%
Crucial MX500 500GB-$54 237,241 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 255GB free Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 443 443 446 429 389 391 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	119% Outstanding	Read 501 Write 453 Mixed 436 SusWrite 424 102% 453 MB/s	4K Read 38 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 54.6 183% 65.9 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 349 DQ Mixed 292 239% 341 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 125%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 227GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 150 151 149 152 149 147 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	83.4% Excellent	Read 140 Write 134 Mixed 89.2 SusWrite 150 94% 128 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1.2 238% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 83.4% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2133 C11 2x8GB 7,967 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	76.9% Very good	MC Read 27.6 MC Write 29 MC Mixed 24.6 77% 27.1 GB/s	SC Read 18.1 SC Write 22.4 SC Mixed 23.2 61% 21.2 GB/s	Latency 52.1 77% 52.1 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 76.9% Great: 79%

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

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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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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