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 (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 70%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Boot Drive	84.4% 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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z87 (all builds)
Memory	13.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170306
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 05 '20 at 22:16
Run Duration	175 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing as expected (60^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 0.8 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	70% Good	Memory 67.1 1-Core 114 2-Core 222 74% 135 Pts	4-Core 392 8-Core 572 60% 482 Pts	64-Core 587 36% 587 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 70% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Asus(1043 8534) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4531 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Seagate SSD 1TB 975 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 781GB free (System drive) Firmware: ST8S1024 SusWrite @10s intervals: 362 288 317 240 372 334 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	84.4% Excellent	Read 450 Write 435 Mixed 382 SusWrite 319 89% 396 MB/s	4K Read 24.5 4K Write 63.1 4K Mixed 26.4 104% 38 MB/s	DQ Read 349 DQ Write 334 DQ Mixed 230 203% 304 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 84.4% Great: 114%
Seagate BarraCuda 120 SSD ZA1000CM10003 1TB 7,008 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 345GB free Firmware: STRSD013 SusWrite @10s intervals: 390 401 398 406 393 396 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 467 Write 439 Mixed 433 SusWrite 397 98% 434 MB/s	4K Read 28.8 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 34.5 144% 56.7 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 356 DQ Mixed 368 277% 369 MB/s
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 136%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 732GB free Firmware: CC49 SusWrite @10s intervals: 189 192 192 193 191 192 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 171 Write 152 Mixed 76.3 SusWrite 192 108% 148 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.9 159% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 112%
WD Red 1TB (2012)-$91 37,583 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 913GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 150 153 150 151 152 152 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	91.4% Outstanding	Read 167 Write 138 Mixed 66.8 SusWrite 152 95% 131 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 0.9 201% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 91.4% Great: 87%
Generic Flash Disk 4GB 16,068 User benchmarks, average bench 4% 4GB free, PID 6387 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 4.7 4.7 4.7 4.7 4.7 4.7 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	4.81% Terrible	Read 21.4 Write 4 Mixed 4.8 SusWrite 4.7 9% 8.73 MB/s	4K Read 2.9 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 11% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 4.81% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 6,144 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	81.9% Excellent	MC Read 31.6 MC Write 32.1 MC Mixed 27.1 86% 30.3 GB/s	SC Read 20.9 SC Write 21.5 SC Mixed 26.4 66% 22.9 GB/s	Latency 108 37% 108 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 81.9% Great: 86%

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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 $295	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