Asus SABERTOOTH Z87

Performance Results


Gaming 51% Yacht	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 44% Speed boat


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 89.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	50% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	98.7% 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.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z87 (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kolorów
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170306
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 17 '21 at 19:10
Run Duration	166 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	0%

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 (100^th percentile)	89.5% Excellent	Memory 96.4 1-Core 125 2-Core 239 88% 153 Pts	4-Core 446 8-Core 668 69% 557 Pts	64-Core 663 41% 663 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 89.5% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1625 MHz, MLim: 1787 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 466.11 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	50% Above average	Lighting 71.3 Reflection 78.9 Parallax 71.2 58% 73.8 fps	MRender 71.7 Gravity 72.4 Splatting 0.2 34% 48.1 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 50% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Plextor M5 Pro 128GB-$130 4,476 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 50GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 201 288 306 288 315 315 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	98.7% Outstanding	Read 496 Write 316 Mixed 289 SusWrite 286 77% 347 MB/s	4K Read 35 4K Write 90.7 4K Mixed 43.1 156% 56.3 MB/s	DQ Read 334 DQ Write 264 DQ Mixed 200 176% 266 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 98.7% Great: 98%
Patriot Burst 480GB 16,899 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 69GB free Firmware: SBFM61.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 249 368 210 132 110 76 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	98.2% Outstanding	Read 452 Write 407 Mixed 371 SusWrite 191 80% 355 MB/s	4K Read 41.8 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 46.7 177% 63.3 MB/s	DQ Read 304 DQ Write 335 DQ Mixed 229 197% 289 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 98.2% Great: 100%
Samsung 870 QVO 1TB-$114 80,665 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 181GB free Firmware: SVQ01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 268 355 82 82 84 82 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	97.3% Outstanding	Read 517 Write 491 Mixed 450 SusWrite 159 90% 404 MB/s	4K Read 41.1 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 52.1 192% 71 MB/s	DQ Read 222 DQ Write 120 DQ Mixed 156 120% 166 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 97.3% Great: 128%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMY8GX3M2A2133C9 0215 CMY8GX3M2A2133C9 0215 CMY8GX3M2B2133C9 0215 CMY8GX3M2B2133C9 16GB 14 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	86.4% Excellent	MC Read 31.9 MC Write 32.6 MC Mixed 27 87% 30.5 GB/s	SC Read 23.2 SC Write 23.7 SC Mixed 28.7 72% 25.2 GB/s	Latency 52.6 76% 52.6 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 86.4% Great: 86%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	9	7	60	27"	1280 720	ACI27C3 MX279

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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	844x
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	105x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	84x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	62x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	55x
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: 90% - Excellent

Total price: $555

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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