Asus SABERTOOTH Z87

Performance Results


Gaming 32% Sail boat	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 27% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	35.3% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	87.2% 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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z87 (all builds)
Memory	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kolorów
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20170306
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 27 '22 at 21:07
Run Duration	225 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing as expected (50^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 way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	81.8% Excellent	Memory 92.3 1-Core 86.1 2-Core 235 77% 138 Pts	4-Core 385 8-Core 562 59% 474 Pts	64-Core 554 34% 554 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 81.8% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 770-$279 116,895 User benchmarks, average bench 34% Gigabyte(1458 3603) 2GB CLim: 1293 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 473.81 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	35.3% Below average	Lighting 41.1 Reflection 61.8 Parallax 53.8 34% 52.2 fps	MRender 54.9 Gravity 50.5 Splatting 40.4 39% 48.6 fps
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 35.3% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata SU650 240GB-$70 47,016 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 132GB free (System drive) Firmware: V8X01c62 SusWrite @10s intervals: 249 368 375 381 379 380 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	87.2% Excellent	Read 422 Write 376 Mixed 354 SusWrite 355 85% 377 MB/s	4K Read 26.2 4K Write 85.8 4K Mixed 36.5 132% 49.5 MB/s	DQ Read 118 DQ Write 236 DQ Mixed 176 134% 177 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 87.2% Great: 99%
Kingston SNV2S1000G 1TB 75,739 User benchmarks, average bench 260% 931GB free Firmware: ELFK0S.4 SusWrite @10s intervals: 729 1109 1167 1185 1184 1185 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	253% Outstanding	Read 1,063 Write 1,194 Mixed 1,110 SusWrite 1,093 252% 1,115 MB/s	4K Read 65.2 4K Write 196 4K Mixed 93.2 322% 118 MB/s	DQ Read 1,167 DQ Write 821 DQ Mixed 966 729% 985 MB/s
Poor: 150% ↑ This bench: 253% Great: 352%
Gigabyte GP-GM30512G-G 512GB 701 User benchmarks, average bench 242% 468GB free Firmware: VB411G01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 235 351 356 361 361 361 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	120% Outstanding	Read 380 Write 354 Mixed 362 SusWrite 337 81% 358 MB/s	4K Read 55.3 4K Write 100 4K Mixed 68.8 225% 74.7 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 255 DQ Mixed 447 299% 362 MB/s
Poor: 137% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 332%
Seagate SkyHawk 2TB (2016)-$80 9,128 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 252GB free Firmware: CV12 SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 100 101 100 101 98 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	56.4% Above average	Read 98.2 Write 101 Mixed 71.2 SusWrite 98.3 68% 92.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 130% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 56.4% Great: 99%
Generic Flash Disk 32GB 9,471 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 22GB free, PID 6387 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 3.2 4.2 4.2 4.2 4.2 4.2 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	4.39% Terrible	Read 16.1 Write 0.7 Mixed 4.2 SusWrite 4 6% 6.25 MB/s	4K Read 5 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 18% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.39% Great: 21%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1866C9D3/4GX KHX1866C9D3/4GX 0420 F3-1866C9-8GXM 16GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 1800, 1800, 1800 MHz 4096, 4096, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	35.7% Below average	MC Read 11.9 MC Write 12 MC Mixed 9.6 32% 11.2 GB/s	SC Read 11.4 SC Write 13 SC Mixed 12.3 35% 12.2 GB/s	Latency 63.5 63% 63.5 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 35.7% Great: 40%

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Gaming 61%

Destroyer

Desktop 80%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 50%

Yacht

Motherboard: Asus SABERTOOTH Z87 - $193

CPU
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	847x
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 $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	85x

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	54x

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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $64	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16