Asus SABERTOOTH Z87

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 39% Jet ski	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 30% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 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 72.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	53.7% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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.

High background CPU (24%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z87 (all builds)
Memory	9.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130626
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Nov 15 '18 at 18:01
Run Duration	123 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	24%

PC Performing as expected (42^nd 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 as expected (46^th percentile)	72.9% Very good	Memory 80.7 1-Core 95.5 2-Core 204 72% 127 Pts	4-Core 372 8-Core 398 51% 385 Pts	64-Core 364 22% 364 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 72.9% 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: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	53.7% Above average	Lighting 67.9 Reflection 67.2 Parallax 60.8 55% 65.3 fps	MRender 72.8 Gravity 63.3 Splatting 53.3 51% 63.1 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 53.7% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$51 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free (System drive) Firmware: CC27 SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 154 111 155 158 159 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	82.3% Excellent	Read 144 Write 150 Mixed 67.5 SusWrite 143 92% 126 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.7 127% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 82.3% Great: 114%
SMI USB DISK 32GB 2,654 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 16GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 12 7.2 7.3 8.1 7.2 10 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	3.75% Terrible	Read 11 Write 7.2 Mixed 8.5 SusWrite 8.6 12% 8.83 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 4% 0.4 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 3.75% Great: 33%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1866 C9 4x4GB 4,489 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (25^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	46.7% Average	MC Read 16.6 MC Write 16.6 MC Mixed 15.1 46% 16.1 GB/s	SC Read 11 SC Write 17.2 SC Mixed 13.7 40% 14 GB/s	Latency 79.3 50% 79.3 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 46.7% Great: 79%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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%

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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	123x
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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Total price: $555

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $185	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