Asus SABERTOOTH Z87

Performance Results


Gaming 111% UFO	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 93% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (93rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 7 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 87.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	128% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	105% 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

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z87 (all builds)
Memory	13.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170306
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 05 '18 at 17:25
Run Duration	129 Seconds
Run User	SAU-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing way above expectations (93^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 (99^th percentile)	87.6% Excellent	Memory 94.3 1-Core 125 2-Core 243 87% 154 Pts	4-Core 436 8-Core 659 68% 548 Pts	64-Core 660 41% 660 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 87.6% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-$407 316,424 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 865F) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.22 Performing below potential (78^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	128% Outstanding	Lighting 178 Reflection 166 Parallax 175 145% 173 fps	MRender 181 Gravity 148 Splatting 112 116% 147 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 128% Great: 134%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Neutron XTi 240GB-$149 846 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 187GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFC02.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 369 375 373 380 381 379 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 505 Write 379 Mixed 326 SusWrite 376 89% 396 MB/s	4K Read 30.9 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 38.8 152% 58.1 MB/s	DQ Read 328 DQ Write 349 DQ Mixed 158 169% 279 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 104%
Corsair Neutron XTi 960GB-$358 174 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 310GB free Firmware: SAFC02.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 450 466 468 481 480 481 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 489 Write 476 Mixed 317 SusWrite 471 99% 438 MB/s	4K Read 31.4 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 40.3 156% 59.8 MB/s	DQ Read 309 DQ Write 341 DQ Mixed 182 176% 277 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 111%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 28,220 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	60.3% Good	MC Read 21.2 MC Write 21.7 MC Mixed 18.4 58% 20.4 GB/s	SC Read 15.3 SC Write 22.9 SC Mixed 19.7 55% 19.3 GB/s	Latency 58.9 68% 58.9 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 60.3% Great: 61%

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

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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 $90Bench 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: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $535

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $178	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