Asus SABERTOOTH Z87

Performance Results


Gaming 90% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 77% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 88.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	101% 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	84.3% 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	10.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140603
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 11 '19 at 15:29
Run Duration	201 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing above expectations (73^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 4.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	88.6% Excellent	Memory 96.3 1-Core 130 2-Core 261 91% 163 Pts	4-Core 436 8-Core 690 69% 563 Pts	64-Core 702 44% 702 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 88.6% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 859B) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 419.35 Performing below potential (42^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	101% Outstanding	Lighting 130 Reflection 145 Parallax 133 106% 136 fps	MRender 113 Gravity 127 Splatting 104 93% 114 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 335 Series 240GB-$219 4,220 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 30GB free (System drive) Firmware: 335u SusWrite @10s intervals: 175 155 156 140 136 136 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	84.3% Excellent	Read 366 Write 261 Mixed 271 SusWrite 150 58% 262 MB/s	4K Read 31.1 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 43.6 158% 59.6 MB/s	DQ Read 303 DQ Write 224 DQ Mixed 228 180% 252 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 84.3% Great: 92%
OCZ Vertex 3 120GB-$42 25,948 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 24GB free Firmware: 2.25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 149 135 132 132 132 135 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	68% Good	Read 329 Write 153 Mixed 191 SusWrite 136 45% 202 MB/s	4K Read 27.2 4K Write 82.7 4K Mixed 33.5 128% 47.8 MB/s	DQ Read 180 DQ Write 149 DQ Mixed 118 101% 149 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 68% Great: 82%
Intel 335 Series 240GB-$219 4,220 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 19GB free Firmware: 335u SusWrite @10s intervals: 211 209 201 211 203 260 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	90.3% Outstanding	Read 372 Write 262 Mixed 274 SusWrite 216 63% 281 MB/s	4K Read 34.6 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 43 163% 60.9 MB/s	DQ Read 303 DQ Write 245 DQ Mixed 249 193% 266 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 90.3% Great: 92%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 931GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 137 134 134 137 135 136 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	66.5% Good	Read 96 Write 138 Mixed 29 SusWrite 136 72% 99.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.8 161% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 66.5% Great: 75%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 1TB-$100 65,786 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 931GB free Firmware: 1AA01113 SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 113 113 114 110 109 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	62.3% Good	Read 104 Write 121 Mixed 64.2 SusWrite 112 74% 100 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1.1 204% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 62.3% Great: 62%
WD WD7500AACS-00D6B0 750GB 4,630 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 190GB free Firmware: 01.01B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 68 71 71 72 71 71 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	33.5% Below average	Read 45.5 Write 42.7 Mixed 33 SusWrite 70.6 35% 47.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.8 152% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 33.5% Great: 46%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 750GB-$60 30,974 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 698GB free Firmware: 1AA01113 SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 90 90 92 92 93 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	49.3% Average	Read 80 Write 94.8 Mixed 58 SusWrite 91.4 60% 81.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.9 176% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 49.3% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 1866 C9 2x8GB 18,444 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	68.7% Good	MC Read 24.1 MC Write 24.8 MC Mixed 21.5 67% 23.5 GB/s	SC Read 18.1 SC Write 24 SC Mixed 21.8 61% 21.3 GB/s	Latency 53 75% 53 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 68.7% Great: 71%

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

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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