Asus SABERTOOTH Z87

Performance Results


Gaming 42% Speed boat	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 35% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 84.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	46.6% 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	88.8% 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	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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.

Very high background CPU (42%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z87 (all builds)
Memory	8.7 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130419
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 19 '20 at 08:05
Run Duration	129 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	42%

PC Performing above expectations (76^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 (96^th percentile)	84.3% Excellent	Memory 90.4 1-Core 112 2-Core 221 80% 141 Pts	4-Core 428 8-Core 579 64% 503 Pts	64-Core 575 36% 575 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 84.3% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Asus(1043 8508) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 445.87 Performing below potential (37^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	46.6% Average	Lighting 56 Reflection 64.6 Parallax 57.5 46% 59.4 fps	MRender 70.8 Gravity 58 Splatting 52.3 48% 60.4 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 46.6% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SSD 960GB 1,660 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 858GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFM61.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 414 411 423 222 96 99 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	88.8% Excellent	Read 442 Write 258 Mixed 331 SusWrite 278 73% 327 MB/s	4K Read 30.1 4K Write 94 4K Mixed 33.8 139% 52.6 MB/s	DQ Read 247 DQ Write 296 DQ Mixed 191 166% 245 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 88.8% Great: 104%
53 User benchmarks, average bench 12% 25GB free, PID 5100 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 15 9.7 8.9 9.5 9.1 8.9 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	16.7% Very poor	Read 69.8 Write 65.2 Mixed 31.7 SusWrite 10.2 55% 44.2 MB/s	4K Read 5.5 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 1.4 102% 2.63 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 16.7% Great: 16%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 1315 BLS2G3D1609DS1S00. 0215 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 1315 BLS2G3D1609DS1S00. 12GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 2048, 4096, 2048 MB Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	51.1% Above average	MC Read 17.6 MC Write 18.3 MC Mixed 15.6 49% 17.2 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 19.1 SC Mixed 16.3 47% 16.6 GB/s	Latency 66.7 60% 66.7 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 51.1% Great: 51%

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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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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	849x
Core i7-4770Intel $75Bench 70%, 176,321 samples	174x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	172x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	126x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	106x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	86x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	62x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	56x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $75Bench 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: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $535

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16