Asus SABERTOOTH Z87

Performance Results


Gaming 93% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 77% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 84.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	109% 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	94.6% 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	11 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140818
Uptime	1.3 Days
Run Date	Feb 24 '21 at 20:37
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	IDN-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	84.8% Excellent	Memory 93.5 1-Core 119 2-Core 239 85% 150 Pts	4-Core 411 8-Core 599 63% 505 Pts	64-Core 609 38% 609 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 84.8% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% MSI(1462 3732) CLim: 2190 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 461.40 Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Lighting 138 Reflection 114 Parallax 133 112% 128 fps	MRender 180 Gravity 131 Splatting 105 110% 139 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Trion 150 240GB-$196 15,660 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 63GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFZ12.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 309 144 165 167 163 168 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	94.6% Outstanding	Read 510 Write 482 Mixed 374 SusWrite 186 87% 388 MB/s	4K Read 31.3 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 41.2 154% 57.9 MB/s	DQ Read 353 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 191 187% 297 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 94.6% Great: 95%
Seagate BUP SL 5TB 1,348 User benchmarks, average bench 9% 167GB free Firmware: 0304 SusWrite @10s intervals: 54 64 62 64 65 66 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	7.72% Terrible	Read 70.5 Write 85.3 Mixed 62.1 SusWrite 62.3 16% 70 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 3.7 4K Mixed 0.5 4% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 7.72% Great: 13%
Toshiba E300 3TB-$116 1,216 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 14GB free Firmware: MZ6OACF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 69 73 78 78 72 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	44.7% Average	Read 81.6 Write 85.6 Mixed 19.9 SusWrite 73.9 47% 65.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.6 125% 1 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 44.7% Great: 87%
Seagate Barracuda 8TB (2017)-$87 42,465 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 127 132 123 123 133 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	62.6% Good	Read 90.5 Write 105 Mixed 68 SusWrite 126 72% 97.3 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 5.1 4K Mixed 0.6 211% 2.3 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 62.6% Great: 90%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 19,522 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1800 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	64.4% Good	MC Read 23.6 MC Write 23.8 MC Mixed 18.8 63% 22.1 GB/s	SC Read 17.4 SC Write 21.9 SC Mixed 22 58% 20.4 GB/s	Latency 61 66% 61 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 64.4% Great: 63%

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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	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 $177	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