Asus SABERTOOTH Z87

Performance Results


Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (36th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 64 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 74.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	15.3% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	81.5% 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.

Very high background CPU (35%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z87 (all builds)
Memory	9.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131003
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 11 '21 at 22:24
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	35%

PC Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4771-$129 11,180 User benchmarks, average bench 73% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	74.3% Very good	Memory 84 1-Core 102 2-Core 189 73% 125 Pts	4-Core 350 8-Core 498 53% 424 Pts	64-Core 510 32% 510 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 74.3% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GTX 470 5,537 User benchmarks, average bench 16% EVGA(3842 1470) 1.2GB CLim: 607 MHz, MLim: 837 MHz, Ram: 1.2GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	15.3% Very poor	Lighting 17.5 Reflection 30 Parallax 20.8 14% 22.8 fps	MRender 30 Gravity 15 Splatting 19.5 17% 21.5 fps
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 15.3% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX500 480GB-$38 83,298 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 330GB free (System drive) Firmware: M6CR041 SusWrite @10s intervals: 385 394 400 395 387 398 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	81.5% Excellent	Read 441 Write 324 Mixed 377 SusWrite 393 86% 384 MB/s	4K Read 28.2 4K Write 61.9 4K Mixed 19.8 101% 36.6 MB/s	DQ Read 173 DQ Write 278 DQ Mixed 29 77% 160 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 81.5% Great: 92%
Seagate Barracuda Green 1.5TB-$130 20,479 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 1TB free Firmware: CC32 SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 83 82 89 83 83 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	42.7% Average	Read 65.3 Write 103 Mixed 51.7 SusWrite 83.5 56% 75.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.6 104% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 42.7% Great: 69%
SAMSUNG HM500JI 500GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 63GB free, PID 6208 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 6 6.4 6.1 6.5 6.1 6 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	2.49% Terrible	Read 5.7 Write 5.7 Mixed 5.5 SusWrite 6.2 8% 5.77 MB/s	4K Read 0 4K Write 0.1 4K Mixed 0.1 7% 0.07 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 2.49% Great: 18%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsZ DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 1,961 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (12^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	48.9% Average	MC Read 17.6 MC Write 17.7 MC Mixed 14.6 48% 16.6 GB/s	SC Read 12.6 SC Write 17 SC Mixed 16.4 44% 15.3 GB/s	Latency 73.5 54% 73.5 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 48.9% Great: 96%

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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	849x
Core i7-4770Intel $75Bench 70%, 176,321 samples	174x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	171x

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 $95Bench 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 i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $95	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	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