Asus SABERTOOTH Z87

Performance Results


Gaming 52% Yacht	Desktop 70% Battleship	Workstation 46% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 71.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	73.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	71.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z87 (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170306
Uptime	2.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 07 '21 at 13:05
Run Duration	167 Seconds
Run User	IDN-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing as expected (47^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	71.6% Very good	Memory 72.7 1-Core 50.3 2-Core 212 60% 112 Pts	4-Core 380 8-Core 608 61% 494 Pts	64-Core 620 38% 620 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 71.6% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% EVGA(3842 1266) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2175 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 466.47 Performing below potential (33^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	73.6% Very good	Lighting 108 Reflection 102 Parallax 92.1 88% 101 fps	MRender 97.3 Gravity 93.3 Splatting 0.3 46% 63.6 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 73.6% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk SD8TB8U256G1001 256GB 4,613 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 108GB free (System drive) Firmware: X4133101 SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 169 177 179 169 172 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	71.4% Very good	Read 337 Write 234 Mixed 237 SusWrite 161 54% 242 MB/s	4K Read 27.9 4K Write 66.6 4K Mixed 34.1 121% 42.9 MB/s	DQ Read 266 DQ Write 212 DQ Mixed 195 158% 224 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 71.4% Great: 92%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 202GB free Firmware: CC56 SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 128 128 128 128 128 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	69.2% Good	Read 120 Write 121 Mixed 70 SusWrite 122 79% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.8 152% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 69.2% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$95 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC3C SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 128 128 127 127 127 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	68.7% Good	Read 117 Write 113 Mixed 68 SusWrite 122 77% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.8 138% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 68.7% Great: 75%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 32GB free Firmware: 1H15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 120 120 120 121 120 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	67.8% Good	Read 121 Write 113 Mixed 71.5 SusWrite 115 77% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.9 155% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 67.8% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CML8GX3M1A1600C10 Kingston KHX1600C9D3/4GX Kingston KHX1600C9D3/4GX 16GB 13 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	29.5% Poor	MC Read 10.7 MC Write 10 MC Mixed 8.1 27% 9.6 GB/s	SC Read 9.6 SC Write 10.5 SC Mixed 9.9 29% 10 GB/s	Latency 95.3 42% 95.3 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 29.5% Great: 58%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	8	6	30	32"	1280 720	XXX0000 AAA

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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	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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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