Asus SABERTOOTH Z87

Performance Results


Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 60% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 77.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	94.4% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	69.1% 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, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z87 (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170306
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 22 '21 at 14:53
Run Duration	185 Seconds
Run User	IDN-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing as expected (54^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 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	77.6% Very good	Memory 87.6 1-Core 103 2-Core 210 76% 134 Pts	4-Core 365 8-Core 571 58% 468 Pts	64-Core 569 35% 569 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 77.6% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% Gigabyte(1458 3792) CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 472.84 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	94.4% Outstanding	Lighting 117 Reflection 204 Parallax 124 95% 148 fps	MRender 97.9 Gravity 127 Splatting 115 93% 113 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 94.4% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk SD8TB8U256G1001 256GB 4,613 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 104GB free (System drive) Firmware: X4133101 SusWrite @10s intervals: 166 138 144 148 155 146 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	69.1% Good	Read 362 Write 342 Mixed 270 SusWrite 150 63% 281 MB/s	4K Read 27.7 4K Write 69.8 4K Mixed 27.8 114% 41.8 MB/s	DQ Read 268 DQ Write 216 DQ Mixed 200 161% 228 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 69.1% Great: 92%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 425GB free Firmware: CC56 SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 94 97 99 101 95 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	59.4% Above average	Read 110 Write 88.9 Mixed 71.4 SusWrite 97.3 68% 91.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.8 152% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 59.4% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$95 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 1TB free Firmware: CC3C SusWrite @10s intervals: 129 131 132 131 129 131 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	69% Good	Read 110 Write 103 Mixed 69.7 SusWrite 130 76% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.8 132% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 69% Great: 75%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 331GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 104 105 105 104 105 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	62.3% Good	Read 112 Write 110 Mixed 66.1 SusWrite 104 72% 98.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 156% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 62.3% 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 (15^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	35.6% Below average	MC Read 12.5 MC Write 12.1 MC Mixed 9.6 33% 11.4 GB/s	SC Read 11.4 SC Write 12.7 SC Mixed 11.6 34% 11.9 GB/s	Latency 70 57% 70 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 35.6% Great: 58%

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Gaming 61%

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Desktop 80%

Aircraft carrier

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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

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