Asus SABERTOOTH Z87

Performance Results


Gaming 73% Battleship	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 61% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	82.2% 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	56.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z87 (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140603
Uptime	20.8 Days
Run Date	Jan 08 '21 at 14:14
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	87.6% Excellent	Memory 90.7 1-Core 127 2-Core 258 88% 159 Pts	4-Core 455 8-Core 663 70% 559 Pts	64-Core 663 41% 663 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 87.6% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Gigabyte(1458 36B6) CLim: 1544 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 461.09 Performing below potential (74^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	82.2% Excellent	Lighting 102 Reflection 118 Parallax 103 83% 108 fps	MRender 100 Gravity 100 Splatting 94.3 80% 98.2 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 82.2% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Mushkin Chronos 240GB-$99 690 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 63GB free (System drive) Firmware: 560ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 98 69 122 120 114 MB/s Performing below potential (12^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	56.6% Above average	Read 182 Write 165 Mixed 214 SusWrite 103 37% 166 MB/s	4K Read 19.9 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 27.1 120% 50.6 MB/s	DQ Read 102 DQ Write 205 DQ Mixed 123 102% 143 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 56.6% Great: 91%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 314GB free Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 466 465 458 481 422 282 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	118% Outstanding	Read 471 Write 436 Mixed 427 SusWrite 429 99% 441 MB/s	4K Read 35.9 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 52 182% 67.9 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 357 269% 360 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 129%
Seagate ST3120026AS 120GB-$24 2,225 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 112GB free Firmware: 3.05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 55 55 56 54 54 54 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	31.4% Below average	Read 54.5 Write 54.5 Mixed 40 SusWrite 54.5 38% 50.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.9 157% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 31.4% Great: 31%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1866 C9 2x8GB 8,026 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1867 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (58^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	52.3% Above average	MC Read 18.2 MC Write 18.6 MC Mixed 15.8 50% 17.5 GB/s	SC Read 14.5 SC Write 19.4 SC Mixed 17.8 49% 17.2 GB/s	Latency 66.2 60% 66.2 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 52.3% Great: 71%

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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	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 $178	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