Asus SABERTOOTH Z87

Performance Results


Gaming 48% Yacht	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 41% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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 76.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	60.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	38.4% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z87 (all builds)
Memory	10.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170306
Uptime	1.8 Days
Run Date	Jun 14 '20 at 07:13
Run Duration	184 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing as expected (48^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 (88^th percentile)	76.6% Very good	Memory 88 1-Core 108 2-Core 201 76% 132 Pts	4-Core 352 8-Core 569 56% 461 Pts	64-Core 562 35% 562 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 76.6% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5500-XT-$217 72,993 User benchmarks, average bench 51% Gigabyte(1458 2318) ≥ 4GB Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.4.2 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	60.1% Good	Lighting 75.9 Reflection 55.5 Parallax 0.09 62% 43.8 fps	MRender 53.8 Gravity 75.5 Splatting 75 57% 68.1 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 60.1% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk PLUS 480GB 58,990 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 161GB free (System drive) Firmware: UG4500RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 203 3.9 60 9.2 44 13 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	38.4% Below average	Read 330 Write 292 Mixed 241 SusWrite 55.6 51% 230 MB/s	4K Read 11.1 4K Write 34.7 4K Mixed 17.6 58% 21.1 MB/s	DQ Read 91.3 DQ Write 77.6 DQ Mixed 44.3 44% 71.1 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 38.4% Great: 61%
WD WD7500AYYS-01RCA0 750GB 1,767 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 104GB free Firmware: 30.04G30 SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 72 73 74 73 72 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	42.8% Average	Read 75.8 Write 73.8 Mixed 53 SusWrite 72.8 51% 68.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.9 176% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 42.8% Great: 52%
Hitachi HTS545050B9A300 500GB-$71 21,137 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 139GB free Firmware: PB4OC60F SusWrite @10s intervals: 56 57 56 57 57 57 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	31.8% Below average	Read 54 Write 55 Mixed 31.2 SusWrite 56.5 36% 49.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.7 121% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 31.8% Great: 45%
WD Green 500GB (2009)-$23 63,281 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 95GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 62 62 62 62 62 63 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	37.5% Below average	Read 68 Write 73.7 Mixed 46.5 SusWrite 62.3 46% 62.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.6 125% 1 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 37.5% Great: 54%
Toshiba P300 1TB-$40 318,836 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 79GB free Firmware: MS2OA8J0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 113 110 119 118 116 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	82.1% Excellent	Read 171 Write 145 Mixed 20.7 SusWrite 115 81% 113 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.6 140% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 82.1% Great: 107%
Seagate Expansion 1TB 60,540 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 50GB free Firmware: 0710 SusWrite @10s intervals: 59 59 60 60 64 65 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	30.7% Below average	Read 45.5 Write 64.5 Mixed 62.2 SusWrite 61.1 44% 58.3 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.4 110% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 30.7% Great: 66%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-1600C9-4GAO 1315 BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. 0420 F3-1600C9-4GAO 1315 BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. 16GB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (21^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	55.8% Above average	MC Read 20.2 MC Write 21.1 MC Mixed 16.1 55% 19.1 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 19.7 SC Mixed 18.8 50% 17.6 GB/s	Latency 69.6 58% 69.6 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 55.8% Great: 63%

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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	855x
Core i7-4770Intel $65Bench 70%, 176,321 samples	174x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	172x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	128x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	106x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	86x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	63x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $135Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	56x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 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: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $540

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $124	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	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