Asus SABERTOOTH Z87

Performance Results


Gaming 104% UFO	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 87% Aircraft carrier


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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	123% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	88.5% 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.

High background CPU (27%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z87 (all builds)
Memory	10.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131213
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 13 '21 at 02:02
Run Duration	130 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	27%

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 i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	84.9% Excellent	Memory 93.8 1-Core 121 2-Core 217 83% 144 Pts	4-Core 411 8-Core 632 64% 521 Pts	64-Core 630 39% 630 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 84.9% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 3752) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 465.89 Performing below potential (47^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	123% Outstanding	Lighting 165 Reflection 179 Parallax 175 135% 173 fps	MRender 126 Gravity 175 Splatting 126 116% 142 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 71GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 181 177 182 176 161 144 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	88.5% Excellent	Read 345 Write 336 Mixed 307 SusWrite 170 65% 290 MB/s	4K Read 38.7 4K Write 87.8 4K Mixed 51.9 172% 59.5 MB/s	DQ Read 270 DQ Write 210 DQ Mixed 235 177% 238 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 88.5% Great: 124%
Samsung MZ7KM1T9HMJP-00005 2TB 136 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 1TB free Firmware: GXM5104Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 182 181 184 193 206 223 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	86.9% Excellent	Read 360 Write 349 Mixed 333 SusWrite 195 70% 309 MB/s	4K Read 33.5 4K Write 91.8 4K Mixed 47.3 160% 57.5 MB/s	DQ Read 269 DQ Write 212 DQ Mixed 235 178% 239 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 86.9% Great: 125%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 1866 C9 4x4GB 1,755 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	66.2% Good	MC Read 24 MC Write 25 MC Mixed 21.1 67% 23.4 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 20.4 SC Mixed 18.5 52% 18.1 GB/s	Latency 60.4 66% 60.4 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 66.2% Great: 73%

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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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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 $94Bench 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: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $540

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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