Asus SABERTOOTH Z87

Performance Results


Gaming 68% Battle cruiser	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 57% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (38th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 62 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	93.5% 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	70.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (41%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z87 (all builds)
Memory	25.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140217
Uptime	2.3 Days
Run Date	Apr 27 '21 at 07:16
Run Duration	175 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	41%

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PC Performing below expectations (38^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 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	72.9% Very good	Memory 77.2 1-Core 109 2-Core 210 74% 132 Pts	4-Core 373 8-Core 516 56% 445 Pts	64-Core 520 32% 520 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 72.9% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% MSI(1462 3731) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 466.11 Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	93.5% Outstanding	Lighting 112 Reflection 104 Parallax 111 91% 109 fps	MRender 159 Gravity 112 Splatting 98.9 98% 123 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 93.5% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WDBNCE5000PNC 500GB 17,781 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 71GB free (System drive) Firmware: 401000WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 186 186 183 175 146 144 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	70.2% Very good	Read 268 Write 302 Mixed 208 SusWrite 170 53% 237 MB/s	4K Read 28.2 4K Write 62.9 4K Mixed 36.7 123% 42.6 MB/s	DQ Read 271 DQ Write 211 DQ Mixed 216 168% 233 MB/s
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 70.2% Great: 115%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 400GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 95 94 95 95 96 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	58.4% Above average	Read 108 Write 42.4 Mixed 73.9 SusWrite 95.2 59% 79.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 1.1 211% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 58.4% Great: 75%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 422GB free Firmware: CC44 SusWrite @10s intervals: 181 181 182 184 183 184 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 176 Write 150 Mixed 84.5 SusWrite 182 108% 148 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.8 146% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$80 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 162 165 166 161 166 164 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	99.3% Outstanding	Read 183 Write 158 Mixed 74.6 SusWrite 164 106% 145 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 141% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 99.3% Great: 114%
Seagate Momentus Thin 5400.9 2.5" 500GB-$30 168,449 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 142GB free Firmware: 0001SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 61 62 60 62 62 62 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	45.3% Average	Read 96.4 Write 98.9 Mixed 38.4 SusWrite 61.6 54% 73.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.5 89% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 45.3% Great: 61%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1866 C10 4x8GB 1,032 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	47.9% Average	MC Read 16.5 MC Write 19 MC Mixed 15.1 48% 16.9 GB/s	SC Read 11.9 SC Write 14.8 SC Mixed 13.9 39% 13.5 GB/s	Latency 85.8 47% 85.8 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 47.9% Great: 71%

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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	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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Value: 90% - Excellent

Total price: $555

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	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) $30	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