Asus SABERTOOTH Z87

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 81%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 83%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 66%
Battle cruiser
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 80.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics104% 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 Drive74.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
MotherboardAsus SABERTOOTH Z87  (all builds)
Memory11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20131003
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJun 23 '18 at 09:29
Run Duration156 Seconds
Run User JPN-User
Background CPU8%
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 PC Performing as expected (50th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120
SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (86th percentile)
80.4% Excellent
Memory 89.4
1-Core 108
2-Core 216
79% 138 Pts
4-Core 385
8-Core 569
60% 477 Pts
64-Core 568
35% 568 Pts
Poor: 60%
This bench: 80.4%
Great: 84%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195
CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.11
Performing below potential (66th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
104% Outstanding
Lighting 135
Reflection 144
Parallax 125
110% 134 fps
MRender 111
Gravity 132
Splatting 107
95% 116 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 104%
Great: 110%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Pro 512GB-$129
57GB free (System drive)
Firmware: DXM06B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (11th percentile)
74.9% Very good
Read 513
Write 244
Mixed 356
82% 371 MB/s
4K Read 30.1
4K Write 97.1
4K Mixed 21.3
124% 49.5 MB/s
DQ Read 34.1
DQ Write 103
DQ Mixed 18.8
29% 52.1 MB/s
Poor: 66%
This bench: 74.9%
Great: 118%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$68
935GB free
Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s
Performing below expectations (37th percentile)
47.3% Average
Read 92.9
Write 72.2
Mixed 77.2
61% 80.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 1.11
4K Mixed 0.23
63% 0.58 MB/s
Poor: 31%
This bench: 47.3%
Great: 67%
SanDisk Ultra USB 3.0 32GB-$8
29GB free, PID 5581
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
37.6% Below average
Read 136
Write 45.2
Mixed 65.9
89% 82.3 MB/s
4K Read 6.55
4K Write 2.12
4K Mixed 1.3
140% 3.32 MB/s
Poor: 11%
This bench: 37.6%
Great: 38%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown SRT8G86U1-P9M 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing below potential (6th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
31.5% Below average
MC Read 10.6
MC Write 10.7
MC Mixed 8.3
28% 9.87 GB/s
SC Read 9.4
SC Write 11
SC Mixed 10.4
29% 10.3 GB/s
Latency 67.9
59% 67.9 ns
Poor: 32%
This bench: 31.5%
Great: 60%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Typical SABERTOOTH Z87 Builds (Compare 1,548 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 61%
Destroyer
Desktop
Desktop 80%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 50%
Yacht

Motherboard: Asus SABERTOOTH Z87 - $193

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 94% - Outstanding Total price: $540
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