Asus SABERTOOTH Z87

Performance Results


Gaming 50% Yacht	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 44% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 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 85.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	53.3% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	129% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z87 (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140603
Uptime	2 Days
Run Date	Apr 12 '19 at 00:01
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing above expectations (83^rd 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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	85.8% Excellent	Memory 96.2 1-Core 129 2-Core 242 89% 156 Pts	4-Core 406 8-Core 678 66% 542 Pts	64-Core 687 42% 687 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 85.8% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Zotac(19DA 2370) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1557 MHz, MLim: 1800 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 416.94 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	53.3% Above average	Lighting 65.7 Reflection 74.5 Parallax 64.2 54% 68.1 fps	MRender 73.5 Gravity 63.9 Splatting 59 53% 65.5 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 53.3% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 311GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 440 395 358 358 355 339 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	129% Outstanding	Read 504 Write 490 Mixed 401 SusWrite 374 99% 442 MB/s	4K Read 47.6 4K Write 126 4K Mixed 66 223% 79.8 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 361 272% 363 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 129% Great: 134%
Samsung 850 EVO 120GB 63 User benchmarks, average bench 107% 36GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 381 285 284 287 285 286 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	124% Outstanding	Read 504 Write 490 Mixed 391 SusWrite 302 95% 422 MB/s	4K Read 47.7 4K Write 128 4K Mixed 65.4 224% 80.5 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 361 272% 362 MB/s
Poor: 87% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 124%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 653GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 127 123 125 125 126 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	83.4% Excellent	Read 165 Write 138 Mixed 87.1 SusWrite 126 94% 129 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 3.4 4K Mixed 1.1 235% 1.9 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 83.4% Great: 112%
WD My Book 1230 4TB 14,665 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 2.5TB free, PID 1230 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 134 133 133 135 134 133 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	55.9% Above average	Read 130 Write 134 Mixed 95.5 SusWrite 134 168% 123 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 123% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 55.9% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 122,541 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	70.1% Very good	MC Read 24.6 MC Write 25.5 MC Mixed 22 69% 24 GB/s	SC Read 18.3 SC Write 23.9 SC Mixed 22.9 62% 21.7 GB/s	Latency 53.2 75% 53.2 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 70.1% Great: 72%

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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	847x
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 $245Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	85x

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	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 i5-13600K $254	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 $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16