Asus SABERTOOTH Z87

Performance Results


Gaming 55% Yacht	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 46% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 82.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	63.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	97.3% 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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z87 (all builds)
Memory	19.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170306
Uptime	5.3 Days
Run Date	Nov 08 '19 at 01:19
Run Duration	192 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing as expected (51^st 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 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	82.6% Excellent	Memory 92.1 1-Core 85.9 2-Core 229 76% 136 Pts	4-Core 394 8-Core 619 62% 507 Pts	64-Core 598 37% 598 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 82.6% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 85AC) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2052 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 441.12 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	63.1% Good	Lighting 79.1 Reflection 78.7 Parallax 68.5 64% 75.5 fps	MRender 73 Gravity 73.3 Splatting 74.6 60% 73.6 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 63.1% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue 500GB-$84 19,345 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 200GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41110WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 266 235 242 250 257 256 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	97.3% Outstanding	Read 474 Write 439 Mixed 254 SusWrite 251 79% 354 MB/s	4K Read 36.1 4K Write 91.9 4K Mixed 42.7 158% 56.9 MB/s	DQ Read 358 DQ Write 290 DQ Mixed 207 187% 285 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 97.3% Great: 107%
SanDisk Extreme 120GB-$160 11,787 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 29GB free Firmware: R211 SusWrite @10s intervals: 71 66 60 63 60 62 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	63.9% Good	Read 361 Write 94.2 Mixed 139 SusWrite 63.6 36% 164 MB/s	4K Read 34.6 4K Write 82.1 4K Mixed 27.3 131% 48 MB/s	DQ Read 179 DQ Write 116 DQ Mixed 112 93% 136 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 63.9% Great: 81%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 20GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 91 91 91 93 92 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	52.9% Above average	Read 92.5 Write 68.3 Mixed 61.8 SusWrite 91.7 58% 78.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 52.9% Great: 114%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 4TB 6,400 User benchmarks, average bench 159% 33GB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 169 155 155 156 151 154 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	121% Outstanding	Read 265 Write 240 Mixed 108 SusWrite 157 140% 192 MB/s	4K Read 3.1 4K Write 5.2 4K Mixed 1.4 381% 3.23 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 236%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2016)-$114 34,353 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 22GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 86 82 86 92 89 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	52.3% Above average	Read 97 Write 40 Mixed 34.5 SusWrite 85.6 47% 64.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.3 72% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 52.3% Great: 105%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2GB free Firmware: CC26 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 102 Write 76.3 Mixed 67.5 61% 82.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 132% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 63% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 1600 C9 4x8GB 2,577 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	58.9% Above average	MC Read 20.7 MC Write 21.9 MC Mixed 18.4 58% 20.3 GB/s	SC Read 14.1 SC Write 20.7 SC Mixed 18.1 50% 17.6 GB/s	Latency 63.9 63% 63.9 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 58.9% Great: 75%

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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 $129Bench 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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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