Asus SABERTOOTH Z87

Performance Results


Gaming 55% Yacht	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 45% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 78.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	64.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	49.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Very high background CPU (33%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z87 (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170306
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 10 '21 at 23:32
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	33%

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PC Performing above expectations (66^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 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	78.9% Very good	Memory 94.5 1-Core 96.3 2-Core 199 76% 130 Pts	4-Core 352 8-Core 445 51% 398 Pts	64-Core 578 36% 578 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 78.9% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% EVGA(3842 6264) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2088 MHz, MLim: 2102 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 461.40 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	64.4% Good	Lighting 82 Reflection 80.4 Parallax 73.2 67% 78.5 fps	MRender 70 Gravity 76.4 Splatting 72.4 60% 72.9 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 64.4% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 120GB-$42 87,912 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 64GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z33130RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 74 77 86 90 78 MB/s Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	49.7% Average	Read 234 Write 60.8 Mixed 177 SusWrite 81.6 31% 138 MB/s	4K Read 22.1 4K Write 77.5 4K Mixed 19.3 99% 39.6 MB/s	DQ Read 153 DQ Write 113 DQ Mixed 32.3 51% 99.2 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 49.7% Great: 78%
WD Black NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB (2017)-$135 28,136 User benchmarks, average bench 121% 238GB free Firmware: B35900WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 244 202 206 189 203 198 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	85.3% Excellent	Read 334 Write 251 Mixed 240 SusWrite 207 58% 258 MB/s	4K Read 34.8 4K Write 74.7 4K Mixed 41.4 145% 50.3 MB/s	DQ Read 376 DQ Write 268 DQ Mixed 349 253% 331 MB/s
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 85.3% Great: 144%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 652GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 166 165 165 166 166 165 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 186 Write 166 Mixed 88.2 SusWrite 166 111% 151 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.2 231% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 109%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 635GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 181 178 175 178 179 179 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 176 Write 148 Mixed 86.1 SusWrite 178 108% 147 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.2 233% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR3 2133 C9 2x8GB 125 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	73.8% Very good	MC Read 27.4 MC Write 28.6 MC Mixed 24 76% 26.7 GB/s	SC Read 12.7 SC Write 20.2 SC Mixed 21.2 52% 18 GB/s	Latency 58.6 68% 58.6 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 73.8% Great: 79%

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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 $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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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