Asus SABERTOOTH Z87

Performance Results


Gaming 38% Jet ski	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 33% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 87.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	38.1% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	94.1% 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	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.

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Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z87 (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140818
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Apr 17 '16 at 18:34
Run Duration	238 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing above expectations (74^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 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	87.2% Excellent	Memory 93.8 1-Core 128 2-Core 255 89% 159 Pts	4-Core 434 8-Core 683 69% 558 Pts	64-Core 674 42% 674 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 87.2% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 770-$279 116,895 User benchmarks, average bench 34% EVGA(3842 3778) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6472 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	38.1% Below average	Lighting 47.7 Reflection 42.7 Parallax 54.4 39% 48.3 fps	MRender 57.5 Gravity 40.1 Splatting 39.5 37% 45.7 fps
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 38.1% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 79GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4246 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1060 (B1) Unknown 97 97 36 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 59 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 72 (F1) Unknown 99 99 13995068356	94.1% Outstanding	Read 486 Write 337 Mixed 353 87% 392 MB/s	4K Read 41.7 4K Write 81 4K Mixed 25.6 139% 49.4 MB/s	DQ Read 365 DQ Write 232 DQ Mixed 60.4 109% 219 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 94.1% Great: 118%
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$28 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 18GB free Firmware: Z22000RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 20 100 20 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 253 (A6) Unknown 100 100 5 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 60 (A9) Unknown 100 100 24 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 35 (AE) Unknown 100 100 2 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 67 100 193273528353 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 1 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 7605 (F1) Unknown 253 253 651 (F2) Unknown 253 253 954	83% Excellent	Read 463 Write 358 Mixed 411 91% 410 MB/s	4K Read 29.3 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 4.44 114% 51.8 MB/s	DQ Read 214 DQ Write 306 DQ Mixed 29.7 87% 183 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 83% Great: 86%
Samsung Spinpoint T166 500GB-$40 43,024 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 18GB free Firmware: CR100-12 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 253 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 7488 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9553 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (07) Seek error rate 253 253 0 (08) Seek timer performance 253 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 30540 (0A) Spinup retry count 253 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 253 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4079 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 247961 (BB) vendor-specific 58 58 43 (BC) Unknown 100 100 67 (BE) vendor-specific 74 51 26 (C2) HDA temperature 160 91 26 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 247961 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 1 (C5) Current pending sector count 253 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 253 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 253 253 0	26.2% Poor	Read 48.7 Write 42.5 Mixed 53.3 36% 48.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.34 4K Write 1.03 4K Mixed 0.31 68% 0.56 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 26.2% Great: 44%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$23 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 9GB free Firmware: KC47 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 105 99 9720600 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1007 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 66 60 3688252 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 379 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1006 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 95 95 5 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 51 488374300 (C2) HDA temperature 28 49 60129542172 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 27 27 9720600 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 32134945309048 (F1) Unknown 100 253 12167741 (F2) Unknown 100 253 317373109	70.5% Very good	Read 124 Write 122 Mixed 116 91% 121 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 1.24 4K Mixed 0.83 145% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 70.5% Great: 88%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$23 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 6GB free Firmware: KC47 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 104 99 560 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1041 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 66 60 4711480 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 395 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1038 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 89 89 11 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 52 488374300 (C2) HDA temperature 28 48 55834574876 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 28 27 560 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 49546742727049 (F1) Unknown 100 253 977132990 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3992476475	69.6% Good	Read 126 Write 117 Mixed 82.5 81% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 1.01 4K Mixed 0.72 128% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 69.6% Great: 88%
WD Elements 2TB 35,768 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 27GB free, PID 1021 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	19.6% Very poor	Read 36.6 Write 37 Mixed 13.9 35% 29.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 1.96 4K Mixed 0.19 76% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 19.6% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ares DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 2,340 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	61.4% Good	MC Read 21.7 MC Write 22 MC Mixed 18.6 59% 20.8 GB/s	SC Read 16.1 SC Write 23.5 SC Mixed 21.2 58% 20.3 GB/s	Latency 60.3 66% 60.3 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 61.4% Great: 62%

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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	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 $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