Asus SABERTOOTH Z87

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 82.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	92.2% 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.

Very high background CPU (58%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z87 (all builds)
Memory	11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131003
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 15 '16 at 20:40
Run Duration	247 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	58%

PC Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	82.3% Excellent	Memory 88.7 1-Core 112 2-Core 214 79% 138 Pts	4-Core 413 8-Core 570 62% 492 Pts	64-Core 586 36% 586 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 82.3% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3236) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6839 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 106 Reflection 109 Parallax 97.9 86% 104 fps	Gravity 93.3 Splatting 86.5 79% 89.9 fps
Poor: 70% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston HyperX 120GB 3,401 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 43GB free Firmware: 320ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 92 92 4833715 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 72 72 -28226525044519 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2884 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 145 (B1) Unknown 0 0 4 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 41 21477523486 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 4833715 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 4833715 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 4833715 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 10613 (EA) Unknown 0 0 10116 (F1) Unknown 0 0 10116 (F2) Unknown 0 0 15828	72.7% Very good	Read 506 Write 145 Mixed 204 62% 285 MB/s	4K Read 34.3 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 17.8 130% 52.1 MB/s	DQ Read 144 DQ Write 139 DQ Mixed 14.2 46% 98.9 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 72.7% Great: 81%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 41GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 6589 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1147 (B1) Unknown 96 96 39 (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 63 56 37 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 1 (EB) Unknown 99 99 110 (F1) Unknown 99 99 32250591129	92.2% Outstanding	Read 503 Write 343 Mixed 344 88% 397 MB/s	4K Read 41.4 4K Write 71 4K Mixed 24.2 131% 45.5 MB/s	DQ Read 331 DQ Write 233 DQ Mixed 75 112% 213 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 92.2% Great: 118%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 1TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 149 141 11541 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1115 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 6644 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1102 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 64 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1050 (C2) HDA temperature 109 103 43 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	78.7% Very good	Read 116 Write 158 Mixed 145 106% 140 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 2.94 4K Mixed 0.22 95% 1.18 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 78.7% Great: 112%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$60 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 615GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 166 158 6666 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4597 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 196 0 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 13049 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2535 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 184 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 161 161 117503 (C2) HDA temperature 117 106 33 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 4 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	31.1% Below average	Read 53.5 Write 54.6 Mixed 50.4 40% 52.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 1.52 4K Mixed 0.17 64% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 31.1% Great: 67%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 305GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 167 165 4650 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2690 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 8124 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1608 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 106 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 180 180 62432 (C2) HDA temperature 112 103 35 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	53.1% Above average	Read 93.5 Write 91.3 Mixed 87.6 68% 90.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.93 4K Mixed 0.21 96% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 53.1% Great: 84%
WD VelociRaptor 300GB-$90 11,249 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 279GB free Firmware: 04.04V01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 196 192 3200 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6248 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 69 69 22868 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4167 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 223 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 6249 (C2) HDA temperature 112 98 35 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	66.2% Good	Read 115 Write 115 Mixed 108 85% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.89 4K Write 2.65 4K Mixed 0.56 148% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 66.2% Great: 69%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 156GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 180 176 7966 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 689 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3311 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 683 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 73 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 7093 (C2) HDA temperature 114 102 38 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 2 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	68.2% Good	Read 111 Write 127 Mixed 113 88% 117 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.93 4K Mixed 0.28 89% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 68.2% Great: 83%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 21,220 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (62^nd percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	52% Above average	MC Read 18.1 MC Write 18.6 MC Mixed 16 50% 17.6 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 19.2 SC Mixed 17 48% 16.8 GB/s	Latency 68.8 58% 68.8 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 52% Great: 62%

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Workstation 50%

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Motherboard: Asus SABERTOOTH Z87 - $193

CPU
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	849x
Core i7-4770Intel $75Bench 70%, 176,321 samples	173x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	171x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	125x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	106x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	86x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	62x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 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: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $535

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16