Asus SABERTOOTH Z87

Performance Results


Gaming 54% Yacht	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 44% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (39th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 61 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	66.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	35.4% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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	7.9 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140818
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 01 '16 at 01:23
Run Duration	416 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770-$75 176,321 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	82% Excellent	Memory 92.8 1-Core 110 2-Core 217 80% 140 Pts	4-Core 384 8-Core 573 60% 479 Pts	64-Core 576 36% 576 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 82% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% PNY(196E 1116) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvd3dumx Ver. 21.21.13.7570 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	66.1% Good	Lighting 84.5 Reflection 85.3 Parallax 76.6 69% 82.1 fps	MRender 81.9 Gravity 75.6 Splatting 67.7 61% 75.1 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 66.1% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY SSD2SC120G1LC763C121S459P 120GB 68 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 97GB free Firmware: 600ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 120 8589934592 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 140101833197836 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 830 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 46 (B1) Unknown 0 0 86 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 50 21478113310 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 8589934592 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 8589934592 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 8589934592 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 66 66 8589934593 (E9) Unknown 0 0 60799 (EA) Unknown 0 0 6653 (F1) Unknown 0 0 6653 (F2) Unknown 0 0 13061	18.2% Very poor	Read 115 Write 3.63 Mixed 7.17 9% 42 MB/s	4K Read 27.8 4K Write 3.57 4K Mixed 3.6 49% 11.7 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 18.2% Great: 58%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 19GB free (System drive) Firmware: 525ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 90231574062 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 121152437493279 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1073 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 184 (B1) Unknown 0 0 2 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 34 53 1013615755298 (C2) HDA temperature 34 53 1013615755298 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 98 98 90231574062 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 98 98 90231574062 (CC) Soft ECC correction 98 98 90231574062 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 6930 (EA) Unknown 0 0 6020 (F1) Unknown 0 0 6020 (F2) Unknown 0 0 17825	35.4% Below average	Read 171 Write 73.9 Mixed 101 25% 115 MB/s	4K Read 14.1 4K Write 64 4K Mixed 11.2 70% 29.8 MB/s	DQ Read 77.4 DQ Write 93.8 DQ Mixed 24.3 35% 65.1 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 35.4% Great: 73%
Clover CM251HI 250GB 43 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 130GB free Firmware: 2AJ10001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 926 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 89 86 3512 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2196 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 3 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6271 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 92 92 8948 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1523 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 663 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 35 279173267487 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 3 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 5749 (DF) Load/unload retry count 92 92 8948 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 89 89 120791	41.2% Average	Read 70.6 Write 72.7 Mixed 68.1 53% 70.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.49 4K Mixed 0.3 82% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 41.2% Great: 63%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 40GB free Firmware: CC9C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 117875464 (03) Spinup time 92 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4561 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 71 60 21551324874 (09) Power-on hours count 79 79 18614 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 2025 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 65 48 4917166115 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 400 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 26 26 149618 (C2) HDA temperature 35 52 -140737488355293 (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 108387794687819 (F1) Unknown 100 253 67387965401460 (F2) Unknown 100 253 -59473752849254	52.3% Above average	Read 89.4 Write 93.1 Mixed 84.6 67% 89 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.12 49% 0.48 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 52.3% Great: 114%
Seagate ST2000DM001-1CH164 3TB 37 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 22GB free Firmware: CC27 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 112 99 45068064 (03) Spinup time 93 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2455 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 65 60 141840263102 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 7009 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1654 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 4295032833 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 50 4900323360 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 249 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 71 71 59690 (C2) HDA temperature 32 50 -140737488355296 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 81 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 81 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 8907762175662 (F1) Unknown 100 253 44512496871 (F2) Unknown 100 253 77880390258	58.6% Above average	Read 105 Write 99.6 Mixed 112 80% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 1.43 4K Mixed 0.2 66% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 58.6% Great: 105%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C10D3/4G KHX1600C9D3/4GX KHX1600C9D3/4GX 12GB 66 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (18^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	34.8% Below average	MC Read 11.1 MC Write 11.3 MC Mixed 10.6 31% 11 GB/s	SC Read 10.2 SC Write 11.3 SC Mixed 11.6 32% 11 GB/s	Latency 62.5 64% 62.5 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 34.8% Great: 58%

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Gaming 61%

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Desktop 80%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 50%

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Motherboard: Asus SABERTOOTH Z87 - $193

CPU
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	845x
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 $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	84x

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	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: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $540

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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