Asus SABERTOOTH Z87

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (30th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 70 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 good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 56.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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.

High background CPU (29%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z87 (all builds)
Memory	9.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130517
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Mar 16 '17 at 21:37
Run Duration	326 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	29%

PC Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4670K-$127 128,482 User benchmarks, average bench 68% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	56.5% Above average	Memory 65.2 1-Core 88.5 2-Core 173 61% 109 Pts	4-Core 273 8-Core 300 38% 286 Pts	64-Core 322 20% 322 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 56.5% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% MSI(1462 3170) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 378.78 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 53% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate ST3750630AS 750GB-$207 2,150 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 698GB free Firmware: HP24 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 98 82 157753681 (03) Spinup time 94 88 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5374 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 2047 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 82177127804 (09) Power-on hours count 71 71 25410 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 41 (0C) Power cycle count 97 37 3777 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 724 (BC) Unknown 100 99 17180196871 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 63 45 639238181 (C2) HDA temperature 37 55 77309411365 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 42 25 157753681 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 2047 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	28.2% Poor	Read 17.1 Write 80.9 Mixed 75.9 44% 58 MB/s	4K Read 0.29 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.31 64% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 28.2% Great: 60%
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C 1TB-$40 97,793 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 621GB free Firmware: JP4OA3FE Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 134 134 100 (03) Spinup time 131 131 25789268251 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 4969 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 142 142 29 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 33872 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1184 (C0) Power-off retract count 96 96 5204 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 5204 (C2) HDA temperature 176 176 223339282466 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	66% Good	Read 118 Write 112 Mixed 103 83% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 1.24 4K Mixed 0.4 98% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 66% Great: 74%
Seagate ST3250312AS 250GB-$32 19,180 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 233GB free Firmware: HP63 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 206817969 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1900 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 82 60 192621715 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 12417 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 196 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1633853569 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 3 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 50 588906530 (C2) HDA temperature 34 50 85899345954 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 28 21 206817969 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	63.2% Good	Read 116 Write 104 Mixed 103 81% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 1.67 4K Mixed 0.55 120% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 63.2% Great: 69%
WD Green 1.5TB (2010)-$170 41,439 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 129GB free (System drive) Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 242 189 2883 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 345 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 74 74 19240 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 304 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 160 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 188 188 36274 (C2) HDA temperature 115 99 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	22.1% Poor	Read 42.3 Write 34.7 Mixed 34.3 28% 37.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.03 4K Write 0.21 4K Mixed 0.02 7% 0.09 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 22.1% Great: 63%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 43,127 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	32.3% Below average	MC Read 10.4 MC Write 12.7 MC Mixed 9.6 31% 10.9 GB/s	SC Read 9.3 SC Write 12.9 SC Mixed 9.9 31% 10.7 GB/s	Latency 113 35% 113 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 32.3% Great: 63%

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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	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