Asus SABERTOOTH Z87

Performance Results


Gaming 22% Surfboard	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 84.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	50.5% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	93.6% 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	4GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and although it's sufficient for most games, some will benefit from up to 8GB of RAM. 4GB is also enough for modest file and system caches which allow for a responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z87 (all builds)
Memory	1.4 GB free of 4 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140818
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Apr 25 '17 at 19:29
Run Duration	136 Seconds
Run User	CHE-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd 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)	84.2% Excellent	Memory 91.5 1-Core 111 2-Core 221 81% 141 Pts	4-Core 419 8-Core 577 63% 498 Pts	64-Core 577 36% 577 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 84.2% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Gainward(10B0 13C2) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 378.92 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	50.5% Above average	Lighting 62.8 Reflection 65.8 Parallax 64.3 51% 64.3 fps	MRender 72.1 Gravity 59.5 Splatting 52.2 49% 61.3 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 50.5% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba Q300 480GB-$152 5,920 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 316GB free Firmware: SAFM11.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 9525 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 150 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 198 198 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 50 (C2) HDA temperature 67 50 214749347873	66.2% Good	Read 486 Write 248 Mixed 230 71% 322 MB/s	4K Read 28 4K Write 53 4K Mixed 7.36 80% 29.4 MB/s	DQ Read 293 DQ Write 126 DQ Mixed 28.3 69% 149 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 66.2% Great: 99%
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 152GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFZ12.3 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6431 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 71 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3460 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 199 199 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 20 (C2) HDA temperature 68 62 163209871392 (F1) Unknown 100 100 144065	93.6% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 479 Mixed 508 112% 500 MB/s	4K Read 30.2 4K Write 89.4 4K Mixed 14 111% 44.5 MB/s	DQ Read 284 DQ Write 265 DQ Mixed 66.4 107% 205 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 93.6% Great: 85%
WD Purple 3TB (2014)-$84 6,631 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 463GB 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 226 178 3675 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1013 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 73 73 20263 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 891 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 58 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 954 (C2) HDA temperature 121 111 29 (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	73.2% Very good	Read 123 Write 132 Mixed 120 94% 125 MB/s	4K Read 0.25 4K Write 2.03 4K Mixed 0.17 66% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 73.2% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Nanya NT2GC64B88G0NF-CG 2x2GB 1,389 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 2 of 4 slots used 4GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	49.5% Average	MC Read 17.6 MC Write 17.6 MC Mixed 14.7 48% 16.6 GB/s	SC Read 13.4 SC Write 18.2 SC Mixed 14.7 44% 15.4 GB/s	Latency 64.9 62% 64.9 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 49.5% Great: 51%

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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	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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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