Asus SABERTOOTH Z87

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 30% Sail boat	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 26% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 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 88.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	33.8% 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)
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.

Run History

7 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z87 (all builds)
Memory	10.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140818
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	May 25 '17 at 21:10
Run Duration	343 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing as expected (41^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	88.7% Excellent	Memory 87.6 1-Core 133 2-Core 262 89% 161 Pts	4-Core 485 8-Core 688 74% 587 Pts	64-Core 695 43% 695 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 88.7% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 780-$329 50,279 User benchmarks, average bench 45% Asus(1043 8469) 3GB CLim: 1228 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 376.53 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	33.8% Below average	Lighting 33.3 Reflection 39.4 Parallax 42.6 27% 38.5 fps	MRender 66.6 Gravity 60.3 Splatting 48.5 47% 58.5 fps
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 33.8% Great: 49%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Samsung 840 Pro 512GB-$129 14,996 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 19GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM06B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 12677 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2184 (B1) Unknown 94 94 200 (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 61 51 39 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 713 (EB) Unknown 99 99 550 (F1) Unknown 99 99 98501671502
Poor: 66% Great: 118%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 5GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 153 143 9350 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6556 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 69 69 23336 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3649 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 722 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 149 149 155473 (C2) HDA temperature 113 101 39 (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	36.3% Below average	Read 71 Write 55.1 Mixed 60.9 47% 62.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.71 4K Mixed 0.21 80% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 36.3% Great: 83%
Hitachi HDS724040ALE640 4TB-$465 6,270 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 3GB free Firmware: MJAOA250 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 97 97 262147 (02) Throughput performance 136 136 80 (03) Spinup time 125 125 51579060857 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 5535 (05) Reallocated sector count 1 1 1995 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 119 119 35 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 23432 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3535 (C0) Power-off retract count 84 84 19740 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 84 84 19740 (C2) HDA temperature 150 150 249109086248 (C4) Reallocation count 1 1 2776 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	35.1% Below average	Read 54.7 Write 67.7 Mixed 26 36% 49.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.31 4K Write 0.26 4K Mixed 0.09 28% 0.22 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 35.1% Great: 91%
WD Elements 25A1 2TB 7,574 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 1.5TB free, PID 25a1 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	43% Average	Read 100 Write 104 Mixed 74.5 118% 93 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.83 4K Mixed 0.18 70% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 43% Great: 58%
WD My Passport 0837 2TB 1,416 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 25GB free, PID 0837 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	29.9% Poor	Read 68.9 Write 71.3 Mixed 47.3 79% 62.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.32 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.17 55% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 29.9% Great: 44%
WD Elements 25A1 2TB 7,574 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 20GB free, PID 25a1 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	24.1% Poor	Read 57.9 Write 53.6 Mixed 52.1 70% 54.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.27 4K Write 1.27 4K Mixed 0.17 50% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 24.1% Great: 58%
WD Passport X 25B1 3TB 30 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 19GB free, PID 25b1 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	32.4% Below average	Read 99.9 Write 64.9 Mixed 66.3 92% 77 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 1.17 4K Mixed 0.18 48% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 32.4% Great: 49%
WD Elements 2TB 35,768 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 19GB free, PID 10b8 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	18.6% Very poor	Read 41.8 Write 45.6 Mixed 35.9 53% 41.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.34 4K Write 0.81 4K Mixed 0.19 35% 0.44 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 18.6% Great: 44%
Seagate USB 3.0 Cable 1.5TB 219 User benchmarks, average bench 22% 10GB free, PID 5031 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	16.4% Very poor	Read 39 Write 39.9 Mixed 29.7 46% 36.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.35 4K Write 0.63 4K Mixed 0.14 28% 0.37 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 16.4% Great: 34%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLE8G3D1869DE1TX0. 2x8GB 3,080 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1867 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (48^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	50.9% Above average	MC Read 17.3 MC Write 18.4 MC Mixed 15.4 49% 17 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 19.2 SC Mixed 17.5 49% 17.2 GB/s	Latency 70 57% 70 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 50.9% Great: 72%

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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 $109Bench 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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Total price: $555

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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 $40	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