Asus SABERTOOTH Z87

Performance Results


Gaming 87% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	106% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	84.7% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (36%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z87 (all builds)
Memory	27 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1024 x 768 - 32 Bit colors, 1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140818
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 04 '17 at 01:36
Run Duration	184 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	36%

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PC Performing as expected (58^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-$62 128,482 User benchmarks, average bench 68% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	79.9% Very good	Memory 94.7 1-Core 100 2-Core 203 77% 133 Pts	4-Core 377 8-Core 383 51% 380 Pts	64-Core 396 24% 396 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 79.9% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Nvidia(10DE 119E) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 384.76 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	106% Outstanding	Lighting 138 Reflection 147 Parallax 142 112% 142 fps	MRender 115 Gravity 134 Splatting 109 97% 119 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Patriot Ignite 960GB-$462 185 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 669GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM02.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3840 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 78 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 1187 (AD) Unknown 100 100 196619 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 11 (C2) HDA temperature 98 98 128850984990 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 2482	84.7% Excellent	Read 520 Write 433 Mixed 501 108% 485 MB/s	4K Read 28.4 4K Write 88.8 4K Mixed 13.5 107% 43.6 MB/s	DQ Read 30.3 DQ Write 273 DQ Mixed 12.6 51% 105 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 84.7% Great: 109%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 293GB free Firmware: CC47 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 72051944 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5872 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 254413137 (09) Power-on hours count 70 70 26343 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1556 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 76 65 39058604056 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 72 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 86 86 28069 (C2) HDA temperature 24 40 -140737488355304 (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 126796024530240 (F1) Unknown 100 253 41587762004 (F2) Unknown 100 253 34436021123	83.8% Excellent	Read 172 Write 120 Mixed 126 105% 140 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 1.88 4K Mixed 0.26 80% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 83.8% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda Green 1TB-$580 15,105 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 185GB free Firmware: CC32 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 108 99 328 (03) Spinup time 93 90 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5688 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 83 60 4517482543 (09) Power-on hours count 86 11 12822 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1904 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 4295032857 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 76 52 403963928 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 95 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 6573 (C2) HDA temperature 24 48 38654705688 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 32 8 328 (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 -113614769854967 (F1) Unknown 100 253 79357660 (F2) Unknown 100 253 773395578	41.1% Average	Read 82.3 Write 61.2 Mixed 75.6 55% 73 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.77 4K Mixed 0.54 96% 0.61 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 41.1% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 4x8GB 2,608 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	84.4% Excellent	MC Read 30.2 MC Write 33.8 MC Mixed 28.8 88% 30.9 GB/s	SC Read 18.1 SC Write 19.3 SC Mixed 22.5 57% 20 GB/s	Latency 57.8 69% 57.8 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 84.4% Great: 88%

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Gaming 61%

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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	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	123x
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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Value: 90% - Excellent

Total price: $555

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