Asus SABERTOOTH Z87

Performance Results


Gaming 42% Speed boat	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 36% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 79.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	47.4% 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	97.5% 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	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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Very high background CPU (65%). 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	8.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20131106
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Aug 20 '17 at 23:39
Run Duration	130 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	65%

PC Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	79.6% Very good	Memory 91.9 1-Core 118 2-Core 208 81% 139 Pts	4-Core 364 8-Core 555 57% 459 Pts	64-Core 667 41% 667 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 79.6% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 780-Ti-$410 30,815 User benchmarks, average bench 53% EVGA(3842 2881) 3GB CLim: 1202 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 384.76 Performing below potential (12^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	47.4% Average	Lighting 60.4 Reflection 61.1 Parallax 74.4 49% 65.3 fps	MRender 64 Gravity 64 Splatting 39.4 44% 55.8 fps
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 47.4% Great: 59%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY SSD2SC480G1CS1754D117-514 480GB 2,428 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 26GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS111101 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3149 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 264 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 8 (B1) Unknown 0 0 157 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 40 100 40 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 350 (C4) Reallocation count 98 98 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 102 (E7) Temperature 100 100 40 (E9) Unknown 0 0 0 (EA) Unknown 0 0 65 (F1) Unknown 0 0 19357 (F2) Unknown 0 0 17337	97.5% Outstanding	Read 418 Write 400 Mixed 398 91% 405 MB/s	4K Read 27.8 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 36.2 146% 57.3 MB/s	DQ Read 266 DQ Write 271 DQ Mixed 67.4 106% 201 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 97.5% Great: 99%
WD WD25 00JS-58NCB1 250GB 17,984 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 103GB free Firmware: 10.02E02 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 188 185 5600 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5909 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 54 54 33652 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5455 (BE) vendor-specific 63 42 37 (C2) HDA temperature 113 92 37 (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	33.1% Below average	Read 56.4 Write 58.7 Mixed 52.2 42% 55.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.33 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.48 91% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 33.1% Great: 35%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Patriot PSD38G16002 2x8GB 6,044 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	58.8% Above average	MC Read 21.6 MC Write 21.2 MC Mixed 17.1 57% 20 GB/s	SC Read 14.5 SC Write 22.9 SC Mixed 20.3 55% 19.2 GB/s	Latency 64.2 62% 64.2 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 58.8% Great: 61%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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 $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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Value: 90% - Excellent

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 $178	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