Asus SABERTOOTH Z87

Performance Results


Gaming 49% Yacht	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 41% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	59.1% 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	58.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z87 (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170306
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Sep 25 '17 at 17:23
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	LTU-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing as expected (47^th 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 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	79% Very good	Memory 88.9 1-Core 114 2-Core 218 80% 140 Pts	4-Core 373 8-Core 586 59% 479 Pts	64-Core 586 36% 586 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 79% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 390X-$340 26,573 User benchmarks, average bench 54% MSI(1462 2015) CLim: 1080 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 17.9.2 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	59.1% Above average	Lighting 73.4 Reflection 64.3 Parallax 87.2 60% 75 fps	MRender 64 Gravity 62.2 Splatting 80.6 58% 68.9 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 59.1% Great: 57%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Zotac Premium Edition 240GB-$75 1,185 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 159GB free Firmware: SAFM01.6 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5664 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1122 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 559 (AD) Unknown 100 100 131080 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 36 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850919454 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 706	83.9% Excellent	Read 510 Write 490 Mixed 472 110% 491 MB/s	4K Read 25.3 4K Write 60.6 4K Mixed 12.4 86% 32.8 MB/s	DQ Read 353 DQ Write 43 DQ Mixed 12.3 56% 136 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 83.9% Great: 109%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 256GB 13,747 User benchmarks, average bench 120% 43GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	58.6% Above average	Read 667 Write 270 Mixed 392 97% 443 MB/s	4K Read 19.9 4K Write 29.2 4K Mixed 4.28 51% 17.8 MB/s	DQ Read 21 DQ Write 31.5 DQ Mixed 0.68 8% 17.7 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 58.6% Great: 237%
WD Black 500GB (2008)-$95 28,095 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 334GB free Firmware: 05.00K05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 252 222 7391 (04) Start/Stop count 87 87 13263 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 76 76 17939 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4543 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 288 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 196 196 13263 (C2) HDA temperature 117 100 33 (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	35.2% Below average	Read 73.7 Write 48.4 Mixed 45.8 42% 56 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.47 118% 1.08 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 35.2% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 1866 C9 4x4GB 402 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1867 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (31^st percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	50.7% Above average	MC Read 17.7 MC Write 18.2 MC Mixed 15.5 49% 17.1 GB/s	SC Read 14.2 SC Write 17 SC Mixed 17.1 46% 16.1 GB/s	Latency 68.6 58% 68.6 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 50.7% Great: 105%

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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	849x
Core i7-4770Intel $75Bench 70%, 176,321 samples	173x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	171x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	125x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	106x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	86x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	62x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	56x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $95Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	54x

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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16