Asus SABERTOOTH Z87

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 69% Battle cruiser	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 81.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	87.8% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z87 (all builds)
Memory	27.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130419
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Oct 13 '17 at 01:10
Run Duration	178 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing above expectations (74^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 way above expectations (89^th percentile)	81.1% Excellent	Memory 88 1-Core 108 2-Core 215 78% 137 Pts	4-Core 409 8-Core 528 60% 469 Pts	64-Core 581 36% 581 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 81.1% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Asus(1043 855B) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1800 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	87.8% Excellent	Lighting 113 Reflection 120 Parallax 119 92% 117 fps	MRender 97.7 Gravity 104 Splatting 92.5 80% 98.1 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 87.8% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 1TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 177 171 4116 (04) Start/Stop count 76 76 24242 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 65 65 25870 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 372 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 48 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 156 156 133065 (C2) HDA temperature 116 112 31 (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 200 199 6425 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	79.2% Very good	Read 145 Write 132 Mixed 123 100% 133 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 2.06 4K Mixed 0.26 94% 0.98 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 79.2% Great: 84%
Seagate ST3500630AS 500GB-$102 29,256 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 415GB free Firmware: 3.AAE Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 108 90 79967957 (03) Spinup time 93 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 75 75 25863 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 88 60 728421102 (09) Power-on hours count 60 60 35405 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1911 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 61 41 656408615 (C2) HDA temperature 39 59 51539607591 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 60 54 40979144 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 118 5876 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	41.1% Average	Read 72.4 Write 70.8 Mixed 67.3 53% 70.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.35 84% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 41.1% Great: 43%
Seagate Momentus XT SSHD 2.5" 500GB-$35 11,469 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 200GB free (System drive) Firmware: SD26 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 83314654 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3376 (05) Reallocated sector count 96 96 87 (07) Seek error rate 85 60 361553044 (09) Power-on hours count 64 64 31978 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 592 (B8) Unknown 99 99 1 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 253 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 54 622657568 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 156 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 65 65 71482 (C2) HDA temperature 32 46 47244640288 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 46 40 83314654 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	50.7% Above average	Read 94.1 Write 82.6 Mixed 84.7 66% 87.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 0.85 4K Mixed 0.25 60% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 50.7% Great: 58%
WDC WD30 EFRX-68EUZN0 3TB 54 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 158GB free, PID 55aa Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	36.9% Below average	Read 89.7 Write 78.2 Mixed 70.4 99% 79.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.19 4K Mixed 0.25 86% 1.05 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 36.9% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C10D3/8GX KHX1600C10D3/8GX 1315 BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 1315 BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 32GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	50.6% Above average	MC Read 18.1 MC Write 18.2 MC Mixed 15.1 49% 17.1 GB/s	SC Read 14.4 SC Write 19.1 SC Mixed 15 46% 16.2 GB/s	Latency 69.5 58% 69.5 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 50.6% Great: 59%

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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 $94Bench 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: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $540

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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 $45	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