Asus SABERTOOTH Z87

Performance Results


Gaming 119% UFO	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 101% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (87th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 13 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 89.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	133% 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	64.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z87 (all builds)
Memory	28.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130626
Uptime	3.2 Days
Run Date	Oct 30 '17 at 20:42
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing way above expectations (87^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	89.6% Excellent	Memory 96.9 1-Core 129 2-Core 245 89% 157 Pts	4-Core 444 8-Core 683 70% 563 Pts	64-Core 697 43% 697 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 89.6% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6598) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 387.92 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	133% Outstanding	Lighting 186 Reflection 211 Parallax 187 151% 195 fps	MRender 136 Gravity 184 Splatting 135 123% 152 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 133% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Mushkin MKNSSDCR240GB-DX7 250GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 233GB free Firmware: 08.02D08 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 127 118 6191 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6245 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 51 51 36231 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3984 (C2) HDA temperature 121 90 29 (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 200 253 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	6.83% Terrible	Read 57.9 Write 62.2 Mixed 56.9 13% 59 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 1.85 4K Mixed 0.38 2% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 6.83% Great: 7%
WDC WD1002FAEX-00Y9A0 240GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 83GB free (System drive) Firmware: 507ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 115 116822236 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 87986700033017 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2231 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 307 (B1) Unknown 0 0 3 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 24 38 55837065240 (C2) HDA temperature 24 38 55837065240 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 116822236 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 116822236 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 116822236 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 11280 (EA) Unknown 0 0 9660 (F1) Unknown 0 0 9660 (F2) Unknown 0 0 9567	64.3% Good	Read 439 Write 211 Mixed 309 71% 320 MB/s	4K Read 21.9 4K Write 52.7 4K Mixed 13 78% 29.2 MB/s	DQ Read 265 DQ Write 238 DQ Mixed 52.6 94% 185 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 64.3% Great: 74%
WD WD2500JD-40HBC0 1TB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 864GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 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 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 170 4325 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3579 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 7047 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2143 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 228 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3350 (C2) HDA temperature 119 109 28 (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 4	82.9% Excellent	Read 159 Write 129 Mixed 129 105% 139 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.31 4K Mixed 0.33 113% 1.15 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 82.9% Great: 83%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2133 C11 4x8GB 152 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	79.8% Very good	MC Read 29.6 MC Write 29.2 MC Mixed 24.9 80% 27.9 GB/s	SC Read 19.8 SC Write 24.3 SC Mixed 25.3 66% 23.1 GB/s	Latency 50.6 79% 50.6 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 79.8% Great: 81%

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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	124x
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 $130Bench 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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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