Asus SABERTOOTH Z87

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 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 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 81.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	96.3% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

6 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z87 (all builds)
Memory	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20140818
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Nov 10 '17 at 22:13
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4570-$99 129,272 User benchmarks, average bench 62% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	81.4% Excellent	Memory 92.3 1-Core 110 2-Core 219 80% 140 Pts	4-Core 408 8-Core 408 55% 408 Pts	64-Core 412 26% 412 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 81.4% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4992) CLim: 1595 MHz, MLim: 1798 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.13 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 116 Reflection 123 Parallax 120 95% 120 fps	Gravity 105 Splatting 87.1 84% 95.9 fps
Poor: 70% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intenso SATA III SSD 240GB 2,727 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 40GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM12.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 7926 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 778 (A8) Unknown 100 100 4688319 (AA) Unknown 100 100 162 (AD) Unknown 100 100 2097209 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 502 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850984990 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 68 (F1) Unknown 100 100 7813	96.3% Outstanding	Read 528 Write 470 Mixed 350 100% 449 MB/s	4K Read 33.2 4K Write 98.4 4K Mixed 14.5 121% 48.7 MB/s	DQ Read 283 DQ Write 261 DQ Mixed 60.9 104% 201 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 96.3% Great: 96%
Toshiba MQ01ABD050 500GB-$23 40,922 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 129GB free Firmware: AX003J Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 1031 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 19709 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 42 42 23200 (0A) Spinup retry count 253 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1696 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 532 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 130 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 27775 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 206159151128 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 0 (DE) Loaded hours 70 70 12134 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 184 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	53.4% Above average	Read 97.1 Write 89.1 Mixed 32.7 53% 73 MB/s	4K Read 0.37 4K Write 1.29 4K Mixed 0.2 61% 0.62 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 53.4% Great: 62%
WD WD1600JD-22HBB0 160GB 2,425 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 36GB free Firmware: 08.02D08 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 167 163 4158 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3613 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 76 76 17868 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2018 (C2) HDA temperature 124 97 26 (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 1 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	25.9% Poor	Read 44.1 Write 45.7 Mixed 39.6 32% 43.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 1.94 4K Mixed 0.44 112% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 25.9% Great: 32%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1600 CL10 Series 2x8GB 4,816 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1632 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	64.3% Good	MC Read 23 MC Write 23.6 MC Mixed 20.5 64% 22.4 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 19.9 SC Mixed 21 55% 19.3 GB/s	Latency 63.5 63% 63.5 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 64.3% Great: 62%

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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 $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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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