Asus SABERTOOTH Z87

Performance Results


Gaming 82% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 64% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 90.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	89.9% 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	44.2% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
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, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z87 (all builds)
Memory	5.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140818
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 14 '17 at 21:48
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	90.5% Outstanding	Memory 95.3 1-Core 122 2-Core 247 88% 155 Pts	4-Core 495 8-Core 495 66% 495 Pts	64-Core 492 30% 492 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 90.5% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% PNY(196E 11A0) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2077 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89.9% Excellent	Lighting 113 Reflection 125 Parallax 105 92% 114 fps	MRender 103 Gravity 104 Splatting 108 86% 105 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89.9% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Green 240GB (2016) 20,831 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 187GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z3311000 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 4 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 50 (A5) Unknown 100 100 4295884810 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 48 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 60 56 188978561064 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 52 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 12885032963 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 48 (EA) Unknown 100 100 95 (F1) Unknown 253 253 87 (F2) Unknown 253 253 33 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	44.2% Average	Read 294 Write 188 Mixed 170 48% 217 MB/s	4K Read 18.5 4K Write 39.2 4K Mixed 2.68 52% 20.1 MB/s	DQ Read 194 DQ Write 109 DQ Mixed 3.82 42% 102 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 44.2% Great: 70%
Hitachi HDT721010SLA360 1TB-$497 27,212 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 160GB free Firmware: ST6OA31B Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 96 96 524288 (02) Throughput performance 131 131 117 (03) Spinup time 141 141 25797919101 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 6342 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 15 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 123 123 34 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 35449 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 4407 (C0) Power-off retract count 85 85 18357 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 85 85 18357 (C2) HDA temperature 193 193 197569478687 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 15 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 4 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	49.8% Average	Read 88.1 Write 85.2 Mixed 79.2 63% 84.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.53 4K Mixed 0.29 81% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 49.8% Great: 61%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 250GB-$33 44,469 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 66GB free Firmware: CC35 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 228778365 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1693 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 260496996 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 9313 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 817 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 30065229835 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 75 47 454557721 (C2) HDA temperature 25 53 64424509465 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 50 32 228778365 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 64991445134405 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1420230997 (F2) Unknown 100 253 327458849	46.8% Average	Read 91.4 Write 71.5 Mixed 74 59% 79 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.59 4K Mixed 0.4 91% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 46.8% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 73,650 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	64.3% Good	MC Read 22.2 MC Write 23.1 MC Mixed 20.3 62% 21.9 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 23.1 SC Mixed 20.3 58% 20.4 GB/s	Latency 56.2 71% 56.2 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 64.3% Great: 62%

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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	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 $129Bench 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 $275	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $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