Asus SABERTOOTH Z87

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 84.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	99.3% 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	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.

High background CPU (24%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z87 (all builds)
Memory	21.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140818
Uptime	2.5 Days
Run Date	Nov 17 '17 at 12:35
Run Duration	326 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	24%

PC Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	84.4% Excellent	Memory 96.7 1-Core 120 2-Core 232 86% 149 Pts	4-Core 389 8-Core 608 62% 499 Pts	64-Core 606 38% 606 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 84.4% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6696) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 388.13 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 135 Reflection 201 Parallax 191 110% 176 fps	Gravity 184 Splatting 127 134% 156 fps
Poor: 109% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 29GB free Firmware: 580ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 30108878 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 71 71 11098195518484 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 141 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 108 (B1) Unknown 0 0 99 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 28 39 1009319870492 (C2) HDA temperature 28 39 1009319870492 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 30108878 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 30108878 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 30108878 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 98 98 25769803777 (E9) Unknown 0 0 4416 (EA) Unknown 0 0 2791 (F1) Unknown 0 0 2791 (F2) Unknown 0 0 5505	74.2% Very good	Read 494 Write 156 Mixed 220 63% 290 MB/s	4K Read 32.7 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 19.7 128% 51.2 MB/s	DQ Read 188 DQ Write 153 DQ Mixed 50.6 70% 130 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 74.2% Great: 85%
Samsung 840 Pro 128GB-$150 34,842 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 21GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM05B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 97 97 103 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 36767 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 273 (B1) Unknown 77 77 827 (B3) Unknown 97 97 103 (B5) Unknown 97 97 103 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 97 97 103 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 60 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 181 (F1) Unknown 99 99 47164770933	99.3% Outstanding	Read 511 Write 410 Mixed 422 100% 448 MB/s	4K Read 33.9 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 26.4 139% 53.9 MB/s	DQ Read 289 DQ Write 287 DQ Mixed 22.1 90% 199 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 99.3% Great: 110%
HGST Deskstar NAS 4TB-$60 7,986 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 3.5TB free Firmware: MJAOA5E0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 136 136 80 (03) Spinup time 187 187 51571261783 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 444 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 121 121 34 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 23299 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 133 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 1212 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 1212 (C2) HDA temperature 181 181 197569937441 (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	93.1% Outstanding	Read 167 Write 157 Mixed 149 119% 158 MB/s	4K Read 1.13 4K Write 2.34 4K Mixed 0.23 116% 1.24 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 93.1% Great: 92%
HGST Deskstar NAS 4TB-$60 7,986 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 3TB free Firmware: MJAOA5E0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 137 137 78 (03) Spinup time 197 197 51564839311 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 337 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 121 121 34 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 23281 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 133 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1109 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1109 (C2) HDA temperature 176 176 197570002978 (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	92.3% Outstanding	Read 173 Write 148 Mixed 148 118% 157 MB/s	4K Read 1.03 4K Write 2.29 4K Mixed 0.24 112% 1.19 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 92.3% Great: 92%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 3 (03) Spinup time 175 172 4250 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2603 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 58 58 31174 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 257 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 181 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 92 92 325067 (C2) HDA temperature 121 110 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 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	85.3% Excellent	Read 147 Write 150 Mixed 127 106% 141 MB/s	4K Read 0.78 4K Write 2.12 4K Mixed 0.2 94% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 85.3% Great: 84%
WD WD5000AVVS-63H0B1 500GB 11,411 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 172GB free Firmware: 05.04C05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 199 199 40485 (03) Spinup time 139 136 6025 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1092 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 34 34 48378 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 381 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 280 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1080 (C2) HDA temperature 117 104 30 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 188 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	47% Average	Read 84.9 Write 78.7 Mixed 75.4 60% 79.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.85 4K Mixed 0.32 88% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 47% Great: 51%
Seagate FA GoFlex Desk 2TB 215 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 597GB free, PID 50a0 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	19.4% Very poor	Read 38.8 Write 39 Mixed 17.4 39% 31.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.85 4K Write 1.67 4K Mixed 0.32 71% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 19.4% Great: 57%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR3 2666 C12 4x8GB 19 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	66.5% Good	MC Read 23 MC Write 24 MC Mixed 21.7 65% 22.9 GB/s	SC Read 16.1 SC Write 20.8 SC Mixed 20.4 55% 19.1 GB/s	Latency 51.3 78% 51.3 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 66.5% Great: 86%

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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	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