Asus SABERTOOTH Z87

Performance Results


Gaming 84% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 65% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 85.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	96.3% 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	84.7% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z87 (all builds)
Memory	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140603
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 15 '17 at 17:12
Run Duration	194 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd 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 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	85.5% Excellent	Memory 96 1-Core 108 2-Core 218 81% 141 Pts	4-Core 434 8-Core 435 58% 434 Pts	64-Core 432 27% 432 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 85.5% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% MSI(1462 330F) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.59 Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	96.3% Outstanding	Lighting 121 Reflection 142 Parallax 122 98% 128 fps	MRender 99.8 Gravity 130 Splatting 108 92% 113 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 96.3% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Apacer AS340 240GB 10,970 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 99GB free Firmware: P1111A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 76 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 170 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 32 (A3) Unknown 100 100 47 (A4) Unknown 100 100 1133 (A5) Unknown 100 100 9 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 2 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 38 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (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 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 12524 (F2) Unknown 100 100 39810 (F5) Unknown 100 100 18128	73.3% Very good	Read 509 Write 234 Mixed 326 78% 356 MB/s	4K Read 18.9 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 14.9 105% 47.6 MB/s	DQ Read 138 DQ Write 232 DQ Mixed 14.1 59% 128 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 73.3% Great: 95%
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 10GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 11926 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2688 (B1) Unknown 95 95 58 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 58 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 80 (F1) Unknown 99 99 18087595075	84.7% Excellent	Read 495 Write 351 Mixed 337 87% 394 MB/s	4K Read 45.4 4K Write 82.2 4K Mixed 21.3 140% 49.7 MB/s	DQ Read 46.8 DQ Write 90.7 DQ Mixed 64.7 50% 67.4 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 84.7% Great: 108%
Samsung HD322GJ 320GB 9,769 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 273GB free Firmware: 1AR10001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 16804 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 84 75 4889 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9991 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 22282 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 3 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5588 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 7556 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 64 141734445086 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 98 98 45 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 261 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 3 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 10008	80.8% Excellent	Read 140 Write 142 Mixed 137 105% 140 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 1.97 4K Mixed 0.33 99% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 80.8% Great: 81%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 223GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 182 175 1883 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4381 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 7068 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1472 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 33 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4347 (C2) HDA temperature 112 109 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 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	77.5% Very good	Read 149 Write 121 Mixed 91.1 90% 120 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 2.33 4K Mixed 0.21 97% 1.09 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 77.5% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 500GB-$80 27,325 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 79GB free Firmware: SD15 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 99 8390521 (03) Spinup time 95 86 0 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 10292 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 42 (07) Seek error rate 62 60 756176229154 (09) Power-on hours count 66 66 29991 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 107 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 6989 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 8590065686 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 65 538837024 (C2) HDA temperature 32 40 38654705696 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 32 21 8390521 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 21	32.9% Below average	Read 55.4 Write 59.2 Mixed 54.5 42% 56.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.21 4K Mixed 0.29 76% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 32.9% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 122,541 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	72.3% Very good	MC Read 25.7 MC Write 26.7 MC Mixed 23.5 72% 25.3 GB/s	SC Read 18.6 SC Write 20.5 SC Mixed 22.4 59% 20.5 GB/s	Latency 54 74% 54 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 72.3% Great: 72%

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Gaming 61%

Destroyer

Desktop 80%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 50%

Yacht

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 $109Bench 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: 90% - Excellent

Total price: $555

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $15	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