Asus SABERTOOTH Z87

Performance Results


Gaming 112% UFO	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 91% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 86.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	131% 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	93.7% 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.

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, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z87 (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140818
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 08 '18 at 15:17
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (73^rd 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 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	86.1% Excellent	Memory 96.1 1-Core 123 2-Core 232 86% 150 Pts	4-Core 413 8-Core 584 63% 498 Pts	64-Core 569 35% 569 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 86.1% 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 6393) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 388.71 Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	131% Outstanding	Lighting 183 Reflection 204 Parallax 205 149% 197 fps	MRender 129 Gravity 181 Splatting 125 117% 145 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 131% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Vertex 4 256GB-$400 12,355 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 238GB free Firmware: 1.5 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 6 0 6 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 38408 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2079 (E8) Unknown 100 100 138473675686 (E9) Unknown 96 0 96	104% Outstanding	Read 478 Write 474 Mixed 435 103% 463 MB/s	4K Read 24.4 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 37.1 143% 57.2 MB/s	DQ Read 261 DQ Write 292 DQ Mixed 127 137% 227 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 106%
OCZ Vertex 4 256GB-$400 12,355 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 88GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.5 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 6 0 6 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 36619 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1588 (E8) Unknown 100 100 128961988728 (E9) Unknown 95 0 95	93.7% Outstanding	Read 502 Write 400 Mixed 401 97% 434 MB/s	4K Read 31.1 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 18 126% 51.8 MB/s	DQ Read 279 DQ Write 296 DQ Mixed 18.9 88% 198 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 93.7% Great: 106%
Seagate ST33000651AS 3TB-$229 5,029 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 489GB free Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 71299803 (03) Spinup time 92 89 0 (04) Start/Stop count 89 89 12284 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 4615880564 (09) Power-on hours count 51 51 43409 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2859 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 90 90 10 (BC) Unknown 100 93 1151068799265 (BD) vendor-specific 78 78 22 (BE) vendor-specific 57 43 881209311275 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1499 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 12845 (C2) HDA temperature 43 57 -140737488355285 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 21 6 71299803 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 6 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 90469191160645 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3872218972 (F2) Unknown 100 253 608170381	52.6% Above average	Read 99.4 Write 83.8 Mixed 84 67% 89.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 1.62 4K Mixed 0.47 110% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 52.6% Great: 86%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1866 C9 4x4GB 5,448 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	71.4% Very good	MC Read 26.3 MC Write 25.3 MC Mixed 22.3 70% 24.6 GB/s	SC Read 18.7 SC Write 23.1 SC Mixed 23.1 62% 21.6 GB/s	Latency 53.7 74% 53.7 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 71.4% 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	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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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