Asus SABERTOOTH Z87

Performance Results


Gaming 123% UFO	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 103% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 97.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	127% 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	89.1% 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	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.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z87 (all builds)
Memory	5.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140818
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 19 '18 at 23:22
Run Duration	168 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st 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 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	97.2% Outstanding	Memory 98 1-Core 138 2-Core 276 95% 171 Pts	4-Core 520 8-Core 749 79% 634 Pts	64-Core 749 46% 749 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 97.2% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Titan X Pascal-$286 8,692 User benchmarks, average bench 121% Nvidia(10DE 119A) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	127% Outstanding	Lighting 176 Reflection 200 Parallax 194 144% 190 fps	MRender 128 Gravity 173 Splatting 127 116% 143 fps
Poor: 108% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 132%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Extreme II 480GB-$192 1,439 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 212GB free (System drive) Firmware: R1311 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 1001 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1130 (A6) Unknown 100 100 2 (A7) Unknown 100 100 36 (A8) Unknown 100 100 57 (A9) Unknown 100 100 752 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 20 (AE) Unknown 100 100 284 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 71 118 506807255069 (D4) Unknown 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 66 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 10599 (F1) Unknown 253 253 6950 (F2) Unknown 253 253 9079 (F3) Unknown 100 100 0	89.1% Excellent	Read 472 Write 384 Mixed 374 91% 410 MB/s	4K Read 36.2 4K Write 128 4K Mixed 20.6 149% 61.5 MB/s	DQ Read 37.2 DQ Write 138 DQ Mixed 20.7 35% 65.3 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 89.1% Great: 110%
Crucial M500 240GB-$54 31,779 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 154GB free Firmware: MU05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st 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 72 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 813 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (AE) Unknown 100 100 130 (B4) Unknown 0 0 4066 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 72 59 176093659164 (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 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 461285520 (F7) Unknown 100 100 14430337 (F8) Unknown 100 100 10060733	80.1% Excellent	Read 502 Write 272 Mixed 349 83% 374 MB/s	4K Read 27.6 4K Write 133 4K Mixed 19.3 137% 59.9 MB/s	DQ Read 28.1 DQ Write 146 DQ Mixed 19.3 35% 64.5 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 80.1% Great: 91%
SanDisk Ultra Plus 128GB-$75 16,709 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 60GB free Firmware: X211200 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 3 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 1341 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1484 (A7) Unknown 100 100 19 (A8) Unknown 100 100 21 (A9) Unknown 100 100 159 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 2 (AE) Unknown 100 100 375 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 72 35 150324838428 (D4) Unknown 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 6 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 6 (F1) Unknown 253 253 584155652 (F2) Unknown 253 253 364313204 (F3) Unknown 100 100 0	78.8% Very good	Read 417 Write 239 Mixed 307 71% 321 MB/s	4K Read 30.9 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 18.2 130% 53.9 MB/s	DQ Read 305 DQ Write 154 DQ Mixed 17.7 70% 159 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 78.8% Great: 91%
Intel 510 Series 120GB 2,171 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 30GB free Firmware: PPG4 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 37 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1759 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 262 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 38458 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0	55.1% Above average	Read 432 Write 198 Mixed 268 66% 299 MB/s	4K Read 22.2 4K Write 57.1 4K Mixed 14 82% 31.1 MB/s	DQ Read 22.9 DQ Write 58.5 DQ Mixed 13.7 18% 31.7 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 55.1% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR3 2133 C9 2x4GB 304 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	76.2% Very good	MC Read 29 MC Write 26.4 MC Mixed 22.3 74% 25.9 GB/s	SC Read 21 SC Write 25.9 SC Mixed 24.3 68% 23.7 GB/s	Latency 46.2 87% 46.2 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 76.2% Great: 78%

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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 $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 $179	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