Asus SABERTOOTH Z87

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 46% Yacht	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 37% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	60% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z87 (all builds)
Memory	8.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170306
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 24 '18 at 23:00
Run Duration	3766 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	19%

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PC Performing as expected (56^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	74% Very good	Memory 88 1-Core 104 2-Core 187 74% 126 Pts	4-Core 328 8-Core 451 49% 390 Pts	64-Core 472 29% 472 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 74% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Zotac(19DA 1438) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	60% Good	Lighting 74.6 Reflection 76.7 Parallax 66.5 61% 72.6 fps	MRender 72 Gravity 69.6 Splatting 72.3 58% 71.3 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 60% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 96GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 864 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 5 (B1) Unknown 99 99 3 (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 60 56 40 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 99 99 2385055032
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$67 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 181604912 (03) Spinup time 97 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 87 87 13488 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 70859676 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 14204 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 268 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 97 11 (BD) vendor-specific 93 93 7 (BE) vendor-specific 60 51 673120296 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 94 94 13135 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 88 88 24672 (C2) HDA temperature 40 49 73014444072 (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 14431090128162 (F1) Unknown 100 253 22872764049 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2951789612572	100% Outstanding	Read 179 Write 171 Mixed 150 125% 167 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 1.45 4K Mixed 0.18 73% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 113%
Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB-$80 85,620 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 1TB free Firmware: MX6OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 140 140 67 (03) Spinup time 145 145 34385953160 (04) Start/Stop count 80 80 80462 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 23931 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 551 (C0) Power-off retract count 46 46 65535 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 17 17 100240 (C2) HDA temperature 146 146 223339610153 (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	81.9% Excellent	Read 138 Write 147 Mixed 142 107% 143 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 1.52 4K Mixed 0.14 74% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 81.9% Great: 107%
WD Blue 3TB (2015)-$80 75,644 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 723GB free Firmware: 0A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 169 168 6550 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 514 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 5555 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 142 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 105 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 7411 (C2) HDA temperature 112 102 38 (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	72.5% Very good	Read 137 Write 116 Mixed 116 92% 123 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.14 4K Mixed 0.2 96% 1.05 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 72.5% Great: 96%
TO Exter nal USB 3.0 1TB 3,447 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 603GB free Firmware: 6402 Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	24.3% Poor	Read 0.05 Write 84.7 Mixed 85 44% 56.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 0.38 4K Mixed 0.17 49% 0.37 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 24.3% Great: 81%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 482GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 83 63 220710617 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 326 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 62 60 1690556 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2751 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 265 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 58 656277538 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 434 (C2) HDA temperature 34 21 90194313250 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 6 1 220710617 (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 -14714557953358 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1066925329 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3852649174	96.4% Outstanding	Read 166 Write 171 Mixed 154 123% 163 MB/s	4K Read 0.92 4K Write 1.57 4K Mixed 0.28 98% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 96.4% Great: 113%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$50 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 207GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 2 (03) Spinup time 175 170 4241 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5787 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 50 50 36675 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 994 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 839 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 83 83 351420 (C2) HDA temperature 109 99 38 (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	57.7% Above average	Read 97.9 Write 103 Mixed 95.4 74% 98.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.78 4K Write 2.06 4K Mixed 0.28 102% 1.04 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 57.7% Great: 84%
WDC WD10EADS-00P 1TB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 836GB free, PID 1066 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	37.7% Below average	Read 96.6 Write 89.9 Mixed 71.5 108% 86 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.27 4K Mixed 0.25 54% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 37.7% Great: 40%
Seagate Expansion 750GB 237 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 313GB free, PID 2312 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	31.6% Below average	Read 73.6 Write 75.1 Mixed 63.5 90% 70.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.33 4K Write 1.46 4K Mixed 0.21 58% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 31.6% Great: 40%
WD My Book 1140 2TB 10,094 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 83GB free, PID 1140 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	37% Below average	Read 96.7 Write 87.9 Mixed 86.6 115% 90.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 1.23 4K Mixed 0.14 48% 0.58 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 37% Great: 49%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Savage DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 20,216 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 2400 MHz clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (60^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	68.3% Good	MC Read 24.5 MC Write 27.3 MC Mixed 22.6 71% 24.8 GB/s	SC Read 13.9 SC Write 17.8 SC Mixed 19.2 48% 17 GB/s	Latency 69.5 58% 69.5 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 68.3% Great: 86%

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Workstation 50%

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Motherboard: Asus SABERTOOTH Z87 - $193

CPU
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	849x
Core i7-4770Intel $75Bench 70%, 176,321 samples	173x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	171x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	125x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	106x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	86x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	62x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	56x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $95Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	54x

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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16