Asus SABERTOOTH Z87

Performance Results


Gaming 52% Yacht	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 43% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 82.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	60.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	66.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z87 (all builds)
Memory	29.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131106
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 26 '18 at 00:26
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4771-$129 11,180 User benchmarks, average bench 73% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	82.6% Excellent	Memory 89.3 1-Core 110 2-Core 219 80% 139 Pts	4-Core 411 8-Core 579 62% 495 Pts	64-Core 584 36% 584 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 82.6% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 780-Ti-$410 30,815 User benchmarks, average bench 53% EVGA(3842 2888) 3GB CLim: 1346 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	60.7% Good	Lighting 76.5 Reflection 70.4 Parallax 92.2 62% 79.7 fps	MRender 82.7 Gravity 83.5 Splatting 52.2 58% 72.8 fps
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 60.7% Great: 59%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 730 Series 240GB-$250 8,417 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 132GB free (System drive) Firmware: L2010410 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 97 97 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4916 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1953 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 124 (AF) Unknown 100 100 4297785966 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 71 487260189 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 124 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 29 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 203376 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 0 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 75 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 66 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 99 99 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 203376 (F2) Unknown 100 100 251612	66.4% Good	Read 351 Write 238 Mixed 287 65% 292 MB/s	4K Read 24.6 4K Write 75.2 4K Mixed 14.6 96% 38.2 MB/s	DQ Read 237 DQ Write 217 DQ Mixed 13.6 69% 156 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 66.4% Great: 95%
WD Green 1.5TB (2009)-$150 16,916 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 1.5TB free Firmware: 01.00A01 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 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 149 146 9508 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5814 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 71 71 21215 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4565 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 334 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 28 28 517777 (C2) HDA temperature 127 98 25 (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	55.3% Above average	Read 95.9 Write 96.7 Mixed 92.8 72% 95.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 1.35 4K Mixed 0.23 76% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 55.3% Great: 55%
WD My Passport 25E1 2TB 20,154 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 1.5TB free, PID 25e1 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	42.4% Average	Read 98.4 Write 101 Mixed 100 130% 99.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.95 4K Mixed 0.21 75% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 42.4% Great: 61%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR3 1866 C10 4x8GB 164 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1867 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (50^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	51.3% Above average	MC Read 18.2 MC Write 18.2 MC Mixed 15.3 49% 17.2 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 19.4 SC Mixed 17.2 48% 17 GB/s	Latency 68.1 59% 68.1 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 51.3% Great: 72%

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Gaming 61%

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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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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 $40	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