Asus SABERTOOTH Z87

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 31% Sail boat	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 26% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 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%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	35.7% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z87 (all builds)
Memory	10.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130626
Uptime	8 Days
Run Date	Mar 21 '18 at 23:29
Run Duration	241 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (85^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 way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	82% Excellent	Memory 94 1-Core 113 2-Core 218 82% 142 Pts	4-Core 378 8-Core 587 60% 482 Pts	64-Core 588 36% 588 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 82% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 770-$279 116,895 User benchmarks, average bench 34% EVGA(3842 2773) 2GB CLim: 1202 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	35.7% Below average	Lighting 42.9 Reflection 39 Parallax 51.9 35% 44.6 fps	MRender 54.6 Gravity 49.4 Splatting 36.1 37% 46.7 fps
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 35.7% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 929GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 81 65 125595022 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3672 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 376384 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 3422 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 314 (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 67 60 571670561 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 3673 (C2) HDA temperature 33 17 73014444065 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 9 7 125595022 (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 -73160472918146 (F1) Unknown 100 253 107990717 (F2) Unknown 100 253 17604305	102% Outstanding	Read 187 Write 170 Mixed 146 126% 168 MB/s	4K Read 1.04 4K Write 1.76 4K Mixed 0.33 113% 1.05 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 112%
Seagate Expansion 1TB 60,540 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 928GB free Firmware: 0707 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	64.8% Good	Read 110 Write 115 Mixed 83.3 77% 103 MB/s	4K Read 1.32 4K Write 1.55 4K Mixed 0.14 99% 1 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 64.8% Great: 66%
Maxtor 6Y160M0 160GB-$117 432 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 149GB free Firmware: YAR51HW0 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (03) Spinup time 204 194 11971 (04) Start/Stop count 250 250 6910 (05) Reallocated sector count 253 252 0 (06) Read channel margin 253 253 0 (07) Seek error rate 253 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 253 237 53648 (09) Power-on hours count 110 110 41610 (0A) Spinup retry count 253 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 253 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 250 250 1567 (C0) Power-off retract count 253 253 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 253 253 0 (C2) HDA temperature 253 253 50 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 253 252 1938 (C4) Reallocation count 253 253 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 253 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 253 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 199 198 1 (C8) Write error rate 253 252 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 252 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 253 241 0 (CB) Run out cancel 253 252 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 253 252 0 (CD) Thermal asperity rate(TAR) 253 252 0 (CF) Spin high current 253 252 0 (D0) Spin buzz 253 252 0 (D1) Offline seek performance 194 193 0 (63) Unknown 253 253 0 (64) Unknown 253 253 0 (65) Unknown 253 253 0	32.6% Below average	Read 54.9 Write 57.9 Mixed 40 38% 51 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 2.25 4K Mixed 0.48 121% 1.11 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 32.6% Great: 33%
Maxtor 6Y160M0 160GB-$117 432 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 142GB free Firmware: YAR51HW0 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (03) Spinup time 203 195 19074 (04) Start/Stop count 250 250 6442 (05) Reallocated sector count 253 253 0 (06) Read channel margin 253 253 0 (07) Seek error rate 253 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 253 233 52416 (09) Power-on hours count 110 110 33715 (0A) Spinup retry count 253 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 253 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 250 250 1569 (C0) Power-off retract count 253 253 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 253 253 0 (C2) HDA temperature 253 253 47 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 253 252 2231 (C4) Reallocation count 253 253 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 253 253 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 253 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 199 199 0 (C8) Write error rate 253 252 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 252 11 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 253 252 0 (CB) Run out cancel 253 252 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 253 252 0 (CD) Thermal asperity rate(TAR) 253 252 0 (CF) Spin high current 253 252 0 (D0) Spin buzz 253 252 0 (D1) Offline seek performance 189 122 0 (63) Unknown 253 253 0 (64) Unknown 253 253 0 (65) Unknown 253 253 0	32.7% Below average	Read 55.6 Write 57.7 Mixed 51.9 41% 55.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.24 4K Mixed 0.5 123% 1.12 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 32.7% Great: 33%
Corsair Neutron 120GB 7GB free (System drive) Firmware: M306 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 166 1 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 99 99 147 (09) Power-on hours count 253 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1149 (AB) Unknown 253 253 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 149 (B5) Unknown 253 253 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 149 (C2) HDA temperature 34 0 77311901730 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 98 98 3 (EA) Unknown 100 100 88746 (F1) Unknown 100 100 15531 (F2) Unknown 100 100 26497 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 5951

WD Elements 1TB 51,914 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 226GB free, PID 1021 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	16.8% Very poor	Read 36.4 Write 32.2 Mixed 14.2 33% 27.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 1.45 4K Mixed 0.17 56% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 16.8% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 16,567 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	62% Good	MC Read 22.1 MC Write 22.3 MC Mixed 18.9 60% 21.1 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 21.5 SC Mixed 21 56% 19.7 GB/s	Latency 59.7 67% 59.7 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 62% Great: 62%

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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 $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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Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $540

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