Asus SABERTOOTH Z87

Performance Results


Gaming 96% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 79% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	104% 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	103% 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	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z87 (all builds)
Memory	21.8 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170306
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 07 '18 at 18:19
Run Duration	134 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	6%

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PC Performing as expected (58^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 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	89.7% Excellent	Memory 98.1 1-Core 118 2-Core 234 86% 150 Pts	4-Core 441 8-Core 617 67% 529 Pts	64-Core 617 38% 617 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 89.7% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% PNY(196E 119E) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing below potential (71^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	104% Outstanding	Lighting 134 Reflection 149 Parallax 140 109% 141 fps	MRender 119 Gravity 129 Splatting 108 96% 119 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 275GB-$100 67,541 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 186GB free Firmware: M0CR040 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th 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 2587 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1903 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 95 95 86 (AE) Unknown 100 100 1075 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 63 53 201864380453 (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 4 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 95 95 5 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 24256000854 (F7) Unknown 100 100 765716501 (F8) Unknown 100 100 180034183 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1258 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	75.4% Very good	Read 484 Write 299 Mixed 325 82% 370 MB/s	4K Read 27.2 4K Write 78.3 4K Mixed 21.6 110% 42.3 MB/s	DQ Read 28.1 DQ Write 197 DQ Mixed 14.3 40% 80 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 75.4% Great: 95%
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$52 296,814 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 101GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 189 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 146 (B1) Unknown 99 99 1 (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 57 52 43 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 66 (F1) Unknown 99 99 1759498596	103% Outstanding	Read 529 Write 417 Mixed 430 102% 459 MB/s	4K Read 49.7 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 30.7 168% 60.3 MB/s	DQ Read 50.8 DQ Write 268 DQ Mixed 29.8 61% 116 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 128%
Seagate ST33000651NS 3TB 6,381 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 1TB free Firmware: G009 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 84 63 236619996 (03) Spinup time 92 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2558 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 82 60 22299499891 (09) Power-on hours count 61 61 34981 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2266 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 1 1 111 (BE) vendor-specific 63 53 623181861 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1129 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 3923 (C2) HDA temperature 37 47 68719476773 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 24 6 236619996 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	70.4% Very good	Read 124 Write 122 Mixed 126 94% 124 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 2.06 4K Mixed 0.51 118% 1.04 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 70.4% Great: 86%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMD32GX3M4A2400C10 0420 F3-2666C11-4GTXD 0215 CMD32GX3M4A2400C10 0420 F3-2666C11-4GTXD 24GB 1600, 2667, 1600, 2667 MHz 8192, 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	88.6% Excellent	MC Read 32.5 MC Write 33.8 MC Mixed 27.8 90% 31.4 GB/s	SC Read 21.2 SC Write 21.6 SC Mixed 29 68% 23.9 GB/s	Latency 45.7 88% 45.7 ns

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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	847x
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 $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	85x

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 $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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 $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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16