Asus SABERTOOTH Z87

Performance Results


Gaming 101% UFO	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 83% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 89.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	110% 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	83.4% 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	21.6 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 11 '18 at 06:12
Run Duration	134 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

Watch Gameplay: 1080 + 9600K How to compare your gameplay

PC Performing as expected (59^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 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	89.8% Excellent	Memory 97.8 1-Core 120 2-Core 234 86% 150 Pts	4-Core 443 8-Core 630 67% 536 Pts	64-Core 630 39% 630 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 89.8% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% PNY(196E 119E) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2050 MHz, MLim: 2777 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Lighting 144 Reflection 158 Parallax 138 118% 147 fps	MRender 124 Gravity 139 Splatting 116 102% 126 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 110% 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 as expected (40^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 2630 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1921 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 95 95 87 (AE) Unknown 100 100 1080 (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 24430932947 (F7) Unknown 100 100 771298420 (F8) Unknown 100 100 180515507 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1258 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	78.7% Very good	Read 484 Write 335 Mixed 337 85% 385 MB/s	4K Read 27.5 4K Write 76.1 4K Mixed 14.4 100% 39.3 MB/s	DQ Read 223 DQ Write 228 DQ Mixed 14.3 69% 155 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 78.7% Great: 95%
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$52 296,814 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 100GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 232 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 164 (B1) Unknown 99 99 2 (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 58 52 42 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 71 (F1) Unknown 99 99 2062921281	83.4% Excellent	Read 529 Write 339 Mixed 319 87% 396 MB/s	4K Read 36.5 4K Write 100 4K Mixed 18.8 132% 51.8 MB/s	DQ Read 38.2 DQ Write 114 DQ Mixed 18.4 31% 56.8 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 83.4% 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 79 63 92275990 (03) Spinup time 92 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2586 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 82 60 22299617218 (09) Power-on hours count 61 61 35000 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2284 (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 64 53 639172644 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1134 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 3975 (C2) HDA temperature 36 47 68719476772 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 19 6 92275990 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	70.5% Very good	Read 124 Write 122 Mixed 122 92% 123 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 1.97 4K Mixed 0.35 100% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 70.5% 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	86.6% Excellent	MC Read 31.4 MC Write 32.8 MC Mixed 27.5 87% 30.6 GB/s	SC Read 21.2 SC Write 21.7 SC Mixed 28.1 68% 23.7 GB/s	Latency 46.7 86% 46.7 ns

Take a copy of your results

System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Custom PC Builder (Explore upgrades for this PC) Build your perfect PC: compare component prices, popularity, speed and value for money

CHOOSE AN UPGRADE:

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

MBD

Typical SABERTOOTH Z87 Builds (Compare 1,545 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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 $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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

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 $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