Asus SABERTOOTH Z87

Performance Results


Gaming 37% Jet ski	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 31% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	37.3% 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)
Boot Drive	95.9% 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	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.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z87 (all builds)
Memory	14 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170306
Uptime	17.4 Days
Run Date	Jun 12 '18 at 03:21
Run Duration	165 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st 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 (99^th percentile)	87.3% Excellent	Memory 94.8 1-Core 117 2-Core 234 85% 149 Pts	4-Core 437 8-Core 588 65% 512 Pts	64-Core 590 36% 590 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 87.3% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 770-$279 116,895 User benchmarks, average bench 34% EVGA(3842 2776) 2GB CLim: 1267 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	37.3% Below average	Lighting 44.8 Reflection 41.3 Parallax 54.7 36% 46.9 fps	MRender 56 Gravity 51.9 Splatting 38.5 39% 48.8 fps
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 37.3% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 219GB free Firmware: EMT03B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 977 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 142 (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 64 59 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 99 99 1870345854	96.1% Outstanding	Read 516 Write 416 Mixed 421 100% 451 MB/s	4K Read 45.8 4K Write 100 4K Mixed 28.4 159% 58.2 MB/s	DQ Read 44.6 DQ Write 108 DQ Mixed 27.9 35% 60.1 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 96.1% Great: 134%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 160GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2946 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 601 (B1) Unknown 99 99 12 (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 65 60 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 5 (F1) Unknown 99 99 7412512078	95.9% Outstanding	Read 510 Write 416 Mixed 422 100% 450 MB/s	4K Read 46.8 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 27.2 160% 58.5 MB/s	DQ Read 46.7 DQ Write 107 DQ Mixed 26.3 34% 59.9 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 95.9% Great: 124%
Corsair Force GS 128GB-$150 5,048 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 85GB free Firmware: 5.24 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 4531393 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 126349347926581 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1754 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 53 (B1) Unknown 0 0 4 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 34 41 64427196450 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 4531393 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 4531393 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 4531393 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 6606 (EA) Unknown 0 0 2974 (F1) Unknown 0 0 2974 (F2) Unknown 0 0 16344	78.7% Very good	Read 461 Write 226 Mixed 246 68% 311 MB/s	4K Read 36.2 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 15.7 131% 52.4 MB/s	DQ Read 215 DQ Write 202 DQ Mixed 14.5 64% 144 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 78.7% Great: 86%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 234GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 157 141 3108 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6943 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 13056 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1926 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 273 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 6669 (C2) HDA temperature 106 88 37 (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	63.5% Good	Read 116 Write 105 Mixed 100 81% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.36 96% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 63.5% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 21,220 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	61.9% Good	MC Read 21.9 MC Write 22.3 MC Mixed 18.7 60% 21 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 21.5 SC Mixed 21 57% 19.9 GB/s	Latency 57.5 70% 57.5 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 61.9% Great: 62%

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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 $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

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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 $45	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