Asus SABERTOOTH Z87

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	82.4% 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	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.

Very high background CPU (48%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z87 (all builds)
Memory	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131003
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 16 '16 at 04:31
Run Duration	247 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	48%

PC Performing as expected (45^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 as expected (46^th percentile)	73% Very good	Memory 82.6 1-Core 110 2-Core 211 76% 134 Pts	4-Core 342 8-Core 568 56% 455 Pts	64-Core 564 35% 564 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 73% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3236) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6839 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 110 Reflection 115 Parallax 114 90% 113 fps	Gravity 99.8 Splatting 84.2 80% 92 fps
Poor: 70% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston HyperX 120GB 3,401 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 43GB free Firmware: 320ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 92 92 24842088 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 72 72 10093173170407 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2884 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 145 (B1) Unknown 0 0 4 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 28 41 21477523484 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 24842088 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 24842088 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 24842088 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 10617 (EA) Unknown 0 0 10118 (F1) Unknown 0 0 10118 (F2) Unknown 0 0 15837	67.7% Good	Read 509 Write 114 Mixed 201 60% 275 MB/s	4K Read 30.5 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 14.3 120% 49.9 MB/s	DQ Read 134 DQ Write 140 DQ Mixed 14.5 45% 96 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 67.7% Great: 81%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$100 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 40GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 6596 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1147 (B1) Unknown 96 96 39 (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 56 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 1 (EB) Unknown 99 99 110 (F1) Unknown 99 99 32324253557	82.4% Excellent	Read 503 Write 345 Mixed 345 88% 397 MB/s	4K Read 41 4K Write 73.4 4K Mixed 23.6 131% 46 MB/s	DQ Read 42.8 DQ Write 77.7 DQ Mixed 20.5 27% 47 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 82.4% Great: 118%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$54 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 1TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 149 141 11541 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1115 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 6652 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1102 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 64 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1050 (C2) HDA temperature 109 103 43 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	80.7% Excellent	Read 123 Write 158 Mixed 139 105% 140 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 0.23 96% 1.15 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 80.7% Great: 112%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$59 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 739GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 180 176 7966 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 689 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3319 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 683 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 73 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 7125 (C2) HDA temperature 114 102 38 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 2 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	66.5% Good	Read 117 Write 115 Mixed 110 86% 114 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 2.05 4K Mixed 0.28 92% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 66.5% Great: 83%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$55 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 620GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 166 158 6666 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4597 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 13057 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2535 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 184 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 161 161 117537 (C2) HDA temperature 117 106 33 (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 4 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	29.4% Poor	Read 50.9 Write 51.2 Mixed 50.4 38% 50.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 1.23 4K Mixed 0.25 78% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 29.4% Great: 67%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$50 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 305GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 167 165 4650 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2690 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 8132 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1608 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 106 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 180 180 62514 (C2) HDA temperature 115 103 32 (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 1 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	57.9% Above average	Read 94.9 Write 107 Mixed 129 84% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.25 4K Mixed 0.19 65% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 57.9% Great: 84%
WD VelociRaptor 300GB-$90 11,249 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 199GB free Firmware: 04.04V01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 196 192 3200 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6248 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 69 69 22876 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4167 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 223 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 6249 (C2) HDA temperature 112 98 35 (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	64% Good	Read 114 Write 108 Mixed 87.7 77% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.92 4K Write 1.57 4K Mixed 0.72 147% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 64% 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 above expectations (77^th percentile)	57.3% Above average	MC Read 21 MC Write 21.6 MC Mixed 18.5 58% 20.4 GB/s	SC Read 12.5 SC Write 18.1 SC Mixed 16.1 44% 15.6 GB/s	Latency 75.8 53% 75.8 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 57.3% Great: 62%

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Motherboard: Asus SABERTOOTH Z87 - $193

CPU
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	857x
Core i7-4770Intel $65Bench 70%, 176,321 samples	175x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	174x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	128x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	107x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	87x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	63x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	56x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	54x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 50%, 19,207 samples	40x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 54%, 43,127 samples	40x
Vengeance Pro DDR3 1866 C9 2x8GBCorsairBench 55%, 18,444 samples	34x

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Value: 66% - Good

Total price: $685

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16