Asus SABERTOOTH Z87

Performance Results


Gaming 86% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 68% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 93.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	92.2% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	53.1% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
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, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z87 (all builds)
Memory	6.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140818
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 16 '17 at 10:37
Run Duration	299 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.2% Outstanding	Memory 95.3 1-Core 131 2-Core 264 91% 163 Pts	4-Core 527 8-Core 521 70% 524 Pts	64-Core 521 32% 521 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 93.2% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% PNY(196E 11A0) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2077 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.31 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.2% Outstanding	Lighting 116 Reflection 124 Parallax 106 95% 115 fps	MRender 103 Gravity 105 Splatting 110 87% 106 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 92.2% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Green 240GB (2016) 20,831 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 149GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z3311000 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 21 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 53 (A5) Unknown 100 100 21478113319 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 48 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 65 55 193273528355 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 52 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 55835230221 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 182 (EA) Unknown 100 100 369 (F1) Unknown 253 253 332 (F2) Unknown 253 253 584 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	53.1% Above average	Read 477 Write 197 Mixed 183 62% 286 MB/s	4K Read 16.1 4K Write 47.4 4K Mixed 3.66 54% 22.4 MB/s	DQ Read 158 DQ Write 160 DQ Mixed 3.54 46% 107 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 53.1% Great: 70%
Hitachi HDT721010SLA360 1TB-$497 27,212 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 213GB free Firmware: ST6OA31B Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 98 98 65539 (02) Throughput performance 131 131 118 (03) Spinup time 139 139 38679675322 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 6349 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 15 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 125 125 33 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 35468 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 4410 (C0) Power-off retract count 85 85 18369 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 85 85 18369 (C2) HDA temperature 187 187 197569478688 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 15 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	48.2% Average	Read 88.7 Write 79.1 Mixed 95.5 66% 87.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.39 4K Write 1.66 4K Mixed 0.34 85% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 48.2% Great: 61%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 250GB-$33 44,469 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 101GB free Firmware: CC35 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 107 99 14599050 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1716 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 260950440 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 9332 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 820 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 30065229835 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 47 471072795 (C2) HDA temperature 27 53 64424509467 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 53 32 14599050 (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 -32216549675934 (F1) Unknown 100 253 46926419 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3840767094	54.1% Above average	Read 95.1 Write 93.3 Mixed 94.2 71% 94.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 1.56 4K Mixed 0.38 95% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 54.1% Great: 68%
BUFFALO USB Flash Disk 2GB 13 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 2GB free, PID 0113 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	7.24% Terrible	Read 22.5 Write 5.65 Mixed 8.58 13% 12.2 MB/s	4K Read 11.4 4K Write 0.02 4K Mixed 0.02 44% 3.8 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 7.24% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 73,650 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	64.9% Good	MC Read 22.7 MC Write 23.1 MC Mixed 20.2 63% 22 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 23.7 SC Mixed 21 60% 21 GB/s	Latency 56.3 71% 56.3 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 64.9% Great: 62%

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

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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 $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 $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