Asus SABERTOOTH Z87

Performance Results


Gaming 84% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 93.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	90% 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	51.1% 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.

High background CPU (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z87 (all builds)
Memory	6.2 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 17 '17 at 07:51
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	22%

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PC Performing above expectations (79^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)	93.1% Outstanding	Memory 95.3 1-Core 131 2-Core 262 91% 163 Pts	4-Core 524 8-Core 530 70% 527 Pts	64-Core 530 33% 530 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 93.1% 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 (99^th percentile)	90% Excellent	Lighting 112 Reflection 125 Parallax 105 91% 114 fps	MRender 103 Gravity 106 Splatting 109 87% 106 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 90% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Green 240GB (2016) 20,831 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 145GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z3311000 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 34 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 56 (A5) Unknown 100 100 21479424056 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 2 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (AE) Unknown 100 100 48 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 66 55 193273528354 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 52 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 77310459922 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 269 (EA) Unknown 100 100 531 (F1) Unknown 253 253 446 (F2) Unknown 253 253 815 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	51.1% Above average	Read 468 Write 205 Mixed 209 64% 294 MB/s	4K Read 20.5 4K Write 42.4 4K Mixed 3.25 58% 22.1 MB/s	DQ Read 23 DQ Write 161 DQ Mixed 3.68 29% 62.7 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 51.1% Great: 70%
Hitachi HDT721010SLA360 1TB-$497 27,212 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 214GB free Firmware: ST6OA31B Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 98 98 131074 (02) Throughput performance 131 131 118 (03) Spinup time 131 131 38683673006 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 6352 (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 35482 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 4413 (C0) Power-off retract count 85 85 18378 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 85 85 18378 (C2) HDA temperature 200 200 197569478686 (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	50.4% Above average	Read 84.7 Write 90.6 Mixed 95.9 68% 90.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.73 4K Mixed 0.38 93% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 50.4% Great: 61%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 250GB-$33 44,469 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 102GB free Firmware: CC35 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 222299618 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1726 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 261152761 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 9343 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 823 (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 75 47 420610073 (C2) HDA temperature 25 53 64424509465 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 48 32 222299618 (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 129733782154351 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1170166990 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3536869102	55.7% Above average	Read 97 Write 97.1 Mixed 90.6 71% 94.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.67 4K Mixed 0.43 100% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 55.7% Great: 68%

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)	65% Good	MC Read 22.5 MC Write 23.4 MC Mixed 20.5 63% 22.1 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 23.2 SC Mixed 20.3 59% 20.6 GB/s	Latency 56.1 71% 56.1 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 65% 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	844x
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	105x
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	55x
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 $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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