Asus SABERTOOTH Z87

Performance Results


Gaming 36% Jet ski	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 31% Sail boat


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 94.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	32.4% 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	84.6% 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z87 (all builds)
Memory	14 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit kolorów
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170306
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 06 '18 at 12:00
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	4%

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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 i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.6% Outstanding	Memory 93.2 1-Core 126 2-Core 260 89% 160 Pts	4-Core 524 8-Core 702 78% 613 Pts	64-Core 715 44% 715 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 94.6% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-Ti-$59 946,701 User benchmarks, average bench 29% Zotac(19DA A454) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	32.4% Below average	Lighting 40.8 Reflection 32.1 Parallax 38.5 33% 37.1 fps	MRender 38.6 Gravity 38.4 Splatting 36.5 31% 37.8 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 32.4% Great: 33%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba HG6 256GB 4,588 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 190GB free (System drive) Firmware: JURA0101 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4004 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3376 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AD) Unknown 194 194 0 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 343 (C2) HDA temperature 73 54 197569740827 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	84.6% Excellent	Read 499 Write 475 Mixed 502 110% 492 MB/s	4K Read 22.8 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 18.5 113% 48 MB/s	DQ Read 22.1 DQ Write 102 DQ Mixed 17.9 27% 47.2 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 84.6% Great: 109%
GOODRAM 120GB 5,433 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 112GB free Firmware: SBFM21.1 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 294 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 180 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 87 87 67 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1638434 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 41 (C2) HDA temperature 67 67 141736083489 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 99 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1728	80.1% Excellent	Read 497 Write 458 Mixed 486 107% 480 MB/s	4K Read 23.6 4K Write 93.7 4K Mixed 6.98 94% 41.4 MB/s	DQ Read 176 DQ Write 98.8 DQ Mixed 10.2 42% 95.2 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 80.1% Great: 97%
GOODRAM 120GB 5,433 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 112GB free Firmware: SBFM21.1 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 5 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 90 90 67 (AD) Unknown 100 100 2 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 3 (C2) HDA temperature 67 67 141736083489 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 50	77.2% Very good	Read 495 Write 466 Mixed 493 108% 485 MB/s	4K Read 23.6 4K Write 93.9 4K Mixed 7.03 94% 41.5 MB/s	DQ Read 25.4 DQ Write 94.6 DQ Mixed 11.5 23% 43.8 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 77.2% Great: 97%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 762GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 173 2250 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2262 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1258 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1396 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 245 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3886 (C2) HDA temperature 111 100 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 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	92.9% Outstanding	Read 165 Write 158 Mixed 143 117% 156 MB/s	4K Read 1.08 4K Write 2.46 4K Mixed 0.33 128% 1.29 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 92.9% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Patriot PSD34G16002 4x4GB 238 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1800 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	66.1% Good	MC Read 25.2 MC Write 23.4 MC Mixed 18.9 64% 22.5 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 24.8 SC Mixed 23.2 63% 22.1 GB/s	Latency 61.6 65% 61.6 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 66.1% Great: 73%

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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