Asus SABERTOOTH Z87

Performance Results


Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 55% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 89.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	69.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	74.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z87 (all builds)
Memory	13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170306
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 12 '18 at 14:59
Run Duration	108 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

Watch Gameplay: 1060-6GB + 9600K How to compare your gameplay

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd 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 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	89.5% Excellent	Memory 97.8 1-Core 115 2-Core 232 85% 148 Pts	4-Core 441 8-Core 612 66% 526 Pts	64-Core 611 38% 611 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 89.5% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% EVGA(3842 6769) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2113 MHz, MLim: 2521 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 391.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	69.1% Good	Lighting 86.7 Reflection 82.9 Parallax 73.5 71% 81 fps	MRender 88.5 Gravity 77 Splatting 78 66% 81.2 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 69.1% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 275GB-$100 67,541 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 216GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR040 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2311 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1719 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 95 95 78 (AE) Unknown 100 100 976 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 65 53 201864380451 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 4 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 95 95 5 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 21876637431 (F7) Unknown 100 100 690682249 (F8) Unknown 100 100 160645383 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1258 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	74.5% Very good	Read 481 Write 309 Mixed 322 82% 371 MB/s	4K Read 26.9 4K Write 72.3 4K Mixed 14.4 98% 37.9 MB/s	DQ Read 200 DQ Write 172 DQ Mixed 14.2 58% 129 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 74.5% Great: 95%
Seagate ST33000651NS 3TB 6,381 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 970GB free Firmware: G009 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 83 63 231795782 (03) Spinup time 93 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2374 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 82 60 22296259076 (09) Power-on hours count 61 61 34818 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2115 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 1 1 111 (BE) vendor-specific 65 53 605618211 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1063 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 3620 (C2) HDA temperature 35 47 68719476771 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 31 6 231795782 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	69.4% Good	Read 120 Write 122 Mixed 119 91% 120 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 2.06 4K Mixed 0.46 117% 1.06 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 69.4% Great: 86%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F3 DDR3 2666 C11 4x4GB 222 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 2667 MHz clocked @ 2436 MHz Performing below potential (92^nd percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	87.4% Excellent	MC Read 32.3 MC Write 32.9 MC Mixed 28 89% 31.1 GB/s	SC Read 19.9 SC Write 20.9 SC Mixed 28.4 66% 23.1 GB/s	Latency 46.9 85% 46.9 ns
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 87.4% Great: 89%

Take a copy of your results

System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Custom PC Builder (Explore upgrades for this PC) Build your perfect PC: compare component prices, popularity, speed and value for money

CHOOSE AN UPGRADE:

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

MBD

Typical SABERTOOTH Z87 Builds (Compare 1,542 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 61%

Destroyer

Desktop 80%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 50%

Yacht

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	123x
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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

Value: 90% - Excellent

Total price: $555

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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