Asus SABERTOOTH Z87

Performance Results


Gaming 96% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 80% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	110% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	103% 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	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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	21.7 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170306
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 17 '18 at 04:47
Run Duration	134 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (62^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 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	85.6% Excellent	Memory 98.1 1-Core 119 2-Core 238 87% 152 Pts	4-Core 395 8-Core 571 60% 483 Pts	64-Core 632 39% 632 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 85.6% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% PNY(196E 119E) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2787 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Lighting 144 Reflection 155 Parallax 136 118% 145 fps	MRender 124 Gravity 139 Splatting 114 102% 125 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$52 296,814 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 99GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 297 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 183 (B1) Unknown 99 99 2 (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 59 52 41 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 75 (F1) Unknown 99 99 2432536225	103% Outstanding	Read 528 Write 417 Mixed 431 102% 458 MB/s	4K Read 48.4 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 19.8 153% 56.7 MB/s	DQ Read 348 DQ Write 248 DQ Mixed 27.2 94% 208 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 128%
Crucial MX300 275GB-$100 67,541 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 81GB free Firmware: M0CR040 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd 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 2694 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1940 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 95 95 89 (AE) Unknown 100 100 1084 (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 24969779067 (F7) Unknown 100 100 788254343 (F8) Unknown 100 100 190785857 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1258 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	71% Very good	Read 484 Write 309 Mixed 324 82% 372 MB/s	4K Read 27 4K Write 71 4K Mixed 14.4 97% 37.5 MB/s	DQ Read 28.1 DQ Write 188 DQ Mixed 14 39% 76.8 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 71% Great: 95%
Seagate ST33000651NS 3TB 6,381 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 1TB free Firmware: G009 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 82 63 172318508 (03) Spinup time 92 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2620 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 82 60 22299690134 (09) Power-on hours count 61 61 35023 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2303 (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 588709923 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1137 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 4051 (C2) HDA temperature 35 47 68719476771 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 22 6 172318508 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	70% Good	Read 123 Write 121 Mixed 124 92% 123 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1.99 4K Mixed 0.35 98% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 70% Great: 86%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMD32GX3M4A2400C10 0420 F3-2666C11-4GTXD 0215 CMD32GX3M4A2400C10 0420 F3-2666C11-4GTXD 24GB 1600, 2667, 1600, 2667 MHz 8192, 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	86% Excellent	MC Read 31.2 MC Write 32.9 MC Mixed 27.2 87% 30.4 GB/s	SC Read 20.1 SC Write 21.9 SC Mixed 26.5 65% 22.8 GB/s	Latency 45.6 88% 45.6 ns

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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	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 $129Bench 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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $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