Asus SABERTOOTH Z87

Performance Results


Gaming 22% Surfboard	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 81%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	21.6% 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	59.3% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z87 (all builds)
Memory	11.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170306
Uptime	8 Days
Run Date	May 02 '18 at 19:25
Run Duration	182 Seconds
Run User	ISR-User
Background CPU	17%

PC Performing as expected (55^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 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	81% Excellent	Memory 90.2 1-Core 111 2-Core 218 80% 140 Pts	4-Core 388 8-Core 573 60% 480 Pts	64-Core 578 36% 578 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 81% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 660-$170 123,956 User benchmarks, average bench 20% Asus(1043 8422) 2GB CLim: 1241 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	21.6% Poor	Lighting 25.1 Reflection 24.7 Parallax 32.3 20% 27.4 fps	MRender 32.8 Gravity 30 Splatting 25.7 24% 29.5 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 21.6% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 520 Series 240GB-$139 12,595 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 33GB free (System drive) Firmware: 400i Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 -98260260901806 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 820 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 25 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 25 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 187044 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 47 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 187044 (F2) Unknown 100 100 166543 (F9) Unknown 100 100 4759	59.3% Above average	Read 465 Write 228 Mixed 257 70% 317 MB/s	4K Read 15.5 4K Write 29.5 4K Mixed 13.4 56% 19.5 MB/s	DQ Read 245 DQ Write 197 DQ Mixed 70.2 94% 171 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 59.3% Great: 95%
WD WD1001FALS-00U9B0 1TB 3,876 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 144GB free Firmware: 05.00K05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 253 233 1350 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3831 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4077 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2162 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 50 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3819 (C2) HDA temperature 119 103 31 (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	35.9% Below average	Read 58.8 Write 65.7 Mixed 54.3 45% 59.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 2.05 4K Mixed 0.42 104% 0.98 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 35.9% Great: 73%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 106GB free Firmware: 12.01C02 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 212 185 2391 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7138 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 6095 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2744 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 884 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 7138 (C2) HDA temperature 117 99 30 (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	53.1% Above average	Read 99.8 Write 85.2 Mixed 86.2 68% 90.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.94 4K Mixed 0.37 99% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 53.1% Great: 69%
WD WD2500KS-00MJB0 250GB-$78 8,440 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 50GB free Firmware: 02.01C03 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 185 181 5725 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8826 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 12145 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3970 (BE) vendor-specific 64 41 36 (C2) HDA temperature 114 91 36 (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	30.6% Below average	Read 54.5 Write 51.7 Mixed 51.6 40% 52.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 1.74 4K Mixed 0.37 98% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 30.6% Great: 35%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 19,522 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (39^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	51.1% Above average	MC Read 17.7 MC Write 18.1 MC Mixed 15.7 49% 17.2 GB/s	SC Read 14 SC Write 19 SC Mixed 16.8 47% 16.6 GB/s	Latency 66.9 60% 66.9 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 51.1% Great: 63%

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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