Asus SABERTOOTH Z87

Performance Results


Gaming 42% Speed boat	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 35% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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 84.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	49.2% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	81.1% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z87 (all builds)
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170306
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 22 '18 at 00:03
Run Duration	204 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing as expected (46^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770-$75 176,321 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	84.3% Excellent	Memory 93.4 1-Core 112 2-Core 228 82% 144 Pts	4-Core 405 8-Core 583 62% 494 Pts	64-Core 580 36% 580 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 84.3% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 780-$329 50,279 User benchmarks, average bench 45% MSI(1462 2960) 3GB CLim: 1331 MHz, MLim: 1527 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 398.11 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	49.2% Average	Lighting 59.3 Reflection 53.3 Parallax 69.4 48% 60.7 fps	MRender 70.6 Gravity 69.8 Splatting 50.8 51% 63.7 fps
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 49.2% Great: 49%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Pro 128GB-$150 34,842 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 57GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM06B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 19960 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1414 (B1) Unknown 93 93 236 (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 67 54 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 236 (F1) Unknown 99 99 14826748591	81.1% Excellent	Read 509 Write 356 Mixed 405 94% 423 MB/s	4K Read 26.4 4K Write 86.2 4K Mixed 19.4 110% 44 MB/s	DQ Read 28.5 DQ Write 268 DQ Mixed 17 52% 104 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 81.1% Great: 110%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 809GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 151 144 9408 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4252 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 53 53 34345 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1381 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 172 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 108 108 278745 (C2) HDA temperature 120 102 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	45.9% Average	Read 106 Write 53.8 Mixed 55 53% 71.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 1.34 4K Mixed 0.14 66% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 45.9% Great: 83%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 30GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 138 135 4075 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8052 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 38 38 45383 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2662 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 300 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 7751 (C2) HDA temperature 111 93 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 2	49.6% Average	Read 90.4 Write 82.3 Mixed 90.1 66% 87.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 1.49 4K Mixed 0.28 87% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 49.6% Great: 69%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 5GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 1 (03) Spinup time 253 253 8883 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5166 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 55 55 33486 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1376 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 172 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4993 (C2) HDA temperature 116 98 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	54.9% Above average	Read 114 Write 77.3 Mixed 75 66% 88.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.85 4K Write 2.13 4K Mixed 0.3 108% 1.09 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 54.9% Great: 85%
WD My Book 1235 4TB 2,399 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 222GB free, PID 1235 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	38.6% Below average	Read 114 Write 81.2 Mixed 71 107% 88.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 1.39 4K Mixed 0.2 56% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 38.6% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR3 1600G 2OZ 2x8GB 393 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	33.6% Below average	MC Read 10.9 MC Write 11 MC Mixed 9.4 30% 10.4 GB/s	SC Read 10.2 SC Write 11.7 SC Mixed 10.8 31% 10.9 GB/s	Latency 61.1 66% 61.1 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 33.6% Great: 73%

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Gaming 61%

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Desktop 80%

Aircraft carrier

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