Asus SABERTOOTH Z87

Performance Results


Gaming 53% Yacht	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 45% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	66.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	37.3% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z87 (all builds)
Memory	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140818
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 04 '16 at 12:15
Run Duration	268 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing as expected (41^st 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-$65 176,321 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	77.2% Very good	Memory 87.9 1-Core 109 2-Core 178 74% 125 Pts	4-Core 359 8-Core 569 57% 464 Pts	64-Core 570 35% 570 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 77.2% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Gigabyte(1458 3672) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1443 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 376.9 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	66.5% Good	Lighting 85.8 Reflection 82.9 Parallax 80.3 70% 83 fps	MRender 80.9 Gravity 74.7 Splatting 66.1 60% 73.9 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 66.5% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$36 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 13GB free (System drive) Firmware: 541ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 13560361 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 102778567400081 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1222 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 57 (B1) Unknown 0 0 98 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 33 49 47247851553 (C2) HDA temperature 33 49 47247851553 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 13560361 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 13560361 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 13560361 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 9400 (EA) Unknown 0 0 8266 (F1) Unknown 0 0 8266 (F2) Unknown 0 0 10644	37.3% Below average	Read 164 Write 81.9 Mixed 93.3 25% 113 MB/s	4K Read 12.3 4K Write 80.3 4K Mixed 10.9 75% 34.5 MB/s	DQ Read 85.5 DQ Write 91.8 DQ Mixed 28.4 38% 68.5 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 37.3% Great: 73%
Toshiba X300 4TB-$132 23,740 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 3.5TB free Firmware: FP2A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 6918 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 775 (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 97 97 1301 (0A) Spinup retry count 115 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 195 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 4 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 2 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 921 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 197569413162 (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 200 253 0 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 0 (DE) Loaded hours 100 100 345 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 290 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0
Poor: 57% Great: 104%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$39 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 45GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 172 169 2366 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3149 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 6733 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1212 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 61 54 655884327 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 37 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3111 (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	48.3% Average	Read 84.9 Write 83.1 Mixed 89.8 65% 85.9 MB/s	4K Read 1.24 4K Write 2.02 4K Mixed 0.35 127% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 48.3% Great: 109%
Lexar SD USB_3_0 Read 256GB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 175GB free, PID b050 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	7.95% Terrible	Read 23.1 Write 3.76 Mixed 20 18% 15.6 MB/s	4K Read 8.44 4K Write 0.58 4K Mixed 0.24 59% 3.09 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 7.95% Great: 47%
WD My Passport 0820 2TB 18,744 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 8GB free, PID 0820 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	25.3% Poor	Read 50.5 Write 58.5 Mixed 48.8 69% 52.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.36 4K Write 1.67 4K Mixed 0.17 64% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 25.3% Great: 42%

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% Above average	MC Read 17.9 MC Write 18.2 MC Mixed 15.9 50% 17.3 GB/s	SC Read 13.9 SC Write 18 SC Mixed 16.1 46% 16 GB/s	Latency 69.7 57% 69.7 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 51% Great: 63%

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Gaming 60%

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Desktop 80%

Battleship

Workstation 50%

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Motherboard: Asus SABERTOOTH Z87 - $193

CPU
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	855x
Core i7-4770Intel $65Bench 70%, 176,321 samples	175x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	172x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	128x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	106x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	86x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	63x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	56x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	54x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 50%, 19,207 samples	40x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 54%, 43,127 samples	40x
Vengeance Pro DDR3 1866 C9 2x8GBCorsairBench 55%, 18,444 samples	34x

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Value: 66% - Good

Total price: $685

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $159	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16