Asus SABERTOOTH Z87

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 80.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	39.6% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (37%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z87 (all builds)
Memory	5.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170306
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 28 '18 at 19:13
Run Duration	135 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	37%

PC Performing above expectations (70^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 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	80.3% Excellent	Memory 95.4 1-Core 111 2-Core 213 81% 140 Pts	4-Core 353 8-Core 537 55% 445 Pts	64-Core 615 38% 615 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 80.3% Great: 84%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force 3 120GB-$109 22,358 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 47GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.07 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 105 105 11145779 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 -15066745258746 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 952 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 741 (B1) Unknown 0 0 5 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 11145779 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 11145779 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 11145779 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 99 99 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 18417 (EA) Unknown 0 0 17936 (F1) Unknown 0 0 17936 (F2) Unknown 0 0 26974	39.6% Below average	Read 179 Write 100 Mixed 113 29% 131 MB/s	4K Read 15.9 4K Write 62 4K Mixed 13.4 74% 30.5 MB/s	DQ Read 96.3 DQ Write 104 DQ Mixed 32.3 43% 77.5 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 39.6% Great: 61%
Maxtor STM3500320AS 500GB 5,105 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 466GB free Firmware: MX15 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 98 203797968 (03) Spinup time 95 88 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5516 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 61 60 1804373673623 (09) Power-on hours count 68 68 28145 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 30 (0C) Power cycle count 96 37 4585 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 43 43 57 (BC) Unknown 100 93 4295032985 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 76 52 403898392 (C2) HDA temperature 24 48 30064771096 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 23 18 203797968 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	58.6% Above average	Read 103 Write 101 Mixed 92.2 74% 98.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.79 4K Write 1.55 4K Mixed 0.47 114% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 58.6% Great: 59%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 241GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 11 (03) Spinup time 171 163 6433 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4856 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 14707 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2498 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 676 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 154 154 138664 (C2) HDA temperature 127 99 23 (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 11	56.8% Above average	Read 97.7 Write 100 Mixed 82.3 70% 93.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 1.38 4K Mixed 0.18 63% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 56.8% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLE4G3D1608DE1TX0. 2x4GB 818 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	61.4% Good	MC Read 21.8 MC Write 22.3 MC Mixed 18.9 60% 21 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 20 SC Mixed 18.8 52% 18.3 GB/s	Latency 55.9 72% 55.9 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 61.4% Great: 65%

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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 $109Bench 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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Total price: $555

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $124	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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