Asus SABERTOOTH Z87

Performance Results


Gaming 43% Speed boat	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 36% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 74.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	54.7% 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	85.5% 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 (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z87 (all builds)
Memory	10 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140818
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Jun 01 '18 at 11:49
Run Duration	202 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	17%

PC Performing as expected (50^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 as expected (52^nd percentile)	74.3% Very good	Memory 84.1 1-Core 93.1 2-Core 183 70% 120 Pts	4-Core 348 8-Core 530 54% 439 Pts	64-Core 528 33% 528 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 74.3% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290-$399 68,699 User benchmarks, average bench 46% Sapphire(174B E283) CLim: 1030 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 18.5.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	54.7% Above average	Lighting 67.8 Reflection 60.8 Parallax 84.6 55% 71.1 fps	MRender 60.7 Gravity 54.5 Splatting 76.5 54% 63.9 fps
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 54.7% Great: 50%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 500GB-$150 68,337 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 382GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 24742 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1594 (B1) Unknown 94 94 62 (B3) Unknown 100 1 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 55 46 45 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 170 (F1) Unknown 99 99 84732179773	85.5% Excellent	Read 496 Write 339 Mixed 348 87% 394 MB/s	4K Read 40.5 4K Write 60.5 4K Mixed 24.3 124% 41.7 MB/s	DQ Read 294 DQ Write 73 DQ Mixed 21.3 58% 129 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 85.5% Great: 126%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$64 143,477 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 470GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 4 (03) Spinup time 142 130 3883 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2982 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 64 64 26746 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1972 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 224 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 161 161 117297 (C2) HDA temperature 109 101 34 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	70.4% Very good	Read 138 Write 108 Mixed 115 90% 120 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 0.54 4K Mixed 0.14 56% 0.47 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 70.4% Great: 85%
WD WD30EURS-63SPKY0 3TB 3,175 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 461GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 189 162 5533 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2401 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 68 68 23727 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1529 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 51 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2349 (C2) HDA temperature 117 109 33 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	48.5% Average	Read 73.4 Write 95.4 Mixed 107 70% 91.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.32 4K Write 1.72 4K Mixed 0.16 63% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 48.5% Great: 82%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$64 143,477 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 276GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 149 132 3516 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 811 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 79 79 15887 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 740 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 37 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 157 157 129523 (C2) HDA temperature 111 103 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 2 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	70% Good	Read 137 Write 106 Mixed 117 91% 120 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 2.25 4K Mixed 0.19 82% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 70% Great: 85%
ST2000DM 006-2DM164 2TB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 238GB free, PID 2775 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	16.7% Very poor	Read 40.8 Write 41.3 Mixed 37.4 51% 39.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 0.56 4K Mixed 0.21 28% 0.44 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 16.7% Great: 77%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLT8G3D1869DT1TX0. 2x8GB 2,378 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1867 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (30^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	49.3% Average	MC Read 17.4 MC Write 17.5 MC Mixed 15.5 48% 16.8 GB/s	SC Read 12.6 SC Write 17.8 SC Mixed 15.6 44% 15.3 GB/s	Latency 73.2 55% 73.2 ns
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 49.3% Great: 78%

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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	852x
Core i7-4770Intel $75Bench 70%, 176,321 samples	174x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	172x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	127x
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	62x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	56x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	54x

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 i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	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