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 (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 90.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	67% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140527
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 19 '17 at 04:34
Run Duration	152 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (64^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	90.8% Outstanding	Memory 95.2 1-Core 130 2-Core 254 90% 160 Pts	4-Core 467 8-Core 670 71% 568 Pts	64-Core 603 37% 603 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 90.8% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 780-$329 50,279 User benchmarks, average bench 45% EVGA(3842 2783) 3GB CLim: 1380 MHz, MLim: 1602 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 378.66 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 113 Reflection 55.4 Parallax 75.3 92% 81.2 fps	Gravity 67.5 Splatting 53.2 52% 60.4 fps
Poor: 41% Great: 49%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 284GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 13884 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 134 (B1) Unknown 99 99 9 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 99 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 55 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 6 (F1) Unknown 99 99 8057578027	114% Outstanding	Read 512 Write 408 Mixed 419 99% 447 MB/s	4K Read 39.6 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 46.9 178% 65.3 MB/s	DQ Read 351 DQ Write 287 DQ Mixed 107 138% 248 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 134%
Intel 520 Series 180GB-$132 14,258 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 32GB free (System drive) Firmware: 400i Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 -88235807217861 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 820 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 689 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 689 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 733409 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 30 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 733409 (F2) Unknown 100 100 322642 (F9) Unknown 100 100 20831	67% Good	Read 470 Write 157 Mixed 205 60% 277 MB/s	4K Read 27.3 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 12 119% 52.1 MB/s	DQ Read 29.2 DQ Write 199 DQ Mixed 11.6 39% 79.8 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 67% Great: 88%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$60 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 149 147 9508 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6568 (05) Reallocated sector count 199 199 2 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 51 51 36051 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1160 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 148 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 66 66 403337 (C2) HDA temperature 117 105 35 (C4) Reallocation count 199 199 1 (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	51% Above average	Read 87.8 Write 90 Mixed 87.3 67% 88.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 1.33 4K Mixed 0.17 73% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 51% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 122,541 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	68.7% Good	MC Read 24.4 MC Write 25.5 MC Mixed 21.6 68% 23.8 GB/s	SC Read 14.8 SC Write 23.7 SC Mixed 22.5 58% 20.3 GB/s	Latency 56.6 71% 56.6 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 68.7% Great: 72%

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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	849x
Core i7-4770Intel $75Bench 70%, 176,321 samples	173x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	171x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	125x
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 $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	56x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $85Bench 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 i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16