Asus SABERTOOTH Z87

Performance Results


Gaming 56% Gunboat	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 45% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 97.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	50.8% 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	76.6% 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z87 (all builds)
Memory	14.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1600 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170306
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 07 '18 at 22:27
Run Duration	213 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (73^rd 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, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	97.2% Outstanding	Memory 99.1 1-Core 136 2-Core 275 95% 170 Pts	4-Core 551 8-Core 550 74% 551 Pts	64-Core 550 34% 550 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 97.2% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 780-$329 50,279 User benchmarks, average bench 45% Nvidia(10DE 104B) 3GB CLim: 1332 MHz, MLim: 1517 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 388.31 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	50.8% Above average	Lighting 62 Reflection 54.6 Parallax 69.8 50% 62.1 fps	MRender 70.9 Gravity 69.1 Splatting 52.1 51% 64 fps
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 50.8% Great: 49%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ RevoDrive 3 X2 PCIe 480GB-$1,507 269 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 163GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.25 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 115 402798119 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 2 (09) Power-on hours count 59 59 94987496754927 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 600 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 460 (B1) Unknown 0 0 4 (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 402798119 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 2 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 402798119 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 402798119 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 31167 (EA) Unknown 0 0 21995 (F1) Unknown 0 0 21995 (F2) Unknown 0 0 26674	76.6% Very good	Read 390 Write 295 Mixed 335 76% 340 MB/s	4K Read 24.8 4K Write 78.9 4K Mixed 20 105% 41.2 MB/s	DQ Read 315 DQ Write 225 DQ Mixed 10.6 78% 183 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 76.6% Great: 129%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1TB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 200 171 4958 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 707 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 47 47 39248 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 140 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 118 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 116 116 253611 (C2) HDA temperature 118 106 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	56.6% Above average	Read 96.7 Write 100 Mixed 93.9 73% 97 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 1.72 4K Mixed 0.23 88% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 56.6% Great: 67%
WD Blue 320GB (2008)-$39 64,707 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 241GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 142 140 3858 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1510 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 17 17 60605 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1359 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 756 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 753 (C2) HDA temperature 110 101 33 (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 200 200 118 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	58.6% Above average	Read 106 Write 98.3 Mixed 96.2 75% 100 MB/s	4K Read 0.81 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.36 102% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 58.6% Great: 60%
WD WD3000GLFS-01F8U0 300GB 3,689 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 228GB free Firmware: 03.03V01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 198 197 3100 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2169 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 4 4 70414 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1554 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 1274 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2169 (C2) HDA temperature 116 107 31 (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	65.2% Good	Read 112 Write 114 Mixed 97.4 81% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.94 4K Write 2.83 4K Mixed 0.65 164% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 65.2% Great: 68%
WD WD3000GLFS-01F8U0 300GB 3,689 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 128GB free Firmware: 03.03V01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 206 198 2675 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1488 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 13 13 63872 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1354 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 428 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1488 (C2) HDA temperature 117 108 30 (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	55.9% Above average	Read 96.8 Write 97.2 Mixed 93.3 72% 95.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.98 4K Write 2.84 4K Mixed 0.62 162% 1.48 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 55.9% Great: 68%
WD Blue 320GB (2008)-$39 64,707 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 101GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 142 140 3858 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1576 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 17 17 60640 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1358 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 756 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 819 (C2) HDA temperature 109 102 34 (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	45.2% Average	Read 79.5 Write 77.8 Mixed 75.4 58% 77.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.46 104% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 45.2% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F3 DDR3 2400 C9 4x4GB 277 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 2400 MHz clocked @ 2424 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	95% Outstanding	MC Read 33.7 MC Write 35.3 MC Mixed 30.6 95% 33.2 GB/s	SC Read 25.1 SC Write 25.8 SC Mixed 30 77% 27 GB/s	Latency 40.5 99% 40.5 ns
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 95% Great: 113%

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Gaming 61%

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Desktop 80%

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Workstation 50%

Yacht

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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	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