Asus SABERTOOTH Z87

Performance Results


Gaming 30% Sail boat	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 24% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	36% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Very high background CPU (35%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z87 (all builds)
Memory	8.4 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colori
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20140818
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Feb 15 '17 at 18:10
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	35%

PC Performing as expected (57^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4670K-$62 128,482 User benchmarks, average bench 68% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	72.9% Very good	Memory 92.3 1-Core 101 2-Core 204 77% 133 Pts	4-Core 303 8-Core 349 42% 326 Pts	64-Core 355 22% 355 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 72.9% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 770-$279 116,895 User benchmarks, average bench 34% Asus(1043 8465) 2GB CLim: 1234 MHz, MLim: 1762 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 378.49 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	36% Below average	Lighting 43 Reflection 39.5 Parallax 55.9 35% 46.1 fps	MRender 54 Gravity 50.3 Splatting 38 38% 47.4 fps
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 36% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 223GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1634 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 154 (B1) Unknown 99 99 1 (B3) Unknown 100 100 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 69 55 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 6 (F1) Unknown 99 99 884787412	102% Outstanding	Read 504 Write 401 Mixed 412 98% 439 MB/s	4K Read 44.9 4K Write 89.7 4K Mixed 47.4 176% 60.7 MB/s	DQ Read 45.1 DQ Write 99 DQ Mixed 26.6 33% 56.9 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 688GB free Firmware: CC49 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 99 39223560 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6718 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 32108138 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 11152 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1072 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 95 95 5 (BE) vendor-specific 78 45 4698800150 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 70 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 86 86 28256 (C2) HDA temperature 22 55 -140737488355306 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 126671470462596 (F1) Unknown 100 253 36889463857 (F2) Unknown 100 253 37380625702	100% Outstanding	Read 181 Write 170 Mixed 157 127% 169 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.38 98% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 112%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 381GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 2671 (03) Spinup time 168 168 2583 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 977 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 10464 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 972 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 50 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 950 (C2) HDA temperature 120 107 23 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 12 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	87.6% Excellent	Read 154 Write 151 Mixed 140 112% 148 MB/s	4K Read 0.83 4K Write 2.17 4K Mixed 0.29 107% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 87.6% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 175GB free Firmware: CC38 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 100 103126755 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5789 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 73 60 23850943 (09) Power-on hours count 63 63 33006 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 37 1283 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 4295032834 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 81 42 163646210067 (C2) HDA temperature 19 58 55834574867 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 20 18 103126755 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -87222195839510 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3061520903 (F2) Unknown 100 253 467352708	46.6% Average	Read 85.1 Write 77.3 Mixed 67.7 58% 76.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 1.31 4K Mixed 0.52 111% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 46.6% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMZ8GX3M2A1866C9 Kingston KHX1866C10D3/4G 0215 CMZ8GX3M2A1866C9 12GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (30^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	52.6% Above average	MC Read 18.1 MC Write 18.8 MC Mixed 16.8 51% 17.9 GB/s	SC Read 14 SC Write 17.1 SC Mixed 16.3 45% 15.8 GB/s	Latency 63.5 63% 63.5 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 52.6% Great: 84%

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Gaming 61%

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Desktop 80%

Aircraft carrier

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 $94Bench 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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Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $540

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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