Asus Z87-PRO

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	22.5% 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)
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.

High background CPU (27%). 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 Z87-PRO (all builds)
Memory	8.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140604
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Sep 03 '18 at 21:00
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	27%

PC Performing as expected (46^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	72.7% Very good	Memory 83.1 1-Core 103 2-Core 205 74% 130 Pts	4-Core 355 8-Core 393 49% 374 Pts	64-Core 393 24% 393 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 72.7% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280-$185 33,175 User benchmarks, average bench 30% XFX(1682 3003) CLim: 933 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 18.5.1 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	22.5% Poor	Lighting 28.2 Reflection 22.3 Parallax 32.8 23% 27.7 fps	MRender 22.3 Gravity 28.3 Splatting 27.5 22% 26 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 22.5% Great: 34%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 21GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 458 Write 437 Mixed 347 92% 414 MB/s	4K Read 39.1 4K Write 99.9 4K Mixed 52.1 179% 63.7 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 362 272% 362 MB/s
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
Crucial MX300 275GB-$100 67,541 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 18GB free Firmware: M0CR060 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 391 Write 443 Mixed 371 90% 401 MB/s	4K Read 24.6 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 36.6 140% 55.6 MB/s	DQ Read 237 DQ Write 310 DQ Mixed 305 221% 284 MB/s
Poor: 53% Great: 95%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 56GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 71 73 71 73 73 73 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	42% Average	Read 73.7 Write 74.5 Mixed 52.7 SusWrite 72.5 50% 68.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.9 157% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 42% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 34,385 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (35^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	48.6% Average	MC Read 16.7 MC Write 17.5 MC Mixed 15.7 48% 16.6 GB/s	SC Read 13.3 SC Write 16.2 SC Mixed 15.4 43% 15 GB/s	Latency 75.1 53% 75.1 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 48.6% Great: 63%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Typical Z87-PRO Builds (Compare 2,535 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 10%

Tree trunk

Desktop 69%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 9%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: Asus Z87-PRO - $225

CPU
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	1,086x
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	421x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	234x

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	170x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	158x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	157x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	105x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	100x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	97x

RAM
TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 67%, 24,592 samples	58x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 50%, 19,207 samples	51x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 54%, 43,127 samples	51x

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Value: 59% - Above average

Total price: $469

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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