Asus Z87-PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 30% Sail boat	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 24% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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. 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 71.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	35.8% 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	92.7% 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 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 (37%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z87-PRO (all builds)
Memory	11.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20140604
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Jun 19 '16 at 16:02
Run Duration	255 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	37%

PC Performing above expectations (80^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 (62^nd percentile)	71.6% Very good	Memory 87 1-Core 104 2-Core 202 76% 131 Pts	4-Core 323 8-Core 346 44% 334 Pts	64-Core 398 25% 398 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 71.6% Great: 82%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Asus(1043 8534) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 10.18.14.4170 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	3.74% Terrible	Lighting 3.73 Reflection 6.23 Parallax 6.16 3% 5.37 fps	MRender 8.67 Gravity 2.47 Splatting 7.26 5% 6.13 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.74% Great: 3%
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Gigabyte(1458 36B0) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6822 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	35.8% Below average	Lighting 46.8 Reflection 43.7 Parallax 39 38% 43.2 fps	MRender 38.3 Gravity 40.4 Splatting 36 31% 38.3 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 35.8% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ ARC 100 120GB-$82 4,735 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 20GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 0 0 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6479 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 263 (AB) Unknown 100 100 41088080 (AE) Unknown 100 100 10 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (D0) Spin buzz 100 100 708 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 77 77 77 (F1) Unknown 100 100 23893 (F2) Unknown 100 100 2838 (F9) Unknown 100 100 1887458743	92.7% Outstanding	Read 449 Write 379 Mixed 409 92% 413 MB/s	4K Read 27.8 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 23.3 132% 54.9 MB/s	DQ Read 279 DQ Write 298 DQ Mixed 67.2 112% 214 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 92.7% Great: 98%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 518GB free Firmware: 03.01A03 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 188 173 1591 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 544 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 6603 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 271 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 63 504823838 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 32 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 515 (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	90.6% Outstanding	Read 151 Write 165 Mixed 132 112% 150 MB/s	4K Read 0.2 4K Write 1.75 4K Mixed 0.21 64% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 90.6% Great: 109%
USB DISK 2.0 8GB 5,616 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 7GB free, PID 4200, Literally a Turtle Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	12.1% Very poor	Read 35.9 Write 10.5 Mixed 8.1 18% 18.2 MB/s	4K Read 7.37 4K Write 0.93 4K Mixed 0.62 80% 2.97 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 12.1% Great: 9%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 43,127 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	58.3% Above average	MC Read 18.8 MC Write 22.4 MC Mixed 19.7 58% 20.3 GB/s	SC Read 15.1 SC Write 19 SC Mixed 18.3 50% 17.5 GB/s	Latency 70.4 57% 70.4 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 58.3% Great: 63%

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Gaming 10%

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Desktop 69%

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Workstation 9%

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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	233x

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 $129Bench 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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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