Asus Z87-PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 73% Battleship	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 60% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	86.1% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	47.3% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 Z87-PRO (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140818
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 06 '17 at 09:56
Run Duration	205 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E3-1230 v3-$217 8,137 User benchmarks, average bench 73% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	83.2% Excellent	Memory 94.8 1-Core 102 2-Core 210 78% 136 Pts	4-Core 388 8-Core 552 59% 470 Pts	64-Core 552 34% 552 Pts
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 83.2% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Asus(1043 855B) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1800 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 378.66 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	86.1% Excellent	Lighting 112 Reflection 117 Parallax 106 91% 112 fps	MRender 96.8 Gravity 103 Splatting 84 76% 94.7 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 86.1% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Vector 256GB-$240 2,095 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 93GB free Firmware: 3.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 0 0 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 10226 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1443 (AB) Unknown 80 80 36187472 (AE) Unknown 100 100 828 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (D0) Spin buzz 100 100 143 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 1 (E9) Unknown 96 96 96 (F1) Unknown 100 100 14608 (F2) Unknown 100 100 9757 (F9) Unknown 100 100 1325325088	64.5% Good	Read 376 Write 152 Mixed 341 64% 290 MB/s	4K Read 27.9 4K Write 61.8 4K Mixed 25.1 107% 38.3 MB/s	DQ Read 238 DQ Write 112 DQ Mixed 95.3 92% 149 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 64.5% Great: 111%
Crucial M4 128GB-$116 34,516 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 42GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0309 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 17880 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2535 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 98 98 83 (AE) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 8783252227419 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 84 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 98 98 2 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0	47.3% Average	Read 364 Write 120 Mixed 206 50% 230 MB/s	4K Read 24.7 4K Write 51 4K Mixed 5.97 72% 27.2 MB/s	DQ Read 134 DQ Write 109 DQ Mixed 13.7 40% 85.5 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 47.3% Great: 72%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 1.5TB-$88 40,945 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1TB free Firmware: CC1H Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 89893752 (03) Spinup time 100 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8326 (05) Reallocated sector count 99 99 80 (07) Seek error rate 80 60 110492582 (09) Power-on hours count 72 72 24613 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 7 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3940 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 128850985051 (BD) vendor-specific 1 1 367 (BE) vendor-specific 68 41 1649806016544 (C2) HDA temperature 32 59 51539607584 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 33 20 89893752 (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 97074850846428 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1368333343 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1407905506	51.8% Above average	Read 103 Write 77.3 Mixed 90.4 68% 90.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.54 4K Mixed 0.46 102% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 51.8% Great: 70%
WD VelociRaptor 300GB-$90 11,249 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 277GB free Firmware: 04.04V01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 199 197 3050 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5142 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 67 67 24281 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3862 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 249 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5143 (C2) HDA temperature 119 94 28 (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 200 200 129 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	58.3% Above average	Read 113 Write 90 Mixed 103 77% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.94 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 0.73 169% 1.42 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 58.3% Great: 69%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 750GB-$60 30,974 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 110GB free Firmware: 1AA01113 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 75 75 8180 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8548 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 15506 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 3846 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 80 54 336723988 (C2) HDA temperature 75 52 420610073 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 8156 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 92 996 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	38.8% Below average	Read 68.7 Write 66.4 Mixed 70.2 52% 68.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.55 4K Mixed 0.36 90% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 38.8% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLT8G3D1608ET3LX0. 2x8GB 3,774 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	60.7% Good	MC Read 21.5 MC Write 22.1 MC Mixed 18.8 59% 20.8 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 19.3 SC Mixed 17.9 52% 18.1 GB/s	Latency 57.7 69% 57.7 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 60.7% Great: 65%

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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	1,087x
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	422x
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 $274	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 $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $42	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