Asus Z87-PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 11% Tree trunk	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


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. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	3.18% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	62% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z87-PRO (all builds)
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140818
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 11 '17 at 19:52
Run Duration	172 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	16%

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 i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	83.4% Excellent	Memory 95.6 1-Core 111 2-Core 219 82% 142 Pts	4-Core 385 8-Core 556 59% 470 Pts	64-Core 561 35% 561 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 83.4% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 730 164,888 User benchmarks, average bench 5% MSI(1462 8A9F) ≥ 4GB CLim: 700 MHz, MLim: 250 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 376.53 Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	3.18% Terrible	Lighting 3.97 Reflection 4.65 Parallax 3.38 3% 4 fps	MRender 4.38 Gravity 4.07 Splatting 3.09 3% 3.84 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.18% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Pro 256GB-$190 73,119 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 120GB free (System drive) Firmware: 6B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 8395 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1711 (B1) Unknown 96 96 139 (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 75 55 25 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 202 (F1) Unknown 99 99 21054000424	62% Good	Read 497 Write 106 Mixed 153 54% 252 MB/s	4K Read 28.4 4K Write 93.2 4K Mixed 17 114% 46.2 MB/s	DQ Read 29.7 DQ Write 87.6 DQ Mixed 8.18 21% 41.8 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 62% Great: 116%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 612GB free Firmware: 0A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 172 171 2391 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1996 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 8760 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1444 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 87 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1908 (C2) HDA temperature 120 94 23 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	76.7% Very good	Read 149 Write 118 Mixed 134 101% 134 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 2.34 4K Mixed 0.28 95% 1.04 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 76.7% Great: 109%
Hitachi HDP72505 500GB 355 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 466GB free Firmware: A5CA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 133 133 138 (03) Spinup time 116 116 25791365450 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 6581 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 131 131 29 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 13163 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3743 (C0) Power-off retract count 95 95 6867 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 6867 (C2) HDA temperature 240 240 223339151385 (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 200 200 1	50.8% Above average	Read 86.2 Write 90.7 Mixed 89.1 67% 88.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 1.71 4K Mixed 0.48 115% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 50.8% Great: 51%
Hitachi HDP72505 500GB 355 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 247GB free Firmware: A5CA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 97 97 327682 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 104 (03) Spinup time 113 113 25791824212 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 4839 (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 99 99 12952 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3566 (C0) Power-off retract count 96 96 5105 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 5105 (C2) HDA temperature 240 240 219044184089 (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 200 200 585	46.2% Average	Read 78.1 Write 82.6 Mixed 78.3 60% 79.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 1.56 4K Mixed 0.34 94% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 46.2% Great: 51%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 2133 C11 4x4GB 4,968 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	76.5% Very good	MC Read 28 MC Write 28.8 MC Mixed 24.8 78% 27.2 GB/s	SC Read 18.3 SC Write 20.3 SC Mixed 23 59% 20.5 GB/s	Latency 55.3 72% 55.3 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 76.5% Great: 79%

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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	1,089x
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	422x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	235x

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 $90Bench 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	52x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 54%, 43,127 samples	52x

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Value: 63% - Good

Total price: $450

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $45	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