Asus Z87-WS

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 81.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	78.7% 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.

Very high background CPU (100%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z87-WS (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130503
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 03 '17 at 03:02
Run Duration	114 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	100%

PC Performing as expected (56^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 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	81.9% Excellent	Memory 94.1 1-Core 113 2-Core 213 81% 140 Pts	4-Core 376 8-Core 600 60% 488 Pts	64-Core 611 38% 611 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 81.9% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 780-$329 50,279 User benchmarks, average bench 45% EVGA(3842 2781) 3GB CLim: 1202 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 382.5 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 41% Great: 49%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Pro 256GB-$190 73,119 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 56GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM05B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 12060 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2284 (B1) Unknown 93 93 239 (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 78 56 22 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 45 (F1) Unknown 99 99 38930486636	78.7% Very good	Read 505 Write 215 Mixed 342 78% 354 MB/s	4K Read 32.7 4K Write 97.8 4K Mixed 24.3 132% 51.6 MB/s	DQ Read 30.5 DQ Write 255 DQ Mixed 19.2 51% 101 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 78.7% Great: 116%
Hitachi HDS72101 1TB 1,439 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 450GB free Firmware: JP4OA39C Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 94 94 27 (02) Throughput performance 135 135 99 (03) Spinup time 123 123 25789006145 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 9935 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 132 132 34 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 21373 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 4755 (C0) Power-off retract count 92 92 9976 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 92 92 9976 (C2) HDA temperature 253 253 188979085331 (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 0	65.3% Good	Read 119 Write 109 Mixed 96.9 81% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.39 4K Write 1.13 4K Mixed 0.33 74% 0.62 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 65.3% Great: 79%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR3 2400 C10 2x8GB 984 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	74.3% Very good	MC Read 22.4 MC Write 32.5 MC Mixed 23.7 75% 26.2 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 21 SC Mixed 25.4 61% 21.4 GB/s	Latency 59.4 67% 59.4 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 74.3% Great: 89%

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Typical Z87-WS Builds (Compare 76 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 29%

Raft

Desktop 78%

Battleship

Workstation 25%

Surfboard

Motherboard: Asus Z87-WS

CPU
Core i7-4770Intel $75Bench 70%, 176,321 samples	22x
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	15x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	14x

GPU
R9 280XAMD $500Bench 35%, 94,130 samples	7x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	7x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	6x

SSD
Raid 1 Volume 500GBIntelBench 146%, 1,321 samples	4x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $95Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	4x
T253X5240G 240GBTeamBench 70%, 626 samples	4x

RAM
CM3X2G1600C9 4x2GBCorsairBench 50%, 173 samples	4x
HMT41GU6MFR8C-PB 4x8GBHynixBench 60%, 1,419 samples	4x
9905403-848.A00LF 2x8GBKingstonBench 58%, 10 samples	4x

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Value: 28% - Poor

Total price: $575

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 $46

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