Asus Z87-PRO

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (14th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 86 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 68.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Boot Drive	54.5% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (35%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z87-PRO (all builds)
Memory	1.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140818
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 16 '18 at 22:54
Run Duration	377 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	35%

PC Performing way below expectations (14^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 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	68.2% Good	Memory 83.5 1-Core 79.3 2-Core 159 64% 107 Pts	4-Core 287 8-Core 466 46% 376 Pts	64-Core 524 32% 524 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 68.2% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Asus(1043 8534) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4835 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ ARC 100 240GB-$120 11,799 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 111GB free Firmware: 1.01 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 6464 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1259 (AB) Unknown 100 100 81853264 (AE) Unknown 100 100 167 (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 94 (D2) Unknown 100 100 138 (E0) Load friction 100 100 1 (E9) Unknown 97 97 97 (F1) Unknown 100 100 3331 (F2) Unknown 100 100 5256 (F9) Unknown 100 100 201513617	64.7% Good	Read 449 Write 414 Mixed 437 97% 433 MB/s	4K Read 17.7 4K Write 35.4 4K Mixed 10.5 59% 21.2 MB/s	DQ Read 171 DQ Write 17 DQ Mixed 17.9 32% 68.5 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 64.7% Great: 101%
OCZ RevoDrive 3 X2 PCIe 240GB 1,088 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 59GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.25 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 4086358 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -118145960377636 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 40 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 26 (B1) Unknown 0 0 0 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 4086358 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 4086358 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 4086358 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 0 (EA) Unknown 0 0 0 (F1) Unknown 0 0 1756 (F2) Unknown 0 0 1045	54.5% Above average	Read 382 Write 235 Mixed 284 66% 300 MB/s	4K Read 20.2 4K Write 49.8 4K Mixed 10.3 70% 26.8 MB/s	DQ Read 23.4 DQ Write 186 DQ Mixed 10.4 36% 73.1 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 54.5% Great: 89%
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$115 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 55GB free Firmware: EXM02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2458 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1257 (B1) Unknown 98 98 121 (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 69 57 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 4 (EB) Unknown 99 99 250 (F1) Unknown 99 99 27797114629	69.4% Good	Read 518 Write 143 Mixed 274 68% 312 MB/s	4K Read 31.9 4K Write 76.4 4K Mixed 24.3 120% 44.2 MB/s	DQ Read 33.1 DQ Write 156 DQ Mixed 110 80% 99.8 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 69.4% Great: 124%
SanDisk X110 64GB-$25 656 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 45GB free Firmware: X230600 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 2661 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1248 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 10 (A8) Unknown 100 100 72 (A9) Unknown 100 100 41 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 27 (AE) Unknown 100 100 127 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 71 69 296353857565 (D4) Unknown 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 90 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 1820 (F1) Unknown 253 253 982 (F2) Unknown 253 253 1297 (F3) Unknown 100 100 0	63.6% Good	Read 385 Write 139 Mixed 204 53% 243 MB/s	4K Read 27.7 4K Write 68.2 4K Mixed 21 105% 38.9 MB/s	DQ Read 240 DQ Write 144 DQ Mixed 39.6 70% 141 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 63.6% Great: 79%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsZ DDR3 2133 C9 4x2GB 135 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 4 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 2133 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (13^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	51.3% Above average	MC Read 20.5 MC Write 19.4 MC Mixed 17.8 55% 19.2 GB/s	SC Read 7.1 SC Write 9.8 SC Mixed 7.9 24% 8.27 GB/s	Latency 74.3 54% 74.3 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 51.3% Great: 83%

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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	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 $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