Asus Z87-WS

Performance Results


Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 79.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	13.5% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	82.8% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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.

Motherboard	Asus Z87-WS (all builds)
Memory	29.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20140605
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 10 '18 at 08:31
Run Duration	296 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (60^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 (86^th percentile)	79.5% Very good	Memory 89.4 1-Core 116 2-Core 224 82% 143 Pts	4-Core 376 8-Core 587 59% 481 Pts	64-Core 592 37% 592 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 79.5% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Quadro K4000 11,114 User benchmarks, average bench 13% Nvidia(10DE 097C) 3GB CLim: 810 MHz, MLim: 1404 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 391.33 Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	13.5% Very poor	Lighting 15.4 Reflection 14.3 Parallax 19.2 13% 16.3 fps	MRender 21.1 Gravity 18.5 Splatting 16.7 15% 18.8 fps
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 13.5% Great: 13%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 82GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 48158 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 86 (B1) Unknown 96 96 46 (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 67 53 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 45 (F1) Unknown 99 99 39331495291	82.8% Excellent	Read 504 Write 333 Mixed 344 87% 393 MB/s	4K Read 44.1 4K Write 75.7 4K Mixed 22.3 135% 47.3 MB/s	DQ Read 45.4 DQ Write 86.6 DQ Mixed 70.7 52% 67.5 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 82.8% Great: 118%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 891GB free Firmware: JC4B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 218110764 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 97 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 71 60 14110496 (09) Power-on hours count 65 65 31075 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 77 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 89 89 11 (BC) Unknown 100 98 8590065672 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 62 505151518 (C2) HDA temperature 30 40 73014444062 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 23 18 218110764 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 6 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -129342940087809 (F1) Unknown 100 253 418142408 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2476959666	57.2% Above average	Read 105 Write 93.8 Mixed 96.7 74% 98.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.85 4K Write 1.54 4K Mixed 0.47 116% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 57.2% Great: 68%
WD Elements 2TB 35,768 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 2TB free, PID 107c Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	44.4% Average	Read 136 Write 87 Mixed 104 132% 109 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 1.78 4K Mixed 0.2 70% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 44.4% Great: 44%
Kingston DataTraveler 2.0 16GB 13,169 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 7GB free, PID 1665 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	4.92% Terrible	Read 19.7 Write 5.66 Mixed 8.22 12% 11.2 MB/s	4K Read 3.49 4K Write 0.002 4K Mixed 0.003 13% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 4.92% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CM3B8G2C1600L9L 4x8GB 73 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (32^nd percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	52.3% Above average	MC Read 18.5 MC Write 18.5 MC Mixed 15.5 50% 17.5 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 19.9 SC Mixed 18.1 51% 17.8 GB/s	Latency 68 59% 68 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 52.3% Great: 97%

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Typical Z87-WS Builds (Compare 77 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 29%

Raft

Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 24%

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	15x

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
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	4x
Raid 1 Volume 500GBIntelBench 146%, 1,321 samples	4x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $95Bench 96%, 217,115 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: $655

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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