Asus Z87-PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 75% Battleship	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 63% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 84.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	86.2% 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	46.8% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (25%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z87-PRO (all builds)
Memory	24.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131003
Uptime	4.7 Days
Run Date	Nov 26 '19 at 09:01
Run Duration	217 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	25%

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PC Performing as expected (58^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 0.8 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	84.9% Excellent	Memory 94.9 1-Core 108 2-Core 216 80% 140 Pts	4-Core 404 8-Core 623 63% 513 Pts	64-Core 626 39% 626 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 84.9% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8599) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.20 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	86.2% Excellent	Lighting 108 Reflection 116 Parallax 111 88% 111 fps	MRender 101 Gravity 102 Splatting 100 82% 101 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Mushkin Chronos 240GB-$99 690 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 110GB free (System drive) Firmware: 507ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 117 121 115 114 115 MB/s Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	46.8% Average	Read 65.3 Write 185 Mixed 115 SusWrite 119 28% 121 MB/s	4K Read 20.7 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 16 109% 48.1 MB/s	DQ Read 43.7 DQ Write 198 DQ Mixed 99.8 83% 114 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 46.8% Great: 91%
Intel 520 Series 120GB-$199 19,348 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 35GB free Firmware: 400i SusWrite @10s intervals: 151 152 144 145 121 128 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	90% Excellent	Read 422 Write 164 Mixed 220 SusWrite 140 52% 236 MB/s	4K Read 39.9 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 47.2 182% 67.4 MB/s	DQ Read 236 DQ Write 161 DQ Mixed 176 138% 191 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 90% Great: 88%
WD Blue 3TB (2015)-$80 75,644 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 95 97 97 97 97 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	73.1% Very good	Read 158 Write 145 Mixed 85 SusWrite 96.5 89% 121 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1 203% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 73.1% Great: 96%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 911GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 107 105 107 108 105 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	61.2% Good	Read 107 Write 101 Mixed 75 SusWrite 106 72% 97.2 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 182% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 61.2% Great: 101%
SAMSUNG HD103SI 1TB 543 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 779GB free, PID 0216 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 19 18 18 18 18 18 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	14.9% Very poor	Read 38.3 Write 39.5 Mixed 35 SusWrite 18.4 44% 32.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 84% 1 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 14.9% Great: 20%
Maxtor OneTouch 500GB 752 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 288GB free, PID 7310 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 18 18 19 18 18 19 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	10.8% Very poor	Read 37.2 Write 4 Mixed 9.8 SusWrite 18.5 19% 17.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.8 43% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 10.8% Great: 21%
WD My Book 1230 4TB 14,665 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 3.5TB free, PID 1230 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 139 138 138 138 139 139 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	56.4% Above average	Read 130 Write 139 Mixed 94.5 SusWrite 138 171% 126 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1 116% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 56.4% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1866 C9 4x8GB 1,487 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	68% Good	MC Read 24.4 MC Write 25 MC Mixed 21.4 67% 23.6 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 21.6 SC Mixed 21.6 57% 20.1 GB/s	Latency 57.2 70% 57.2 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 68% Great: 86%

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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	1,087x
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 $94Bench 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: 62% - Good

Total price: $454

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