Asus Z87-PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 54% Yacht	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 45% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 81.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	63.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	86.6% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (72%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z87-PRO (all builds)
Memory	29.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140818
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 18 '18 at 02:16
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	72%

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PC Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	81.7% Excellent	Memory 88.3 1-Core 114 2-Core 226 81% 143 Pts	4-Core 406 8-Core 601 63% 503 Pts	64-Core 602 37% 602 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 81.7% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 3281) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	63.3% Good	Lighting 80 Reflection 78.7 Parallax 67.5 65% 75.4 fps	MRender 72.2 Gravity 71.4 Splatting 74.5 60% 72.7 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 63.3% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Ultimate SU800 256GB-$54 40,725 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 36GB free (System drive) Firmware: Q0125A SusWrite @10s intervals: 328 355 134 101 81 77 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	86.6% Excellent	Read 458 Write 418 Mixed 402 SusWrite 179 82% 364 MB/s	4K Read 25 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 39.2 145% 57.1 MB/s	DQ Read 233 DQ Write 337 DQ Mixed 243 196% 271 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 86.6% Great: 118%
Intel 535 Series 180GB-$100 415 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 97GB free Firmware: RG20 SusWrite @10s intervals: 157 168 169 192 184 182 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	78.1% Very good	Read 339 Write 216 Mixed 263 SusWrite 175 56% 248 MB/s	4K Read 27.7 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 34.2 140% 54.8 MB/s	DQ Read 293 DQ Write 213 DQ Mixed 146 138% 217 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 78.1% Great: 87%
WD Blue 2.5" 1TB (2004)-$47 218,164 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 64GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 105 105 108 107 108 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	59.5% Above average	Read 100 Write 98.3 Mixed 54 SusWrite 107 66% 89.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.7 139% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 59.5% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C10 4x8GB 4,160 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (61^st percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	50.6% Above average	MC Read 18.2 MC Write 17.8 MC Mixed 14.3 48% 16.8 GB/s	SC Read 15.3 SC Write 19.9 SC Mixed 18.1 51% 17.8 GB/s	Latency 69.3 58% 69.3 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 50.6% Great: 61%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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 $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 $273	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 $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 $40	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