Asus Z87-PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 63% Destroyer	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 52% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 74.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	84.4% 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	97.4% 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	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 (35%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus Z87-PRO (all builds)
Memory	7.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131213
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Aug 19 '18 at 19:24
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	35%

PC Performing as expected (42^nd 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 as expected (52^nd percentile)	74.1% Very good	Memory 84.5 1-Core 103 2-Core 180 72% 123 Pts	4-Core 344 8-Core 498 53% 421 Pts	64-Core 533 33% 533 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 74.1% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3232) CLim: 1631 MHz, MLim: 1952 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 398.82 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	84.4% Excellent	Lighting 108 Reflection 113 Parallax 112 88% 111 fps	MRender 96.6 Gravity 99.8 Splatting 91.2 78% 95.8 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 84.4% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 124GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 317 230 242 241 245 247 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	97.4% Outstanding	Read 449 Write 439 Mixed 343 SusWrite 254 83% 371 MB/s	4K Read 31.1 4K Write 84.8 4K Mixed 49 155% 55 MB/s	DQ Read 361 DQ Write 328 DQ Mixed 327 250% 338 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 97.4% Great: 124%
Crucial MX500 1TB-$66 202,785 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 478GB free Firmware: 010 SusWrite @10s intervals: 333 307 354 381 385 393 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 462 Write 429 Mixed 396 SusWrite 359 93% 411 MB/s	4K Read 32.3 4K Write 83.6 4K Mixed 47.7 154% 54.5 MB/s	DQ Read 363 DQ Write 305 DQ Mixed 291 230% 320 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 125%
WD Black 3TB (2013)-$151 16,992 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 1TB free Firmware: 1A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 133 135 134 135 135 133 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	84.8% Excellent	Read 161 Write 157 Mixed 110 SusWrite 134 104% 140 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 3.3 4K Mixed 0.9 211% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 84.8% Great: 100%
WD Black 6TB (2016)-$235 6,443 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0A81 SusWrite @10s intervals: 184 181 183 188 187 184 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	76.8% Very good	Read 82.5 Write 176 Mixed 70.7 SusWrite 184 94% 128 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 5.3 4K Mixed 0.6 182% 2.1 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 76.8% Great: 121%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 2x8GB 24,592 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 2400 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (17^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	47.8% Average	MC Read 16.1 MC Write 17.5 MC Mixed 15.3 47% 16.3 GB/s	SC Read 12.1 SC Write 16.7 SC Mixed 15.2 42% 14.7 GB/s	Latency 72.6 55% 72.6 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 47.8% Great: 88%

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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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Typical Z87-PRO Builds (Compare 2,538 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 10%

Tree trunk

Desktop 69%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 9%

Tree trunk

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 $15	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