Asus Z87-PRO

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 86.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	107% 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.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z87-PRO (all builds)
Memory	8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140818
Uptime	3.7 Days
Run Date	Apr 30 '16 at 19:10
Run Duration	239 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (73^rd 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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	86.2% Excellent	Memory 96.2 1-Core 133 2-Core 257 91% 162 Pts	4-Core 416 8-Core 565 62% 491 Pts	64-Core 640 40% 640 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% EVGA(3842 2981) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6472 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 34.8 Reflection 34.8 Parallax 32.1 28% 33.9 fps	Gravity 30.4 Splatting 29.3 26% 29.9 fps
Poor: 53% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 223GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 7764 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 51 (B1) Unknown 99 99 7 (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 66 55 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 2 (F1) Unknown 99 99 7244070532	107% Outstanding	Read 510 Write 402 Mixed 414 98% 442 MB/s	4K Read 46.1 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 28.6 163% 60.7 MB/s	DQ Read 337 DQ Write 283 DQ Mixed 28.6 98% 216 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 134%
Corsair Neutron 256GB-$255 1,100 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 218GB free Firmware: M311 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 160 1 783 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 78 (09) Power-on hours count 79 79 18815 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 245 (AB) Unknown 253 253 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 344 (B5) Unknown 253 253 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 344 (C2) HDA temperature 30 0 81607327774 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 97 71 783 (E7) Temperature 92 92 9 (EA) Unknown 100 100 68231 (F1) Unknown 100 100 3504 (F2) Unknown 100 100 4679 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 6092207	93.5% Outstanding	Read 497 Write 423 Mixed 454 102% 458 MB/s	4K Read 22.7 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 17.2 114% 49.7 MB/s	DQ Read 345 DQ Write 319 DQ Mixed 17.2 99% 227 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 93.5% Great: 97%
Intel Raid 5 Volume 6TB 828 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 3.5TB free Firmware: 1.0. Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	81.6% Excellent	Read 239 Write 45.9 Mixed 46.2 81% 110 MB/s	4K Read 1.04 4K Write 0.81 4K Mixed 0.43 106% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 81.6% Great: 159%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Sniper DDR3 1866 C9 2x8GB 4,251 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	68.9% Good	MC Read 23.7 MC Write 25.3 MC Mixed 21.6 67% 23.5 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 24.3 SC Mixed 22.5 61% 21.5 GB/s	Latency 53.2 75% 53.2 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 68.9% Great: 71%

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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	1,085x
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	421x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	233x

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 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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