Asus Z87-PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 79.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	83.6% 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	69.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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.

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Motherboard	Asus Z87-PRO (all builds)
Memory	6.7 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130819
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jun 27 '17 at 09:58
Run Duration	216 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	21%

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PC Performing above expectations (70^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 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	79.8% Very good	Memory 86.3 1-Core 109 2-Core 228 79% 141 Pts	4-Core 396 8-Core 600 62% 498 Pts	64-Core 637 39% 637 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 79.8% 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 85A0) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 376.53 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	83.6% Excellent	Lighting 103 Reflection 115 Parallax 108 84% 109 fps	MRender 98.9 Gravity 98.8 Splatting 102 82% 100 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 83.6% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 128GB-$70 18,195 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 56GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4952 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1274 (B1) Unknown 99 99 52 (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 64 49 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 57 (F1) Unknown 99 99 13778776428	69.6% Good	Read 368 Write 306 Mixed 334 75% 336 MB/s	4K Read 29.5 4K Write 72.1 4K Mixed 18.5 106% 40 MB/s	DQ Read 37.3 DQ Write 186 DQ Mixed 20.2 42% 81 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 69.6% Great: 119%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 917GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 173 2250 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 543 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 1977 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 349 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 40 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 527 (C2) HDA temperature 115 105 28 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	103% Outstanding	Read 179 Write 181 Mixed 124 120% 161 MB/s	4K Read 1.31 4K Write 2.05 4K Mixed 0.2 114% 1.19 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 109%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$109 43,695 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 46GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 7 (03) Spinup time 108 102 7600 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2628 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 10661 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2251 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 266 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 163 163 111027 (C2) HDA temperature 116 101 31 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 7 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	60.8% Good	Read 107 Write 105 Mixed 93.7 76% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.83 4K Write 1.59 4K Mixed 0.25 91% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 60.8% Great: 69%
Generic Mass-Storage 16GB 1,710 User benchmarks, average bench 9% 13GB free, PID null Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	11.6% Very poor	Read 15.2 Write 12 Mixed 11.7 16% 13 MB/s	4K Read 5.32 4K Write 1.79 4K Mixed 0.4 94% 2.5 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 11.6% Great: 16%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown Team-Elite-1333 Kingston 99U5471-012.A00LF 0423 Team-Elite-1333 12GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	37.1% Below average	MC Read 12.4 MC Write 12.9 MC Mixed 11.2 35% 12.2 GB/s	SC Read 9.9 SC Write 12.7 SC Mixed 12 33% 11.5 GB/s	Latency 71 56% 71 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 37.1% Great: 41%

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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	1,089x
Core i5-4670KIntel $127Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	422x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	235x

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	52x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 54%, 43,127 samples	52x

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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $454

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 $184	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